tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post4326452660631841782..comments2024-03-29T04:20:44.056-04:00Comments on Royal Musings: Sophie Lascelles marries businessmanMarlene Eilers Koenighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-90858941731519301052011-06-21T13:53:27.043-04:002011-06-21T13:53:27.043-04:00Hopewell, the Lascelles are not a part of the roya...Hopewell, the Lascelles are not a part of the royal family, and are no longer invited to royal events.<br />They are largely far removed from their cousins. James Lascelles' band was hired to perform at Charles' 60th birthday celebrations, but he was not a guest. The Lascelles have gone their own way - and the younger generation have no ties to the Royal FamilyMarlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-455295726696450172011-06-21T13:11:49.408-04:002011-06-21T13:11:49.408-04:00I think the Lascelles are far and above the most i...I think the Lascelles are far and above the most interesting part of the modern royal family. Someone should do a book on them.Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510172065585770709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-62036577974261010952011-06-20T08:36:37.262-04:002011-06-20T08:36:37.262-04:00This applies to marriages the sovereign may not ha...This applies to marriages the sovereign may not have approved - and if you are over 25 and inform the sovereign and Parliament that you continue to want to marry, you wait a year - and then marry and marriage is valid (these days, the sovereign is not going to not approve a marriage)<br />Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any such descendant of the body of his late majesty King George the Second, being above the age of twenty-five years, shall persist in his or her resolution to contract a marriage disapproved of or dissented from, by the King, his heirs, or successors; that then such descendant, upon giving notice to the King's privy council, which notice is hereby directed to be entered in the books thereof, may, at any time from the expiration of twelve calendar months after such notice given to the privy council as aforesaid, contract such marriage; and his or her marriage with the person before proposed, and rejected, may be duly solemnized, without the previous consent of his Majesty, his heirs, or successors; and such marriage shall be good, as if this act had never been made, unless both houses of parliament shall, before the expiration of the said twelve months, expressly declare their disapprobation of such intended marriage.Marlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-47483210879575360512011-06-20T04:08:54.921-04:002011-06-20T04:08:54.921-04:00I thought under the Royal Marriages Act that once ...I thought under the Royal Marriages Act that once you were over the age of 25, you did not have to seek the sovereign's permission to marry, this being the reason Princess Margaret waited until she was 25 to choose her "duty to the commonwealth" and not marry Peter Townsend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-8884655298374256142011-06-18T17:47:08.770-04:002011-06-18T17:47:08.770-04:00YesYesMarlene Eilers Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-13072624602371195692011-06-18T14:38:13.589-04:002011-06-18T14:38:13.589-04:00Is Mark Lascelles divorced from his wife Andrea? I...Is Mark Lascelles divorced from his wife Andrea? If so, I need to annotate my copy of Queen Victoria's Descendants.Martha Footehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383571793298917820noreply@blogger.com