My Royal Obsession Part 2

 I now remember who I learned about first...it was the Royal Family of Denmark, but specifically it's Crown Princess Mary

 Kate Middleton was immediately compared to Mary (well while people were taking a brief break from comparing her to Diana) both being dark haired and beautiful commoners. Mary met her Prince (Frederik of Denmark) in a pub in Sydney, Australia during the 2004 Olympics...he was there as a spectator and she was born in the country...4 years later they married. They've since had 4 children and are doing very well, from what I can see, for their country. Mary's a world traveller (having travelled alone throughout Europe before marriage), well educated and very successful in her previous career. In many ways she and Kate are comparable, but none more than the dark hair and "commoner turned Princess" title.

 Next came the Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit (yeah I cannot pronounce her name)

She's also comparable to Kate in that she is a commoner and lived with her husband before marriage...but it stops there. Mette was a bit of a partier (although Catherine's been called a party girl, I'm not going to worry about it) and into the club scene when she was younger. She had a child from a previous relationship (with a man who was eventually convicted of drug dealing) and had to convince the country that she was reformed before anyone would even think of letting her marry her Prince (Haakon of Norway). They've been married over 10 years and have 2 children together, Haakon has adopted her older son and raised him as his own (but he holds no titles). She is a strong advocate for education, the youth of the world and women's issues.
  Also, sadly she was directly affected by the attacks in Norway a couple years ago, when her step-brother was killed in the mass shooting.

  Finally there was Crown Princess Victoria

  She is the only Crown Princess by birth, not marriage, in the world (as far as I know)...oh, strike that when the new King and Queen of the Netherlands were crowned in April their daughter became a Crown Princess, but she's like 10 so not on my radar, but I digress.
   Victoria has truly become my favorite...she has struggled with Dyslexia and Anorexia during her life, but is now healthy and strong. She's a good role model of how to pick yourself up and keep moving on with your life even through the bad. She married Daniel in the summer of 2010 and had her first child, Estelle, in 2012. She is everything a modern Princess should be and handles herself beautifully.
  
   Although there are other Royal Families it's these that are on my primary radar and who have had the most focus from me. I do have to say though that any uptick on the royal front peaks my interest even for a bit...

   Like when the Queen of the Netherlands announced she was stepping down from the throne so that her son and daughter-in-law could take over...