Is it time for Meghan to follow the example of other American women who married into royalty, asks royal expert CHRISTOPHER WILSON

That position is reserved for Barbara Hutton, the celebrated grand-daughter of five-and-dime czar Frank W. Woolworth. Dubbed the “Poor Little Rich Girl”, she was at one stage the wealthiest woman in the world – so when she married the film star Cary Grant they were known as Cash’nCary.

There were six other husbands, but despite all her wealth no prince came to court Babs – and in the end, she had to buy one.
He was called Prince Igor Troubetskoy, a French-born Russian who squandered her money on racing cars and high living. Their marriage lasted four years only, but she found she liked being called ‘princess’ so much that she got herself another, a Laotian antique dealer called Raymond Doan. He had no title – but so what, Barbara’s money was more than enough to buy him one, and she became Princess Barbara Champassak.
Obituaries of her – after her 1979 death from a combination of drink, drugs, and diet pills – described her as a philanthropist, and in a manner of speaking, she was.
She threw her money away at any passing man.

SOURCE: Daily Mail