2007-10-28 04:28:26 · 8 answers · asked by number one fighting chicken 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
No they're head of hte Church of England.
Plus , it doesn't look very dignified or respectful having a 'live in lover'
2007-10-28 06:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by MnM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two things,
1. The Government of the day would not allow a civil partnership. Don't forget, a Monarch can not do what they want to do just because they are the Monarch. They must act on the advice of responsible Ministers. Despite the fact there
aren't any.
2. The Monarch is always the Monarch first and foremost.
2007-10-28 04:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by ADRIAN H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Possibly not. If the Parliament does not see that particular monarch fit for the role, they would force that person to abdicate and let the next person in line to succeed as the new monarch. King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom set a great example as to how far the Parliament will go to protect its laws and policies.
Only months into King Edward VIII's reign, he forced a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Although legally Edward could have married Mrs. Simpson and remained king, his various prime ministers opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept her as queen. Edward knew that the ministry of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead; this could have dragged the King into a general election thus ruining irreparably his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. Rather than give up Mrs. Simpson, Edward chose to abdicate, making him the only monarch of Britain, and indeed any Commonwealth Realm, to have voluntarily relinquished the throne. He is one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British history, and was never crowned.
2007-10-28 04:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean marriage as in religious as opposed to a non-religious civil partnership? I don't think they would remain monarch. The monarch holds the title 'defender of the faith' and you have to be in the Church of England, so no Catholics! Even those on the list for secession to the throne are struck off the minute they are baptised as a Catholic. I think renouncing your religion goes hand in hand with renouncing your title.
2007-10-28 04:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. England doesn't even accept the concept of a morganatic marriage,where the spouse does not receive a title. And since the monarch is also head of the Church of England, marriage is the only option open to the symbolic head of the United Kingdom.
2007-10-28 06:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A civil partnership would not be permitted. After all, the king or queen is the head of the Anglican Church and the "Defender of the Faith", so there would be a requirement that he or she be married.
2007-10-28 05:55:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'll see when Prince Charles takes the throne.
2007-10-28 07:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU ONLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE EVENTS OF 1935/36 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION
MRS SIMPSON DIVORCED THE INCUMBENT KING ABDICATION AND RENOUNCEMENT OF THE CROWN
2007-10-28 04:32:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋