10 Common People Who Married Royal Family Members

METTE-MARIT TJESSEM HØIBY

Høiby was a commoner and single mother who met Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in the late 1990s at the Quart Festival, Norway’s largest music festival. (Yes, apparently even royals love music festivals!) She became Princess Mette-Marit of Norway when the couple wed in 2001.