Prince Charles, Andrew, Princess Anne Allowed To Do This Due To Princess Margaret

Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew were able to do a significant thing due to their aunt Princess Margaret.

In the biography “Princess Margaret: A Life of Contrasts,” royal biographer Christopher Warwick said that Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister’s unwitting legacy was that she made royal divorce acceptable.

Princess Margaret ended her marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones several years ago, and she also broke off her engagement to Peter Townsend in 1955. Princess Margaret’s divorce in 1978 was also the first royal divorce since King Henry VIII’s marriage to his fourth wife Anne of Cleves was annulled in 1540.

In 1971, the Divorce Reform Act was also introduced, and this meant that couples were finally allowed to divorce on the grounds of separation. While divorce was already being normalized among the members of the royal family, Princess Margaret decided to divorce from Armstrong-Jones.

Several years later, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Andrew all got divorced from their respective wives. Princess Anne was the first to split from her first husband Mark Phillips. Prince Charles divorced from Princess Diana in 1996, and Prince Andrew’s marriage to Sarah Ferguson also ended in the same year.

According to Warwick, even though divorce gained a degree of acceptance from the royals, it still took an act from the Church of England to allow divorcees to remarry.

Prince Charles wed Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony in 2005, while Princess Anne got married to Timothy Laurence in 1992. Prince Andrew, on the other hand, has stayed single since his split from Ferguson. The Duke and Duchess of York have remained amicable with each other.

In fact, Prince Andrew and Ferguson are rumored to still be living at the Royal Lodge together. Every time there is a special occasion, the couple posts heartfelt messages and tributes to commemorate their former partner’s special day.