Legality of Charles wedding to be probed
Publish date: 03 March 2005
Issue Number: 1288
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
Questions over the legality of Prince Charles impending wedding continued with news that the General Register Office had received dozens of objections to the marriage and must now conduct an investigation.
The President of the High Court Family Division is expected to handle the probe, which could take a while and may put the April 8 wedding date in jeopardy. At issue is the 1836 Marriage Act, which first allowed civil weddings, but bars them to members of the royal family. No law passed since has altered that, reports The Observer. Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, has declared the wedding legal on the basis of the 1998 Human Rights Act, but this is disputed. Full report in The Observer
