British Royal Weddings

Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, April 2011; By Magnus D – Flickr: The royal family on the balcony, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15063758

The Royal Marriages Act 1772 was repealed as a result of the 2011 Perth Agreement, which came into effect on March 26, 2015. Now only the first six people in the line of succession to the throne require the Sovereign’s permission to marry. For these six, marriage without the Sovereign’s permission would disqualify the person and the person’s descendants from the marriage from succeeding to the throne. However, the marriage would still be legally valid.

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