# 1) Last time a Brit sovereign ixnayed a child's marriage? 2) Words for Royal actions (eg, "decrees") **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 22, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-last-time-a-brit-sovereign-ixnayed-a-childs-marriage-2-words-for-royal-actions-eg-decrees/818384 "2018-07-22T18:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-last-time-a-brit-sovereign-ixnayed-a-childs-marriage-2-words-for-royal-actions-eg-decrees/818384/41 "2018-07-28T19:38:08Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > If you believe the tabloids, QE2 didn’t just nix her sister’s marriage, she also nixed Charles’ first attempt to marry Camilla Parker Bowles and Andrew’s romance with the actress Koo Stark. > > I’m not sure why Princess Anne is still in the line of succession, having been divorced and remarried. Perhaps she’s still eligible to be the sovereign, but not the head of the Church of England. I’m not sure I believe Andrew and Koo were ever that serious. But yes, what I recall reading is the general accepted idea that the future King of England was told early in his romance that he could not marry a woman who was already “used goods”. The Palace brass were horrified until their stiff upper lips quivered that some tabloid might someday publish a “What it’s Like to Sleep With the Queen” article. Two decades onward, after all that transpired, apparently nobody gives a flying hoot. Of course the deciding factor with Diana was apparently that she was still intacta, with no past baggage to detract from her character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-last-time-a-brit-sovereign-ixnayed-a-childs-marriage-2-words-for-royal-actions-eg-decrees/818384.md?page=2)