Soon after moving to Maui, I read a story about Her Majesty Queen Lili’uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. She was married to an American Croat; John Owen Dominis – a Prince Consort of the Hawaiian Islands, who also served as the Governor of Oahu. I was intrigued by the story and did some of my own research. Initially, I thought it would be a cute little story, but I soon realized the story had a bitter twist and was not as pretty as it first sounded.
When we think of royal marriages we usually think of ‘happy ever after’ scenario: They loved each other so much, had lots of children, were very wealthy and has perfect lives. We tend to forget those people are human as well, thus equally subject to pain, sorrow, discomfort, loneliness, anger and a number of other ‘not so easy to handle’ emotions. This is not a fairy tale. This is a true story of two people of high rank in a not so happy marriage.
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