Famous crazy couples in history
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Famous Historical Couples
George Putnam was Amelia Earhart's publisher and publicist before he became her husband. The two fell in love while Putnam was still married to his first wife. Earhart approached marriage with as bold an attitude as she did her aviation career. The New York Times remarked on her wedding vows in 1931 that "Miss Earhart did not promise to 'obey' her husband, as the word is not included in the civil ceremony."
When Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe were married in 1954, they were an A-list celebrity couple. But the retired baseball player didn't like the publicity his wife garnered for the suggestive pose she struck while filming "The Seven Year Itch." According to reports, DiMaggio abused Monroe physically and emotionally, and when she filed for divorce nine months after the wedding, DiMaggio didn't show up in court.
Gertrude Stein (left) and Alice B. Toklas were two American expatriates who met in Paris. They lived together in 27 Rue de Fleurus as a married couple for 39 years. Stein, a poet, memoirist and contributor to the moder
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66 Of The Longest Celebrity Marriages And Relationships
Kate Middleton And Prince William
Middleton and Prince William started a romance nine years before the Duke popped the question in 2010, during a trip to Kenya with friends.
He presented the now Duchess of Cambridge with his late mother Princess Diana's sapphire and diamond engagement ring.
Of the engagement ring, Prince William told ITV: I had been carrying [the ring] around in my rucksack for about three weeks before [the proposal].
'Everywhere I went, I was keeping ahold of it, cause I knew if this thing disappeared, I'd be in a lot of trouble.'
The pair married in 2011 at Westminster Abbey, with Middleton donning an ivory silk tulle Alexander McQueen wedding dress.
They are now parents-of-three to Prince George, who they welcomed in 2013, Princess Charlotte, who was born in 2015 and Prince Louis, born in 2018.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel
Timberlake and Biel may have had a brief break up for three months back in 2011, but the pair have been going strong since rekindling their romance
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The 20 Greatest Real Life Love Stories from History
Paris and Helen
She was another man's wife, but when Paris, the "handsome, woman-mad" prince of Troy, saw Helen, the woman whom Aphrodite proclaimed the most beautiful in the world, he had to have her. Helen and Paris ran off together, setting in motion the decade-long Trojan War. According to myth, Helen was half-divine, the daughter of Queen Leda and the God Zeus, who transformed into a swan to seduce the queen. Whether Helen actually existed, we'll never know, but her romantic part in the greatest epic of all time can never be forgotten. She will forever be "the face that launched a thousand ships."
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Cleopatra and Mark Antony
"Brilliant to look upon and to listen to, with the power to subjugate everyone." That was the description of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. She could have had anything or anyone she wanted, but she fell passionately in love with the Roman General Mark Antony. As Shakespeare depicts it, their rela
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