Elia, Crown Princess of Albania

Elia Zogu ("née" Zaharia; born 8 February 1983) is an Albanian actress, former singer and wife of Leka II, Crown Prince of Albania. They married on 8 October 2016, and since then she is known as Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians.
Early life and education.
She was born on 8 February 1983 in Tirana, Albania. She is the daughter of Gjergj Zaharia and Yllka Mujo.
Her father is from Përmet while her mother's family come from Podgorica, Montenegro. They moved to Shkodër, a city in northern Albania, later during the monarchist period. She has a younger brother, Amos Muji Zaharia. Both her mother and brother are famous artists in Albania, her mother being a well-known actress and her brother an actor and film director.
In 2002, she graduated from the National Art School Jordan Misja in Tirana in art and scenography and later moved to Paris for her university studies, where she met Prince Leka. In 2005, she graduated from the National Conservatory of Bordeaux in art drama. She then attended a private French drama school in Paris, Cours Florent, and then continued her studies in scenic acting at the Paris 8 University, graduating in 2010.
She is fluent in French, English, and Italian.
She gave birth to a daughter on 22 October 2020 at Queen Geraldine Maternity Hospital in Tirana, on the 18th death anniversary of Queen Geraldine, after whom she was also named.
Career.
Crown Princess Elia has done several plays at the National theatre including:
Crown Princess Elia also acted in movies and performed as a singer. In 2002, she had the main role in 'Lule te kuqe, lule te zeza', while in 2008 she acted in the movie "Honeymoon" by Goran Paskaljevic.
From 1999 until 2002 Elia took part in a musical band called “Spirit Voice”.
In 2016 & 2018 Elia co-hosted Kënga Magjike, a major musical event in Albania, together with Ardit Gjebrea.
Personal life.
In Paris she met Prince Leka and on May 2010 they got engaged. Since then she has accompanied the Prince on all his visits and meetings with members of other royal families. 
She is also head of the Queen Geraldine Foundation, a non-profit founded by the Royal Court. According to its website, the "foundation aims to be close to the Albanian families who need help [and to] children who need care."
On 27 March 2016 it was announced by Prince Skënder Zogu (b. 1933), a member of the Albanian Royal Family, that the couple would get married on 8 October 2016 in the Royal Palace in Tirana.
The ceremony was a semi-official ceremony, held in Tirana in the Royal Palace, with more than 300 members of other European noble and royal families attending. The couple's civil marriage was officiated by the Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj.
Among the members of the Royal families, who attended the wedding were: Queen Sofía of Spain, Empress Farah Pahlavi, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg together with Princess Sibilla, Princess Léa of Belgium, and other members from the royal families of Russia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Montenegro, Morocco and members of other noble families. Heads of state of Albania also attended the ceremony.