Belonging to royalty has great advantages, however, the strict rules and protocols to follow can be very exhausting for some of the members.
Members of royal families around the world must live protocols such as diets, dress codes and public displays of affection.
Likewise, they are not allowed to interact with anyone who does not meet the standards established by them, since the authority of the monarchy depends on the stability of their marriages and the solidity of the royal family.
There are those who simply cannot or do not want to adapt to the peculiar rigors of life in the environment of the monarchy, such as some of the members that we present to you below.
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The Duke of Sussex surprised in 2020 by announcing that he was resigning from representing the British royal family and the positions assigned to him and thus being able to live in peace and happiness with his wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet.
Without a doubt, the decision of the youngest son of Lady Di and King Carlos IIIgenerated controversy and thousands of comments.
Harry and Meghan decided to stop using the title of Her Royal Highness, as well as receiving public funds from the sovereign budget distributed by Queen Elizabeth II, royal commitments.
Princess Sayako of Japan
Sayako, the youngest daughter of Japan’s former emperors Akihito and Michiko, gave up her titles for love. In 2005 she decided to marry the municipal official and urban planner Yoshiki Kuroda. At his engagement party, he announced that he would be leaving the imperial house, his title of highness, and his obligations.
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He confronted the government and his mother, the queen beatrix, to marry Mabel Wisse, a woman who could have worked as a spy for the Dutch secret services in the nineties. They married in 2004, he resigned his position in the line of succession and they moved to London.
What really bothered the parliament were Wisse’s relations with the drug lord Klaas Bruinsma.
Friso passed away in 2013 from injuries caused by a skiing accident. His widow today maintains a cordial relationship with her in-laws and her princess title.
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
It was one of the scandals of the first half of the 20th century. A love that has appeared in books, movies, series. In 1936, just 325 days after ascending the throne, King Edward VIII read his resignation live on the BBC.
His decision to propose to Wallis Simpson, American and twice divorced, led him to abdicate and was succeeded by his younger brother, father of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Mako of Japan
Akihito’s eldest granddaughter (Fumihito’s daughter) followed in her aunt Sayako’s footsteps and last year gave up her titles for love.
Mako married Kei Komuro, a college roommate with no royal blood in his veins. Under Japanese law, female members of the imperial family lose their position if they marry a “commoner.”