NGalitzine
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I think a better term might be that they have come to an arrangement rather than that it was an arranged marriage which implies a 3rd person fixing the marriage. I don't think this is at all unusual when people (royal and commoner alike) are of a certain age and have known each other for some time. You decide there are certain things that you want out of life and that this is a person you think you can achieve this with. It does not mean that there is a lack of love or affection between the 2 people, merely that they are beyond the first flush of youthful romantic love and the rush to the altar with their "soulmate". If there is an arrangement between A & C and it works for them who are we to question their reasoning. There is no reason to believe that this kind of marriage would be any less successful that the so called love matches.
People forget that the idea of marrying for love is really an early 20th century concept, but as anyone who has been divorced can tell you marriage in the end is a contract about property, money and children.
People forget that the idea of marrying for love is really an early 20th century concept, but as anyone who has been divorced can tell you marriage in the end is a contract about property, money and children.
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