Cressida Bonas

British actress, model, and socialite ~ former girlfriend of Prince Harry Duke of Sussex.

Cressida Bonas

Her mother was Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon the daughter of Edward Curzon 6th Earl of Howe.
Her father was business owner Jeffrey Bonas.

MOTHER: While Cressida herself did not inherit a title, her mother and maternal grandfather are members of the peerage. The peerage are aristocrats who have been given their titles by a monarch of The United Kingdom.

FATHER: Cressida's father, Jeffrey Bonas, is the owner of MacCulloch & Wallis Ltd, a fabric supply company in London.

Cressida is a Leeds University graduate.

At the time that Cressida was romantically involved (2012 to 2014) with Prince Harry Duke of Sussex (son of Charles & Diana), reports abounded that Harry had chosen Cressida to be his wife. Though they made a handsome couple, this was not to be. The Prince eventually married the American actress Rachel Meghan Markle who became Princess Meghan Duchess of Sussex before the couple renounced most of their titles.

While it is no longer expected for royal family members of most of the Houses of Europe to marry other members of royalty or the peerage, as stated above, Cressida is indeed a member of that peerage, just as Diana Spencer and Sarah Ferguson were. In comparison, Kate Middleton (now Princess-Consort Catherine Duchess of Cambridge the wife of Prince William Duke of Cambridge) was not from the peerage.

The term "commoner" tends to get thrown around when a person is not a royal. But there is a difference between a complete commoner and a member of the peerage. In the 1980s, the media constantly commented on Lady Diana Spencer being a commoner, but she was not. She was a member of the peerage. Although Cressida is not styled as a "Lady," she is still not a commoner, because her bloodline through her mother is peerage.

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