Not Just Meghan Markle, Here Are Indian Celebrities Who Married Into Royalty

As kids, how many of you wanted to become a prince or princess or even marry a prince of princesses? Well, probably a lot. There is just something about being a royal that inspires a thousand dreams, especially after seeing the recent royal wedding of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry.

But it is just not us who dream of becoming a prince or princess someday, but even our celebrities can’t resist the charms of royal. From Kareena to Aamir, here are a few celebrities who married a royal.

Kareena Kapoor

Undoubtedly the biggest wedding that brought real royalty and Bollywood royalty was that of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Saif who is Nawab of Pataudi after the demise of his father has always always been one of the most noted royals of Bollywood and after marrying him Kareena Kapoor is now the official Begum of Pataudi.

Sharmila Tagore

It was probably one of the first instances of a love story between Bollywood and royalty. Sharmila Tagore’s marriage to the then Nawab of Pataudi and Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is probably still one of the most talked about marriages between Bollywood and royalty.

Kunal Khemu

The Pataudi clan sure has a thing for thing for. Just like mother Sharmila and brother Saif, Soha also found love in Bollywood. Even though nobody can claim that Kunal Khemu was a huge success in Bollywood, he can still claim to marry a legit princess. How many Bollywood actors can do that now!

Aamir Khan

Yet another Bollywood star who can boast of a royal ‘sasural’ is none other than Aamir Khan. His wife Kiran Rao, is from the royal family of Wanaparthy, Telangana.  

Special Mention: Zaheer Khan

Ok, we know that Zaheer does not have much to do with Bollywood, but since this is yet another love story to have cricket, Bollywood and royalty all entwined it had to be on our l list. Zaheer became a royal consort when he married Sagarika Ghatge who is from a royal lineage of Kolhapur.