▲The fairy-tale marriage of Prince Charles and Diana ended in 1992, and the divorce was finally pronounced in 1996. Since the very beginning of their union, there were already cracks in the relationship. Diana later stated in an interview: "Well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded," referring to Charles' relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles.

▲Unfortunately, this fairy tale also soured, and the royal couple decided to split after more than 10 years. The divorce was finalized in 2018, and Tessy kept her title.

▲Prince Louis from Luxembourg and Tessy Antony met in Yugoslavia in 2004. The young couple married in September 2006, a couple months after giving birth to their first child, Gabriel.

▲Prince Charles' and Princess Diana's marriage was not the only union in the British royal family that came to an end. Queen Elizabeth's only daughter divorced her first husband, Captain Mark Philips, in 1992.

▲They married in November 1973 and had two children together: Peter (1977) and Zara (1981). But shortly after Zara's birth, the couple started growing apart, finally divorcing in 1992. That same year, only months after the divorce was finalized, the Princess married Sir Timothy Laurence.

▲Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson celebrated their wedding on July 23, 1986, in Westminster. Titled Duke and Duchess of York, they quickly became the British media darlings. But only for a short time...

▲After lots of ups and downs and whispers of infidelity, the royal couple finally split "amicably" in 1992. The divorce was finalized in 1996, but the two remained close.

▲It was the first televised royal wedding ceremony ever, but there would soon be trouble in paradise. Rumors of infidelity on both sides were spread, and Margaret's affair with Roddy Llewellyn, a man who was 17 years younger, was unveiled. This was the end of her marriage with Armstrong-Jones, and they eventually got a divorce in 1978. The breakup caused a lot of controversy, considering it was the first divorce for a senior member of a royal family since Princess Victoria of Edinburgh in 1901.

▲Queen Elizabeth II's younger sister has been seen as the "rebellious" child of the British royal family for a long time. The princess loved to party and was also known for her cheerful personality. After her doomed relationship with the married—and later divorced—Peter Townsend, she tied the knot with society photographer Antony Armstrong in 1960.

▲Prince Joachim is the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and late Prince Henrik. He married his first wife, Alexandra, in 1995, but the couple broke up in 2004, a first in the Danish royal family. They had two children together.

▲Alexandra, who divorced Danish Prince Joachim in 2005, will no longer be addressed as Princess but as Countess Alexandra Christina Manley of Frederiksborg.

▲Princess Caroline of Monaco was only 21 years old when she married Philippe Junot, 38. Her parents, Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly, initially didn't approve of the union, but Caroline was madly in love. Given her rank, her parents didn't have any other choice but to accept the marriage. However, their union only lasted two years and the divorce was finalized in 1980.

▲On January 23, 1999, Princess Caroline married her third husband, Prince Ernst August of Hanover. Reportedly they have been separated since 2009, but are not yet divorced.

▲The youngest daughter of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly married and divorced twice. In 1995 she married her bodyguard, Daniel Ducruet, after having two children with him.

▲The love story didn't last for too long. Daniel Ducruet's affair with Belgian stripper Fily Houteman was made public, and a couple of weeks later the divorce was pronounced, only one year after they walked down the aisle.

▲Shortly after her rupture with Ducruet, she got romantically involved with another one of her bodyguards, Jean-Raymond Gottlieb, with whom she had one daughter. This relationship too failed, but that didn't stop her from believing in love. She met Adans Lopez Peres (pictured), a Portuguese acrobat, and married him in 2003. The pair split a year later.

▲Princess Ubolratana of the Thai royal family married American Peter Ladd Jensen in 1972, despite her parent's disapproval, which also made her lose her royal title and status.

▲Lalla Salma, born Salma Bennani, married King Mohammed VI of Morocco at 25. She is the first wife of a Moroccan sovereign to be publicly acknowledged and to whom a royal title is given.

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Since 2018, rumors of divorce have been swirling around and according to an article published by the Spanish website hola.com in February 2019, the divorce has indeed been confirmed.

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The same year in which his divorce was pronounced, the Prince said "I do" to his second wife, Katherine Batis.

▲Who could have imagined on this beautiful day of July 29, 1981, that the long-awaited marriage of the century would end in a divorce 15 years later?

▲Her second marriage was with the Italian sportsman and businessman Stefano Casiraghi, who tragically died in a racing accident at age 30. They were married for seven years and had three children together.

▲The pair lived together for 26 years in the US and had three children together. Following their divorce in 1998, the princess returned to Thailand in 2001. Three years later, tragedy struck the family when their 21-year-old son, Khun Bhumi, died in the Indian Ocean tsunami.

▲Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia entered into matrimony with the Brazilian Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza in 1972. Because she was a Roman Catholic, the Prince lost his place in the line of succession of the British throne by marrying her. The couple, who had three children together, divorced in 1985.

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Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece announced their divorce, after 14 years of marriage, in April 2024. The couple, who married in 2010, released a joint statement expressing their respect and love for each other despite the difficult decision. The divorce announcement followed closely on the heels of the royal couple's appearance at the thanksgiving memorial service for King Constantine, Nikolaos' father and the last king of Greece who ruled until the abolition of the Greek monarchy in June 1973.

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Happily ever after is not always guaranteed, even for royals. Whether it is because of infidelity, incompatibility, or public scandal, some fairy-tale weddings prove that staying together "for better and for worse" is easier said than done.

From Prince Charles and Diana to Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, here are the royal marriages that didn't last.