Besides their high-profile fairy-tale weddings, what do you know about the private lives of the world's somewhat mysterious royal families?

Historically, royal families have never been short on scandal, bringing a great deal of shame on their people and countries. In recent years, the British royal family has excelled at earning the top spot as one of the world's most scandalous royal families.

China.org.cn has compiled the top ten royal scandals that have generated great levels of public interest in recent years.

   Princess Madeleine betrayed by her fiancé, 2010   

In April 2010, 27-year-old Princess Madeleine, third in line to the Swedish throne and known as the most beautiful princess of Europe, called off her engagement to attorney Jonas Bergstrom amid rumors that her fiancé had a one-night-stand with Swedish female handball player Tora Uppstroem Berg (see small photo), who told the Norwegian magazine Se og Hoer in an interview that Jonas and her spent the night together at a popular Swedish skiing resort in April 2009.