Oh, you will have two Emmys, Claire Danes? Jared Leto, you scored an Oscar? How old fashioned!

Allison Joy “A.J.” Langer, who’s perfect recognized for playing Rayanne Graff on cherished ’90s drama My So-Called Life, has one-upped all of her costars as she lives out a true Downton Abbey life. She’s simply turn into the honest-to-goodness Countess of Devon and a true member of the British aristocracy.

Here’s how it came about: The Baywatch alum, 41, met Charles Courtenay accidentally whilst visiting Las Vegas in 2002, utterly unaware on the time that he was once a British Lord and heir to the Earldom of Devon. (She quickly found out.) Though there was some pushback from his family, the two tied the knot in 2005, making the ’90s actress a “Lady.” With the passing of Courtenay’s father, Hugh Courtenay, on Aug. 18, Charles became the Earl of Devon, which makes Langer his Countess.

And with a title like that, you best possible imagine there’s a fort—the Powderham Castle in Exeter, England. It’s a 14th-century fortified manor worthy of a PBS particular, which sits on an estate boasting 3,500 acres of land proper subsequent to the English Channel, about three-and-a-half hours southwest of London by means of automobile.

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Nevertheless, the former small-screen superstar, who is a mother to little Lady Joscelyn, 8, and Lord Jack, 6, is relatively casual about her royal affiliation. Speaking to Breezy Mama in 2009, when she was once pregnant with Jack, Langer stated, “The whole identify thing…I’m no skilled,” she said on the time. “It way [the Courtenays] have a very large and long family tree. It manner more to some people and not more to others. It indubitably makes for fascinating dialog, and a fascinating story.”

She added, “Am I royalty now? No, It's not that i am royalty. We don’t use the titles in our day-to-day lives. They are there and we admire the history that gave upward thrust to them, however in our truth we’re simply a customary circle of relatives.”

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