Here's why Meghan Markle is so grateful to Camilla

The Cornwall duchess paved the way for a divorced to become a royal bride


WithoutCamilla Parker Bowles, it's unlikelyMeghan murder would be about to join the royal family.

Camilla, now known as Cornwall Duchess, paved the way for a divorced to welcome in the ranks of the royal family whose heads,Queen Elizabeth II, had long been opposed to that.

Camilla and his first husband,Andrew Parker Bowles, divorced in 1995, although Camilla's case withPrince Charles was a common knowledge in most of his marriage with Princess Diana.

In 2005, after years of age of the relationship with Camilla with Camilla, Queen Elizabeth he finally gave him his permission for his son to marry divorcee - with a ring that belonged to his grandmother. Her andPrince Philip were not present at the civil ceremony, but were witnesses of the blessing of marriage (where the couple confessed their "sins of collector and malice") of the Chapel of Saint-George and even kept a reception for Newlyweds at the Windsor Castle, the same place Meghan andPrince Harry Marry on May 19th.

The queen's objection was not so much based on personal belief because it was a historic precedent (although it was reported that it once called Camilla "this naughty woman"). The Royal Weddings Act of 1772 by King George III is required Royals to obtain the permission of the sovereign perfectly with a lot of restrictions: no Catholics, no commerity and certainly no one who had been divorced.

When Meghan, who divorced his first husband's producerTrevor Engelson In 2013, walks in the Alley of the Chapel of Saint-George in her white wedding dress next month to marry Prince Harry, she will be the first royal bride divorcee to have a church wedding in the sacred space .

"It's a historic event," said a palace initiate. "It is clear that Camilla has been acceptable to Harry to marry a divorced woman since his father did it and their union will be blessed by the Church of England."

Thank you largely to the very popular Netflix series "The Crown", the royal observers from around the world have become quite familiar with how the Royals and Divorce, particularly with a ripening case of a royal love of countries from country before their own loving life.

In 1955, after having suffered a separation of two years imposed by the Government and sanctioned by the Queen,Princess margaret said to his sister that she finally wanted to be allowed to marry the Peter Townsend group captain, a divorced war Hero 16 years his senior and his former Equerie in George VI. Since she was under 25 years old, she needed the Queen's consent. The crisis that followed in the palace overturned the Government and the British public with the Queen captured in the middle.

At the time, it was unthinkable that a member of the royal family would marry a divorced person. Although the majority of the people of Great Britain felt sympathetic towards Margaret and that I wanted to marry the man, she loved passionately, the queen, aware of her role as leader of the Church of England, was able to convince His sister not to marry the man she loved. The relationship has been called dramatically which resulted in the official statement of Margaret, who read: "Conscious of the teaching of the Church that the Christian marriage is indissoluble and aware of my duty to the Commonwealth, I I resolved to put these considerations before others. "

In 1960, Margaret married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who became Lord Snowden. The couple divorced eighteen years later.

What a difference that a few decades do.

Last year, the Queen welcomes Meghan, a birracial American divorce, in the family unprecedented. The former actress was the first invited non-spouse to spend Christmas in Sandringham with the Royals (at the request of Harry). Meghan also attended official events with the family as she recently did with the Commonwealth Day.

"There is no question that the Queen's thought has evolved on the issue of divorce," said that a palace insider. "When she gave him the permission of Charles to marry Camilla, she actually ends centuries from the royal tradition. Because of that, there is no reason to deny Harry the chance to marry Meghan, the woman that he likes."

That may be for the reason why Camilla and Meghan would be closely grown since Meghan's commitment to Harry. "They have a lot in common," said my source. "They were both married before and were brought into the family by royal men who are deeply in love with them. They know they are the future, because the ancient rules of the past no longer apply." And for more information on the coming ceremony in May, see why It's the biggest fear of Harry on his wedding.

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .

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