In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility. It's only the second time a potential heir to the throne has married a commoner. someone who is not a member of the nobility
The Great Commoner 1 Sir John Barnard, who, in 1737, proposed to reduce the interest of the national debt from 4 per cent to 3 per cent , any creditor being at liberty to receive his principal in full if he preferred it Mr Goschen (1889-90) reduced the 3 per cents to two and a half 2 William Pitt, the statesman (1759-1806)