Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau married Mabel Wisse Smit, a human rights campaigner, on April 24, 2004 in Delft, The Netherlands. Johan gave up his place as second in line to the throne to marry Smit because the Dutch government refused to give approval after Smit provided false information about a liaison she had had with a drug dealer. Scandal! Of course there was more to come 7 years later (see trivia). Few representatives of other royal families - with the exception of the groom's godfather, King Harold of Norway and his wife Queen Sonia - were among the 1,400 guests at the civil and church ceremonies.

Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik married on 14 May 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen. Mary wore a wedding gown designed by Danish designer Uffe Frank and had a small bridal party which included her two sisters and her friend Amber Petty, a radio announcer on commercial radio in Australia. Frederik was supported by his brother Prince Joachim. Three of Mary's nieces, Erin and Kate Stephens and Madisson Woods, were flower girls; Frederik's nephew Prince Nikolai of Denmark and first cousin once removed, Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth were pageboys.

The wedding of Fernando Gomez Acebo, son of King Juan Carlos's sister Dona Pilar, and hence nephew of the King and Monica Luque at the Church 'Encarnacion' took place on November 27, 2004 in Madrid, Spain.

The wedding of Fernando Gomez Acebo, son of King Juan Carlos's sister Dona Pilar, and hence nephew of the King and Monica Luque at the Church 'Encarnacion' took place on November 27, 2004 in Madrid, Spain.

“For me, it sounds a bit corny, but it was love at first sight,” King Abdullah II would later tell correspondent Christiane Amanpour for a CBS “60 Minutes” profile of his wife, Queen Rania al Abdullah. During the same interview, Queen Rania recalled it was intimidating that the handsome military man was the son of one of the Middle East’s most powerful men. “But in the end, it was really boy meets girl,” she said of their attraction. The couple married in 2004.

“For me, it sounds a bit corny, but it was love at first sight,” King Abdullah II would later tell correspondent Christiane Amanpour for a CBS “60 Minutes” profile of his wife, Queen Rania al Abdullah. During the same interview, Queen Rania recalled it was intimidating that the handsome military man was the son of one of the Middle East’s most powerful men. “But in the end, it was really boy meets girl,” she said of their attraction. The couple married in 2004.