Monday 30 April 2018

Royal Love is in the Air...

By Alyssa J. Montgomery

Meghan Markel is set to marry Prince Harry and whether or not you love the royals, there's something exciting about a royal wedding - a scene far removed from our own reality and yet one we can be part of by virtue of the fact it's beaming into our living rooms.

All Images in this post Courtesy of Pixabay.com


Perhaps the royal wedding is even easier to relate to given Meghan is a commoner and yet she's still found her prince. After all, we've been raised on Cinderella-type fairytales where the impoverished heroine marries her prince and her life changes forever. It's a common enough theme in children's fairytales and still frequently found in contemporary romance novels for adults. It's one I've explored in my Royal Affairs series. My final book in the series, The Irresistible Royal (due for release May 12th), isn't quite a rags to royalty story, but it does involve a commoner marrying a prince. The upcoming British, and many other royal weddings, are proof fairytale can become reality.




Sadly, the marriage of Charles & Diana didn't have a fairytale ending, but modern day princes seem to be choosing stronger, more confident women. Kate Middleton stands by William's side as an equal. Meghan has already broken with royal tradition and declared she wishes to speak at her wedding - letting the world know this future princess has a voice and isn't afraid to use it. Thinking of another royal, Denmark's Mary, there's no doubt in my mind she'll be a power behind the Danish throne.




There are lesser known yet very interesting modern royal love stories. We're a long way from Norway, but did you know that Mette-Marit was a single mother when she met Crown Prince Haakon at a rock concert? She hung up her waitressing apron in favour of a ball gown. Sounds like something from a Harlequin Mills & Boon Presents line...which goes to show it's entirely possible!

Think of Princess Lili from Sweden. Lilian was the daughter of a Welsh pitman and once worked in a laundry. She met Prince Bertil in 1943, but there would've been a constitutional crisis if he'd married her (he was committed to acting as a regent for his nephew). They couldn't marry for 33 years, during which time they lived together openly, but Lili was banned from official royal functions. It was only when the king died that the marriage took place with the blessing of the new king.


Love to Love: The romanticism of a royal wedding.

Love to Laugh: At the magazine articles that'll appear as early as next month proclaiming Meghan is pregnant, or that she and Harry are about to be divorced.

Love to Learn: What you think of all the famous royal romances over time. From Cleopatra and Anthony, Victoria and Albert, and to the upcoming nuptials, which royal romance resonated most with you and why?




 Alyssa J. Montgomery's Royal Affairs Series is published by Escape Publishing. (Cover Images courtesy of Escape Publishing, Harlequin Enterprises, Australia.)








15 comments:

  1. Hi Alyssa

    Oh I do love a Royal Wedding and looking forward to the fanfare :) and I do hope they will be very happy together

    I am also looking forward to your new book :)

    Have Fun

    Helen

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    1. Nothing like the fanfare of a royal wedding! Thanks for stopping by Helen. I hope you enjoy The Irresistible Royal!

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  2. I really loved William And Kate’s wedding, even though I was glued to Charles and Di’s wedding too. The latter now seems tarnished by the fallout, but William and Kate seem strong. I love the frocks, the ceremony, the romance, the everything. Seeing the famous guests. I often wonder if they do something smaller just for closer family and intimate friends, because something so lavish as a royal wedding is very special but so huge. I’ve already been told the man of the house that even if an important football game is on, the television is mine for Harry and Meghan’s wedding! I can’t wait to see it. Sigh...

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    1. William and Kate's wedding was very romantic. I loved that they wrote their feelings into the ceremony. Wish I'd been part of the reception to see them singing "You're the one that I want!" from Grease. That would've been fun!!

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  3. I love Frederick and Mary's romance. Meeting in a pub in Australia, competing against one another in yacht racing and our very own Aussie princess.

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  4. I watched that wedding on television. I knew they'd met at a pub but I didn't realise they'd competed against one another in yacht racing so there you go! Enough to make you want to take up sailing!!!

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  5. Forgot to say that Escape Publishing have released my Royal Affairs Series books 1-3 on a special promotion at present. The Defiant Princess is 99c while Books 2 and 3, The Irredeemable Prince and The Formidable King are just $2.99 (AUD) each. The promotion will last until May 20th, so if you haven't read these first stories you might like to grab them on special ahead of the release of The Irresistible Royal!!

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  6. I loved William and Kate's wedding but Frederick and Mary...A truly beautiful shared love on open display. And tears slipping from Frederick's eyes when Mary appeared down the aisle and later in his so heartfelt speech...A beautiful love affair visible for all to see. My favourite royal couple.

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    1. I wonder what beautiful memorable moments are in store for us with the upcoming royal wedding? It's a huge year for the royals. Is it Beatrice or Eugenie who is also marrying this year?

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  7. Yep, Mary and Frederick's wedding for me, too. Such a romantic tale!

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  8. I think they are the winners! Mary has been amazing in how she's learnt Danish and taken up her new role. I'm always amazed at her Danish accent now as she speaks English. At times her English is slow and halting as though it's her second language!

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  9. I've been in the pub that Mary and Fredrick met in in Sydney but that is my only link to them. However, they are a testament to how a royal marriage between a Prince and a commoner can work. William and Kate really are the embodiment of how you can have a modern marriage and still keep up with the traditions that really matter.

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  10. William and Kate certainly still seem to have the spark, don't they? The happiness seems very real between them which is so wonderful when William didn't have a happy role model in his parents' marriage.

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  11. Love reading royal romances and was interesyed to learn the romantic stories of the lesser known royals mentioned here.

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    1. Just goes to show that royal romances in between the pages of a romance novel aren't necessarily a way-off fictional fantasy!!

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