The royal family is no stranger to divorce. Prince Harry will follow his father, himself a divorcé, in marrying someone who was previously married, though the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall avoided the controversy of remarrying in church by holding their ceremony in a register office.
Three of the Queen’s children have divorced — Prince Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew. The Queen gave her blessing for Charles to marry Camilla Parker Bowles, also a divorcée, in 2005, but did not attend the couple’s civil ceremony, instead attending a service of blessing given afterwards by the Archbishop of Canterbury, then Rowan Williams.
At the time, it was questioned whether it was legal for a member of the royal family — and for the heir to