sndral
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I've actually handled Hague Treaty cases in court several times, and the Treaty doesn't 'prevent' a change of domicile. The Treaty simply provides that British law would govern custody/domicile of any children of the couple, assuming they were living in Britain at the time of separation.Regardless of Royal status, The Hague convention would prevent her taking any children back to the US.
The treaty usually comes into play when one parent has taken the children to a different Country without the left behind parent's permission. In those cases the Court of the taking parent's country orders that the children be returned to their original country of habitual residence so that courts in that country can decide with whom and where the child/children will live going forward. This applies in straightforward cases where both countries are signatories to the treaty and the left behind parent's Hague petition makes it to court within 1 year of the taking.
Sorry for the thread drift, but wanted to clarify what the Hague treaty on International Child Abduction actually can/cannot do.
I do not think Harry and Meghan, should they marry, will ever need the lawyers digging into an international treaty regarding children they haven't yet had ?