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Rules to marry a royal?

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If Prince William or Harry or some other young, unmarried royal (I'm sure there are tons out there, but in the US, we pretty much only here about the escapades of these two) were to marry a "commoner", meaning a non-royal...would they lose their title? i'm not really sure how that works, just wondering. I appreciate your help!

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  1. A woman would usually take on the title of her husband.As long as William and Harry marry someone who is Anglican/Protestant and who has the acceptance of The Queen and Privy Council,they can expect that their wives will share their titles. If a Royal Princess were to marry a commoner,she would retain her title,but her husband would not become a prince.He may receive a courtesy title from the crown,like Earl Snowdon did when her married Princess Margaret.


  2. never f**t in public

  3. They can marry whover they choose.

    The queen can always give whover they want to marry a title no longer making them a commoner,

    hence Cammila Duchess of Skegness

  4. They may marry whoever they wish but their choice can have repercussions. Under British Law, they cannot marry a Roman Catholic and remain in line to the throne. This has been the law since the Act of Settlement in the 18th Century. It is possible that in the very near future, this piece of State Bigotry may be overturned by the Human Rights Act. Interestingly enough, The Queen's eldest grandchild, Mr Peter Phillips, currently 10th in line to the Throne is to marry a Roman Catholic early next year. Royals do not lose their titles by marrying commoners - Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips ( a commoner) - She is still The Princess Royal. Her second husband, Tim Lawrence is also a commoner.

  5. they won't. don't keep any hopes.

  6. They can marry who ever they want to.

    There dad has set the way for them with his marriage to Camilla.

  7. They could marry a commoner. Princess Diana was a commoner and so was Camilla. Sarah Ferguson was a commoner too. Princess Anne and Prince Edward have also married commoners. No, they don't lose their titles.

    However if a member of the Royal Family marries a Roman Catholic then they can't sit on the throne as we have a law that dates back to the early 1700s that forbids Catholics form sitting on the throne. A recent case of this kind is Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

  8. no, the commoner would gain a  title

  9. No they would not lose their title. the "commoner" would actually gain a title.

    The boys would not be allowed to marry a Roman Catholic or else they would have to renounce the throne and all their descendents would too.

    They would have to go to parliament to get the minsters' permission

  10. Who cares? They're both buck ugly, just like their buck ugly father!

    If Charles wasn't a rich, wealthy royal prince he wouldn't have gotten any of those chicks, because the only reason why those broads spent their time being his flunkie to feed his ego was because they were golddiggers digging for gold.

  11. no commoner would want to marry into that family

  12. A British royal member is allowed to retain his/her title and style after marrying a commoner. However, if a female royal member marries a commoner, her title and style are not carried through her husband and their offspring. If a male royal member marrries a commoner, his wife is granted with a "courtesy title" and their offspring will also inherit titles and styles.

    Legally, the only requirement was that all royal members could not marry a Roman Catholic and a member of the Church of England was preferred. Although not required, any potential bride was expected to have a royal or aristocratic background, be a virgin, as well as be a Protestant.

  13. they would lose their access to the throne if they married a divorcee

  14. the commoner would get the tittle. that happened to the crown princes of Spain, Denmark and Norway, the ladies who married them are going to be queens and they dont have a single drop of royal blood. Prince William's fiancee is also a commoner.

  15. They could marry a 'commoner' and still keep their title, and the rules seemed to have now been relaxed about marrying divorcees, since Prince Charles was allowed to marry Camilla.
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