The constitutional requirements for the royal morganatic marriage.(United Kingdom, Canada)

McGill Law Journal | June 1, 2005| | Copyright

This article examines the constitutional implications, for Canada and the other members of the Commonwealth, of a morganatic marriage in the British royal family. The Germanic concept of "morganatic marriage" refers to a legal union between a man of royal birth and a woman of lower status, with the condition that the wife does not assume a royal title and any children are excluded from their father's rank or hereditary property.

For such a union to be celebrated in the royal family, the parliament of the United Kingdom would have to enact legislation. If such a law ...


        
    


                
                

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