Originally posted by Aslyfox actually it is Charles's son, due to be married, next month who is doing the same as King Edward VIII did - marrying an American divorcee
but his love was twice divorced by the time she married him, Harry's love has only been divorced once
Camiila was an English divorcee I believe
Yep, again, this wouldn't have been allowed in the 1930s.
The reason was ostensibly religious ... the monarch of Britain is also the equivalent of pope of the Church of England (that's why the coronation is done by an archbishop, not a politician), doctrine back then was that divorce was a sin, and the family needs royal permission to go through with a scandalous marriage.
Queen Elizabeth felt she couldn't give it to her own sister Princess Margaret in the 1950s - permanent scars out of that one!
Markle is American, divorced, black and very much has a common background (her family's a freakshow!), so it's great to see the March of Progress.