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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

Dating across the fame divide: the celebrities and royals who married ‘normal’ people

There is something deeply satisfying about a celebrity who decides to couple up with a normie. First, because it implies that any one of us weirdos could pull an A-lister if we were simply in the right place at the right time. And second, because it raises so many interesting questions. Why? How? Where did they meet? How do they make it work? Does the normal person even understand the concept of a glam team? Does the celebrity even understand the concept of renting? It’s fascinating.

As for who to direct those questions to, well, that’s what we’ll be answering here. From Riz Ahmed’s coffee shop meet-cute with his novelist wife to Sydney Sweeney’s “business guy” fiancé, here are all the celebs and royals that took a chance on kissing a frog, only for it to remain a frog. Aka ended up with us: normal people!

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