CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 💂💕🎊🎉💍
Waking up to the news of the newly engaged royal couple was so exciting!!! I wish them all the best!
As I am reading about marriages that happened hundreds of years ago between kings and queens, there is no doubt that times have certainly changed! There used to be so many restrictions on who a royal could or couldn't marry and now the limitations have definitely scaled back. With this exciting news I can't help myself by wanting to look back at all those restrictions and compare them to modern times. Meghan Markel is breaking a lot of ground in the royal family with this engagement: she is a divorcee, she is of mixed race, she's American, and she is Roman Catholic! None of this makes me think she is any less qualified to be the wife of Britain's beloved Prince Harry. I think this marriage is going to be awesome!!!
While they will probably not become King and Queen of England, with Harry being fifth in line to the throne - soon to be sixth with the birth of William and Kate's baby number 3 on the way, it doesn't hurt to look at the possibilities of them still being in the running for the throne, right?! All in good fun.
The big factors that might have caused trouble for this happy couple years ago would have been that Meghan is a divorcee and a Roman Catholic. On December 11, 1936 King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England so that he could marry Wallis Simpson. He was told by Parliament that he could not marry Wallis because she was a divorcee. Not only that but she divorced her first husband on grounds of "mutual incompatibility". According to British law of the time, the only legitimate reason for a divorce was adultery. Marrying a woman who divorced for other reasons would be seen, according to the British government, would be seen by the people as immoral. Also, the Church of England did not approve of divorces and would not perform remarriages of those who were.
Up until 2013, it was impossible for an heir to the throne to marry a Roman Catholic and succeed to the throne. Now, with the revisions to such laws, an heir to the throne can marry someone who is Roman Catholic, BUT he or she cannot be Catholic themselves.
All in all, I'm sure that these two will be content with their future roles as a Duke and Duchess. They are both dedicated to different charities and willing to carry out royal duties. Something that I personally admire about Prince Harry in particular is his work with his brother and sister in law with mental health awareness. I think their work in this arena is so amazing and important. For more information on that follow this link! https://www.headstogether.org.uk
All the best to the growing royal family!
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