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Its a shame that De Nieuwe Kerk is a redundant church as its a very beautiful and historic space,having visited it twice myself.
Its a shame that De Nieuwe Kerk is a redundant church as its a very beautiful and historic space,having visited it twice myself.
Archduke Otto of Austria married Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen in the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers in Nancy, Lorraine in 1951.
In October 1903 Prince Philip's parents, Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg were married at Darmstadt in Germany (the bride's mother's ancestral home.) There was a civil ceremony, then, the next day, a Lutheran ceremony was performed in the Evangelical Castle Church in the town, followed by a Greek Orthodox ceremony in the Russian Chapel on the Mathildehohe. The bride was profoundly deaf and must have found the multiple ceremonies rather an ordeal.
A major reason I heard for St Paul's was that it has better acoustics than Westminster and Charles preferred it for that reason.
I am thinking Harry will have a smaller wedding than William did. LaRae
Harry may marry at Westminster Abbey but I wouldn't be surprised if it was at St Georges or even somewhere smaller and more intimate like the Chapel Royal at St James.
Meghan apparently never had a Church sanctified wedding so her situation might be similar to that of Letizia Ortiz when she married Felipe of Spain.
Since Letizia had only a civil marriage which was never recognized as valid and binding by the Roman Catholic Church, she was able to marry Felipe.
Unless a clergyman or rabbi presided at Meghan's Jamaican wedding, the CoE might take the same view, but I am not sure.
Church of England recognise civil marriage. Meghan is divorced in the eyes of the church
So that means they can't get married at St George's Chapel or Westminster Abbey, I suppose.
Church of England recognise civil marriage. Meghan is divorced in the eyes of the church