Usually royals marry people of similar status or political reasons. It’s pretty rare for royals to marry outside of their class. How do you justify a royal marrying a commoner? In what cases it is okay for a royal to marry a commoner? The only example of a royal commoner marriage I can think of is Emperor Justinian marrying Theodora who was a sex worker of some sort.

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This is more of a question for @goodqueenaly, but I’ll take a first stab at it.

Normally, it’s not ok. This is why morganatic marriages exist, and why those few royals who did marry downwards usually ennobled their intended before the wedding (I’m thinking of Henry VIII making Anne Boleyn the Marquess of Pembroke prior to their marriage).

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