The names of queens and princesses from different countries are used as symbols of beauty, elegance, grace and style. Unlike women from show business, fashion and design, the representatives of the royal families observe time-honoured rules of etiquette and display exemplary manners, winning the admiration of audiences worldwide.
Not all modern princesses and queens have royal blood; some were courted by princes, were bestowed with fairy tale weddings and received a peerage.
© AFP 2023 / Ronny HartmannPierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Hanover (L), and his wife Beatrice arrive for the church wedding of Prince Ernst August of Hanover and Ekaterina of Hanover in Hanover, central Germany, on 8 July 2017.
Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Hanover (L), and his wife Beatrice arrive for the church wedding of Prince Ernst August of Hanover and Ekaterina of Hanover in Hanover, central Germany, on 8 July 2017.
© AFP 2023 / Bryan R. SmithQueen Rania of Jordan attends the Plenary Session: Succeeding in the World's Toughest Places, at the Clinton Global Initiative 19 September 2016 in New York.
Queen Rania of Jordan attends the Plenary Session: Succeeding in the World's Toughest Places, at the Clinton Global Initiative 19 September 2016 in New York.
© AFP 2023 / TT NEWS AGENCY/Christine OlssonPrince Nikolaos of Greece (R) and Princess Tatiana arrive for the wedding of Sweden's Crown Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist at the Royal Chapel at Stockholm Palace on 13 June 2015.
Prince Nikolaos of Greece (R) and Princess Tatiana arrive for the wedding of Sweden's Crown Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist at the Royal Chapel at Stockholm Palace on 13 June 2015.
© AP Photo / Eric GaillardPrince Albert II of Monaco's wife Princess Charlene attends the celebrations marking Monaco's National Day at the Monaco Palace, 19 November 2016.
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Prince Albert II of Monaco's wife Princess Charlene attends the celebrations marking Monaco's National Day at the Monaco Palace, 19 November 2016.
© AP Photo / Kevin FrayerQueen Jetsun Pema, right, looks at King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck as they pose after their marriage at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan.
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Queen Jetsun Pema, right, looks at King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck as they pose after their marriage at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan.
© AFP 2023 / Jonathan NackstrandNewlywed Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill depart the royal chapel at the royal castle in Stockholm on 8 June 2013.
Newlywed Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill depart the royal chapel at the royal castle in Stockholm on 8 June 2013.
© AFP 2023 / Chris J RatcliffeSpanish Queen Letizia arrives for a banquet at Guildhall in central London on 13 July 2017, on the second day of the Spanish King and Queen's three-day state visit.
Spanish Queen Letizia arrives for a banquet at Guildhall in central London on 13 July 2017, on the second day of the Spanish King and Queen's three-day state visit.
© AP Photo / Evan AgostiniPrincess Ameera al-Taweel attends the 23rd Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards, hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall on 11 November 2013 in New York.
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Princess Ameera al-Taweel attends the 23rd Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards, hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall on 11 November 2013 in New York.
© AFP 2023 / Neil HannaBritain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, greet well-wishers as they leave after opening Dundee's V&A (Victoria and Albert) museum in Dundee, eastern Scotland on 29 January 2019.
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, greet well-wishers as they leave after opening Dundee's V&A (Victoria and Albert) museum in Dundee, eastern Scotland on 29 January 2019.
© AFP 2023 / Jonathan NackstrandPrincess Sofia of Sweden attends the 2017 Nobel Banquet for the laureates in medicine, chemistry, physics, literature and economics in Stockholm, on 10 December 2017.
Princess Sofia of Sweden attends the 2017 Nobel Banquet for the laureates in medicine, chemistry, physics, literature and economics in Stockholm, on 10 December 2017.