Monday, May 9, 2011

Programming note: Withdrawal after the Royal Wedding? Watch I Married a Princess on FLN with Casper van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg.


Withdrawal after the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton? Try I Married a Princess on FLN (TopTV 451), the reality show following the family drama of Casper van Dien and his wife Catherine Oxenberg who's a real-life princess.

I Married a Princess (FLN, weeknights 23:10 South African time; repeats 04:20) was filmed in 1995 for 13 episodes and shown previously in South Africa, but remains an enjoyable look at a real Hollywood family (before reality TV went Kardashian-common with fake dramatics played up for the camera).

I Married a Princess follows Hollywood action man Casper Van Dien and his real-life princess bride, Catherine Oxenberg who's the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. After falling in love on a movie set they got married and have 5 children between them: Catherine's daughter princess-in-training India; Casper's children from his first marriage, Cappy and Gracie; and the couple's two children together, Maya and the one year old Celeste.