Queen Catherine Next

Wedding dresses of the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Catherine and the wedding gown chosen by Princess Diana, could not have been more different. Kate had classic lines, similar to those used by Princess Kelly, the commoner who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, while Diana chose a look merengue.

The Kelly family had to provide Prince Rainier, with U.S. $ 2,000,000, as dowry, however, if the Prince Rainier had not come to an heir, the tiny kingdom of Monaco have turned to French rule .

On July 29, 1981 a very shy, but from the aristocracy, Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, first in the line of succession to the English throne. Despite her personal pain, which ended in a heartbreaking and very public divorce in August 1996, Diana quickly rose in popularity to become the ‘People’s Princess. ”

Catherine Middleton may have a difficult task in following the footsteps of ‘People’s Princess “on. However, the Duchess of Wessex may be useful a friend and confidant. Prince Edward, the younger brother of Charles, married Sophie Ryhs Jones in June 1999. Princesa Sofia seems to be a commoner who has adapted to form part of the royal family, which is not easy.

Princess Catherine of the same name that five Catherines tragic Queen, who are to be married to royalty was not the easy route.

* Wife of Henry V, Catherine of Valois, queen and her husband only two years before his death in 1422. Your 9 month old son Henry VI was crowned king. Queen Catherine died in 1437 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
* Married to Henry VIII in 1509, Catherine of Aargon marriage lasted 24 years but was involved in stillbirths and premature deaths of their children. Henry was so desperate to annul the marriage, when the pope refused to give consent, the king rejected Rome and formed the Church of England.
* Henry VIII beheaded his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, in 1954, after only two years of marriage on grounds of treason, after accusing her of adultery.
* In 1543, Catherine Parr married Henry VIII. She reigned as queen until his death in 1547. Unfortunately I never saw the much desired son and heir, and rarely saw her husband was always away at war.

The Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza married Charles II in 1662, but was considered as a foreign Catholic and was unpopular with the public. The couple had no surviving children and was given the cold shoulder from her adulterous husband, who fathered several illegitimate children by enticing lovers including Nell Gwyn.

The hope is that when Prince William is crowned king of England, the new Queen Catherine will have a much happier and more successful than its predecessors.