Olivia Wilde say , " Everyone expect him to pick me up in a limousine or a racing yacht . Then Tao roll up in this old Thunderbird , wearing flip - flop , his hair all dotty . People are like , ' He ’s a prince ? ' "
FromCinderellatoWhat a Girl Wants, plenty of us grew up with stories about joining or discovering you’re part of a royal family. For the rare few, those stories are reality.
Here are 15 celebs who were born or married into nobility:
1.In 1984,Jamie Lee Curtismarried writer/actor/directorChristopher Guest, who inherited a barony when his father died in 1996. His title is Lord Haden-Guest.
2.Thandiwe Newtonis a Zimbabwean princessthroughher mother, Nyasha Jombe.
3.From 2003-2011,Olivia Wildewas married to Tao Ruspoli, an Italian prince. They eloped on the school bus he lived in at the time.
4.Rose Leslie’s dad, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the Aberdeenshire Chieftain of Clan Leslie in Scotland.
5.Kit Harington is thesonof Sir David Harington, 15th Baronet.
6.In 2017, Jessica ChastainmarriedGian Luca Passi de Preposulo, who’s a count.
7.BaywatchandMy So-Called Lifeactor A.J. Langer was married to Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon, from 2004-2023. His title is Lord Courtenay.
8.From 1949-1953, Golden Age of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth wasmarriedto Prince Aly Khan, the son of Aga Khan III.
9.Cara Delevingne is descended from nobility on both sides. Her paternalgreat-grandfatherwas Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, and her maternalgrandmotherwas Janie Sheffield — whose grandfathers were baronets — and who acted as Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting for three decades.
10.Actor Sophie WinklemanmarriedLord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, in 2009. Her title is Lady Frederick Windsor.
11.Mulholland Driveactor Laura Harring wasmarriedto Carl von Bismarck, aka Carl-Eduard, Prince of Bismarck, from 1987-1989.
12.The Color Purpleactor Akosua Busia is aprincessand member of Ghana’s Royal House of Wenchi through her father, Kofi Abrefa Busia.
13.In 1956, Old Hollywood icon Grace KellymarriedPrince Rainier of Monaco. Their televised wedding reached more than 30 million viewers.
14.Dynastyactor Catherine Oxenberg is thedaughterof Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Oxenberg and the granddaughter of Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
15.And finally, in 2018,Meghan Marklemarried Prince Harry. Their official titles are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
