Not only the British royal family, many other couples in the European royal family go their separate ways when either of them is a commoner.

Peter Phillips, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and his Canadian wife, Autumn Kelly decided to divorce after 12 years of marriage. Autumn and Peter "love each other at first sight". They met at the 2003 Montreal Grand Prix, where Phillips was working for Williams Racing, the United Kingdom's Formula One racing team, and Northern Ireland, while Autumn worked in BMW's reception department.

Phillips called it a "fateful" meeting. A few weeks later, Autumn, a Canadian management consultant and former McGill University student, learned that her boyfriend was the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II.

A few years after that meeting, Phillips proposed to Autumn after obtaining the consent of her father, Brian, the chief executive of a power company. "At the time I looked terrible with wet hair, but I said yes right away," Autumn told the Telegraph.

However, 11 years after the wedding took place in the chapel of St. George, Windsor, Phillips, 42, announced that they were separated. The queen, who always favored her eldest grandson and the beautiful Canadian daughter-in-law, was said to have collapsed, while many royal fans were shocked.

To the British public, Phillips and Autumn are considered as the golden couple, a beautiful picture of marriage in the royal family, with the result that two princesses Savannah, 9 years old and Isla, 7 years old. However, according to a statement released on 11/2, the couple said that ending this marriage is the best they can do for two daughters.

At the royal wedding in 2008, Princess of York Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew, read the poem Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, to describe the love of Phillips and Autumn as "witnessing things that experienced storms." never waver. "

The breakup between Phillips and Autumn is an example of the gulf in the marriage gap between a royal member and a commoner. Phillips' mother, Princess Anne, also divorced Captain Mark Phillips in 1992. Three of the four Queen's children were divorced. The sister of Queen Elizabeth II, the late Princess Margaret who married Lord Snowdon, a British photographer and filmmaker, also divorced in 1978.

If the trend of royal marriage - civilians continues to exist, it is likely that only a few of them will be able to maintain a relationship. But are ordinary people unable to cope with the rigors and standards of responsibility of royal life?

Anthony Armstong-Jones, a photographer married to Princess Margaret in 1960, was unable to give up photography and chose to focus on the work. While Meghan Markle, a former actor, married to British prince Harry only "stayed" for 18 months as a senior royal member, before she opted to join him in a quieter life in across the Atlantic. Harry stated that he "really had no other choice".

Not involved in royal public duties, Phillips was not often exposed to private life or interfered with personal life such as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But it seems that any relationship with royalty is under pressure.

The marriage between Lady Davina Windsor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester with New Zealand carpenter Gary Christie Lewis ended in 2018, after 14 years of marriage.

Or the marriage of Tom Parker-Bowles, son of the Duchess of Cornwall, with his wife Sara Buys, a journalist, also ended after 12 years. Sara revealed to the media that she experienced panic attacks because of attention on the wedding day.

But it was not just a matter of the royal family. Prince of Monaco Charlene, a former South African swimmer who attended the Olympic Games, wanted to escape from her husband, Prince Monaco Albert II just days before the wedding. It is widely believed that she was stopped by the police at Nice airport and persuaded to return to the palace.

Or Adans Lopez Peres, an acrobatic artist divorced Princess Stephanie of the Principality of Monaco in 2004, only after 12 months of marriage. The marriage between Tessy Antony de Nassau, a female soldier and Prince Louis of Luxembourg also broke up last year, after 14 years of marriage. Tessy complained that her marriage to the royal family of Luxembourg had ruined her personal relationship with her family. Norwegian princess Martha Louise also divorced from Norwegian playwright Ari Behn two years ago.

Is the royal family a scary place for ordinary people? For a commoner like Autumn Kelly, she could be very nervous ever since entering the royal family, with a variety of protocols and media attention. Even the late Princess Diana, the daughter of an earl, an English aristocrat, struggled with life in the British royal family.

While rumors were circulating that Phillips, the Queen's eldest grandson was collapsing due to marriage, the couple's joint statement affirmed that everything was in peace. The couple declared their top priority is to keep their daughter healthy and well-reared.

"The queen must be wondering what she did to get these things back," Sun said, speaking on condition of anonymity in the royal family, regarding the reaction to the news about the divorce of husband and grandson Phillips. "The fact that Peter Phillips has always been a grandson loved by the Queen and Prince Philip will probably disappoint her," the source said.

Fortunately, the divorced couples of royal families often maintain a good relationship. If Autumn needed some advice, maybe she should turn to Sarah, the Duchess of York, who married Prince Andrew in 1986. After the divorce, she developed a career, raising her two daughters and good life.