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ROYALTIES MARRIED FOR LOVE

Their names may largely be unfamiliar to most people in the West but their love produced a monument that is famous all over the world – the Taj Mahal. The royal couple shared a loving marriage until Mumtaz died while giving birth to their 14th child. Shah Jahan was devastated by his wife’s death and his deep grief affected him both emotionally and physically. But his grief inspired him to build one of the world’s greatest architectural masterpieces to serve as the final resting place of his beloved wife.

Few couples understand sacrifice quite like this Greek pair. After being torn apart, they wait twenty long years to be reunited. War takes Odysseus, a legendary Greek king of Ithaca, away shortly after his marriage to Penelope. Although she has little hope of his return, she resists the 108 suitors who were anxious to replace her husband. Odysseus was equally devoted, refusing a beautiful sorceress’s offer of everlasting love and eternal youth, so that he might return home to his wife and son.

This love story is about an English royal who mourned her husband’s death for 40 years. Victoria ascended the throne of England in 1837. In 1840, she married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. German Prince Albert came to be admired for his honesty, diligence, and his devotion to his family. The couple had nine children. Victoria loved her husband deeply. She relied on his advice in matters of state, especially in diplomacy. When Albert died in 1861, Victoria was heartbroken. She did not appear in public for three years, and continued wearing black until her death in 1901.

Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr. married on a small island in Georgia, the ceremony was a secret and indicative of the couple’s desire to keep their relationship private. The couple tried as much as they could to live a normal life out of their Tribeca apartment and as with any normal marriage they had ups and downs. “They would love hard, and they would fight hard,” said a friend of the couple. It was evident the love was there and as public attention mounted, Carolyn and JFK Jr. became an iconic duo. Sadly, their love was cut short when the couple tragically died in a plane crash over the Atlantic ocean.

When Edward VIII fell in love with an American divorcee it was an affair that shocked a nation and threw Britain’s monarch into the midst of a constitutional crisis. The marriage was strongly opposed by the church and government, and Edward chose to abdicate the throne. He famously proclaimed his love for Wallis Simpson as he addressed the nation: “I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to fulfil my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love,” he said, this was choosing love over kingship.

1.Taj Mahal is famous all over the world

2.The building of the Taj Mahal is a monument to the love of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan/

3.Which is true about Penelope and Odysseus?

4.Penelope and Odysseus were waiting for twenty years to be reunited

5.After his husband's death the queen didnot apper in public for three years and continued wearing black untill her death

6.Victoria trusted her husband with/for _____.

7.Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr. married on a small island in Georgia

9.The couple of Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr. was _____.

10.Carolyn and John Kennedy were an iconic duo

11.Edward the VIII abdicated the throne because _____.

12. The royal family, the church and the governement opposed this marrige.