I'm no royalist-loyalist and so I find the irony implicit in this rather delicious: "Dr Cretney and other experts raised the question of whether the marriage was actually legal under existing law. Dr Cretney argues that members of the royal family have no power under marriage law to contract civil marriages."
Ouch! the downsides of monarchy ...
Though in fairness it does look like it is, as they say, a moot point -read the article to find out why.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Royal wedding open to all, says law
21 February 2005
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