5 Royal Family Scandals That Gobsmacked The World

The royal families still in rotation around the globe are legends in their own times, but not always for the best of reasons. Over time some of the families have been associated with more than one salacious scandal and here we take a look at five royal headline-making antics!

#1 When Prince Harry Met Meghan And Then divorced His family

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dropped the biggest bombshell in a generation when they announced their departure from The Firm. They blabbed the news on their SussexRoyal Instagram account in January 2020 before telling his shell-shocked family.

As a result the Prince of Wales and his wife no longer receive taxpayer money and can not use their HRH titles.

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#2 Diana, Princess Of Wales Sobbed To The World About Her Failed Marriage

In November 1995 Princess Diana stunned the world with a televised interview in which she spilled all the dirt to Martin Bashir about not just the demise of her marriage to Prince Charles, but also their affairs and her battle with bulimia.

#3 King Juan Carlos Of Spain’s Abdication

The modern-day but now former King Juan Carlos of Spain, 82, abdicated his role in 2014. As you might imagine, there were a few skeletons in the closet that was behind his voluntarily giving up of all those royal perks, including allegations of financial improprieties and extramarital affairs.

Just this year Juan Carlos’ son, King Felipe, renounced an inheritance from his disgraced father due to alleged connections to a major financial imbroglio. It was also stated that Juan Carlos would no longer receive his public allowance from the state.

#4 The Duchess Of Cambridge Appeared Unrobed

In Provence in 2012 papps took snaps of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge without her top on. The pics were published and understandably Kate was livid. A French court ruled that the pictures were an invasion of privacy and she was awarded £92,000 in damages in 2017.

A statement from Kensington Palace read in part, “This incident was a serious breach of privacy, and their Royal Highnesses felt it essential to pursue all legal remedies. They wished to make the point strongly that this kind of unjustified intrusion should not happen.”

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#5 King Edward VIII And The American divorcee

The reigning monarch prompted no less than a constitutional crisis in 1936 when he made public his intention to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The Church of England and the government contested his divorce forcing King Edward VIII to abdicate in order to wed the woman he loved.

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