Sophie Winkleman, the first actress who married a Windsor

Before the entrance of Meghan Markle at Buckingham Palace, another actress had set foot within the British royal family, but without causing the same turmoil: Sophie Winklemantoday Lady Frederick Windsor. During the celebrations of Jubileethe goals were aimed at her for mere matters of look (he wore the same suit, albeit a different color, as Beatrice of York), but they brought back this in-laws of the people to the memory of the people Queen Elizabeth who, despite being now a full-fledged Windsor, continued her work on the sets, without causing scandal or any kind of headache to Her Majesty.

Fans of fantasy cinema they will remember her for playing adult Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The fans of Jane Austenfor her role as Lady Susan in the costume series Sanditon, based on an unfinished novel by the Bath writer. But most of her remember her for being the girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher in the series Two men and a half.

Born in 1980, purebred Londoner, at the beginning, in the new family, Sophie had been admitted with reservations. Future in-laws, the Prince and Princess Michael of Kentthey looked at his with suspicion profession and his popularity: already the son Frederick he was considered a young man “reckless and too addicted to partying in London clubs “(from where he often passed on the tabloids), who knows with an equally” prominent “wife – and who candidly declared to the newspapers:” I don’t think I could have children, I can’t even manage my Oyster card »- what he could have done. Instead he didn’t do anything: the two they just fell in loveon Valentine’s Day 2009 they got engaged and officially in September of the same year they were married in the royal chapel of Hampton Court Palace.

In the months between the two events, the tabloids went wild, speculating for her scripts that included nude scenes (Sophie had been forced to officially deny) e disagreements between consuoceri for the costs of the marriage that leavened. But in the end, what she really mattered was the authorization of Queen Elizabeth (Frederick is 53rd in line of succession to the throne, therefore the royal approval is mandatory), authorization arrived on time and without hitches, with best wishes for happiness.

After the wedding, Lady Windsor went off the radar, but Sophie Winkleman remained. TO Los Angelesmainly, where in 2011 the couple was transferred to allow her to shoot the series with Kutcher. Here she initially Sophie intended to use the new surname, which she considered “more elegant”, but in the end has chosen to keep his, devoid of any noble title, because, he explained, “In America they know me for my job, not for my family.”

Family that in the meantime has put aside all reserves e welcomed her as one of them. And she reciprocated, guaranteeing her lineage with two daughters- Maud Elizabethborn in 2013 in Los Angeles (and schoolmate of George of Cambridge), e Isabella Alexandraborn in 2016 in London – e always honoring the title acquired. “The first time I went to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen for Christmas dinner, she was incredibly welcoming and friendly,” the actress once said in an interview. “Over the years I have only received love and positive things from all of them“. Here’s how it’s done, Meghan.

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