Whether in Europe or Asia, the royal family has very strict requirements for the marriage of members of the royal family.
When Prince William married a commoner princess in Britain, it has become a hot topic in the world.
In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, the Danish royal family accepted a commoner princess, and it was a princess from Asia - Wen Yali.
What is even more amazing is that after living the life of the unparalleled girl's dream, the Asian princess actually took the initiative to dump the prince.
What kind of charm does this girl have to make the royal family compromise for her, and where does she get rid of the temptation of fairy tale life?
Meet the Prince's "Cinderella"
Although, in the eyes of many people, Wen Yali's marriage to the Danish prince is a live-action version of "Cinderella", in fact, Wen Yali's life is much better than Cinderella.
Wen Yali was born in Hong Kong in 1964, but she only has 1/8 of Chinese ancestry. Her grandfather was of mixed Chinese-British descent, her grandmother was from romantic France, and her mother was of mixed Polish and Austrian descent.
The family culture from the East and the West broadened her horizons, the solid and wealthy family life made her temperamental, and the enlightened and free teaching of her parents made her calm and calm at all times.
After graduating from secondary school, she studied in London and Vienna to study economics.
After completing her studies, she first joined Citibank as a securities economist, and a few years later entered GT Management. At the age of 31, she had become the vice president of administration, the standard elite.
Elegant and talented, she not only achieved certain achievements in her career, but also had a very high talent for language. English, German, French, she can come with her mouth open.
Such an excellent woman naturally has many suitors, and the final beauty is Prince Joachim of Denmark.
In January 1994, after completing his service life, Joachim joined the Maersk Steamship Company in Hong Kong, run by a Danish businessman. At that time, no one knew that he was a prince, only that he was from Denmark.
At a ball, he met Wen Yali, who was elegant and beautiful, and immediately fell in love with her at first sight, and immediately launched a passionate pursuit of Wen Yali.
At that time, Wen Yali did not know the true identity of Joachim, but she also liked Joachim who was cheerful and sunny and handsome.
On Christmas Eve, when the two of them were traveling in the Philippines, Joachim told Wen Yali his identity and proposed to her.
Joachim then returned to Denmark and explained his intentions to his parents. The Danish royal family, though not as much red tape as the British royal family, also required the prince to marry at least one nobleman.
Wen Yali was not only a commoner, but also 5 years older than Joachim.
Fortunately, the Danish queen was very enlightened, and her marriage with her husband was also hindered to some extent, so they understood the preciousness of love.
She only asked her son whether he had thought clearly about the marriage and whether he was ready to assume the responsibility of marriage.
When the son's answer was in the affirmative, the Danish couple agreed to their marriage. She first gave Wen Yali the title of a princess, and then had Joachim marry her.
Before the wedding, Wen Yali wore a bright red suit and large white flowers at the press conference, which formed the red and white colors representing the Danish flag.
Her self-confidence and modesty, gentleness and cheerfulness soon conquered all Danes.
On November 8, 1995, they held a grand wedding in a church in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, which made the whole country rejoice.
In fairy tales, the story should end here, but in reality, another story has just begun.
Fairy tale dreams shattered
On the wedding day, the Danish queen said to Wen Yali: "From today on, you are a Dane." In order to live up to this sentence, Wen Yali has made great efforts.
In Denmark, Wen Yali learns to ride horses and play the piano every day, and also spends three hours learning Danish. With a strong talent for languages, she learned Danish in just 300 hours.
Wen Yali quickly integrated into the Danish royal family, and she not only won the admiration of her mother-in-law, but also won the love of the Danish people.
Her mannerisms and fashionable dress soon became the object of emulation by Danish women. They also affectionately referred to her as "Diana of Denmark".
But Wen Yali is very sober, she knows what kind of person she is, and she knows what kind of decision she has made.
She knew better that she was married to not just one person, but his entire country. So, she has been trying to be a qualified princess.
She lived up to expectations and fulfilled the "Tim Dinh Trust" of the Danish royal family and her countrymen, giving birth to two princes in 1999 and 2002.
Not only that, but she also took it very seriously to complete all the work that had to be done as a member of the royal family.
For example, she attended various ceremonies and participated in various social events, and even served as a patron and guardian of 21 institutions.
As a princess, she has almost no private space of her own, her every move will receive widespread attention, she seems to have no formal job, but her marriage itself is her job.
Her dedication to her work was admired by the Danish queen, who even said to the Grand Prince, who was not yet married at the time, that if she married a wife, she would marry someone like Wen Yali.
But this kind of life made Wen Yali feel very tired, and she often said that when the princess could not always dance in the rose bushes, it was a very tiring job.
In addition to being physically tired, there were also problems with her marriage. While Wen Yali was working hard, her husband, Prince Joachim, was rarely by her side.
Joachim is not the crown prince, so he does not have a very serious social responsibility to bear, so he is accustomed to a casual life.
Most of the time, he would appear on the court, in the race track, at rock concerts, and at various parties, and the media even referred to him as the "Prince of the Party."
If it was just play, then the marriage would continue, but what made Wen Yali most sad was that the scandal between Joachim and the young woman never stopped. He often went to nightclubs, drank heavily, and stayed up all night.
In marriage, if two people cannot walk hand in hand and shoulder the responsibilities of marriage together, then the marriage is destined to break down.
In April 2005, Wen Yali and Joachim officially divorced. After Denmark's first commoner princess, Wen Yali became a princess of the Danish royal family who divorced voluntarily.
In the face of this divorce, almost all Danish people are blaming Joachim. Because almost all Danes think that this wandering prince ruined the marriage that should have been a happy one.
Even the Queen of Denmark did not think that there was anything wrong with Wen Yali. In order to allow Wen Yali to participate in royal activities in the future, the queen specially crowned Wen Yali as the Countess of Frederiksberg, and also promised that even if she remarried later, her aristocratic status would still exist.
A fairytale marriage is over, but Wen Yali's wonderful life is far from over.
Live your life
The most attractive thing about Wen Yali is that she always knows exactly what she wants. She has the perseverance to keep working hard for her goals, and she also has the courage to leave an inappropriate life.
It is said that breakup and divorce are the most visible time for a person's character, and Wen Yali's performance after divorce has once again made everyone admire and admire.
In front of the media, she is still maintaining the image of her ex-husband, and she said that even if they are divorced, they are still very important friends with each other.
The two of them are also very appreciative of the openness of the divorce, especially after comparing it with the unhappy marriage of Charles Diana and his wife in the United Kingdom, the public believes that this divorce not only did not weaken the aura above their heads, but made them more humane.
After the divorce, Wen Yali took the two little princes out of the palace to live alone, according to the pre-marriage agreement, Wen Yali will receive 1.9 million crowns per year in alimony and a brand new house provided by the prince.
Wen Yali fell in love with a mansion in Copenhagen, which sold for about $2 million at the time.
But for this money, the Danish royal family almost went bankrupt. Because the Danish royal family is not rich at hand, Danish people often say: "It is cheap to raise our royal family." ”
According to official statistics, the total annual expenditure of the royal family is only more than 86 million, but this includes all the expenses of the royal activities, even the maintenance of the official residence, so basically only 10% of the daily life of the queen's family is divided.
Therefore, in order to gather the money to buy a mansion for Wen Yali, Prince Joachim had to tearfully sell a 400-year-old manor.
Two years after the divorce, Wen Yali once again did something that shocked the European press. She took two little princes to marry photographer Martin Jorgensen, who was 14 years younger than herself.
Wen Yali's second marriage was also blessed by the Danish people and the royal family, and Prince Joachim, as her ex-husband, also attended the wedding of the two of them.
After their marriage, Wen Yali often took Martin to many events of the Danish royal family, and the Danish royal family welcomed both of them.
Martin is very kind to Wen Yali and her two sons, and just when everyone is wishing Wen Yali finally found her own happiness, the 51-year-old Wen Yali divorced again.
Everyone doesn't understand why, they are already more than half a hundred years old, where did she come from? Wen Yali only used one sentence to make all the media shut their mouths: "This is not the life and love I pursue, so I would rather be single." ”
After the divorce, she returned to school to re-study and subsequently served as a board member of a pharmaceutical company. Once again, she found the direction of life.
Today's Wen Yali's face has also climbed wrinkles, but the elegance and calmness engraved in her bones are still with her, and the years have never defeated the beauty.
In this life, Wen Yali has been very successful in whatever she does. In the workplace, she is a business elite; As a princess, she can gain the love of the people; As a daughter-in-law, she can make the Queen of Denmark admire her.
Although she has been divorced twice, this does not affect her from becoming a qualified mother, she is very attentive to the education of her children, and she will never miss any important moments for her children.
Many people like to compare her to Deng Wendi, but compared with Deng Wendi, who regards marriage as a tool and relies on her appearance and luck to rise to power, she is truly the master of her own destiny.
Her unremitting pursuit of herself and her consistent belief in love are the real reasons why she can live as an enviable look again and again, which is also the biggest confidence in her life.