The Royals
From Commoner to Royalty: The Women Who Did It
From Queen Rania of Jordan to Sarah Ferguson, meet the royals who weren't born into privilege
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MÁXIMA ZORREGUIETA
Country: The Netherlands
Theirs was a fairy-tale introduction, or one straight out of Hollywood: Unaware of his royal ties, Zorreguieta, daughter of wealthy Argentinean landowners, met Willem-Alexander, the heir apparent to the Dutch crown, at a party in Seville, Spain, in 1999. So began their storybook romance – with one hitch: The Dutch parliament nearly blocked their Feb. 2, 2002, marriage when news broke that the princess-to-be's father had ties to Argentina's military dictatorship in the '70s.
