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: Yes but didn't the government have a real
: problem with this marriage as they had not
: been notified prior to the wedding (which
: would have been difficult as Leopold was in
: Belgium and the government was in London)?
:
: I always thought that the
: kind-of-clandestine way in which this
: marriage came about was one of the reasons
: why the government didn't fully support
: Leopold III which in the end lead to his
: abdication.
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: The example of Leopold III shows that a
: monarch does not need consent from the
: government or parliament to marry and remain
: on the throne.
:
: It is however the government who since are
: the ones who can offer the new spouse
: her/his own title.
: The difference is clear between HRH princess
: Claire of Belgium and HRH princess Alexandre
: of Belgium. The first was given her own
: title upon her wedding the second wasn't.
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: According to the Belgium Constitution a
: member
: of the royal family can loose his (or her)
: rights by marrying without consent of the
: King (art. 85).
:
: So I would say no.
:
: There is one 'however': I don't know how
: 'the King' should be read in the Belgium
: Constitution. In the Dutch Constitution the
: term 'The King' should in some cases be
: translated in 'the government'. If the same
: applies in Belgium it would mean that the
: government had to approve of the marriage
: and they will probably only give that
: consent after approval of the parliament.
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: Did King Baudouin have to seek the
: Parliament's consent before marrying Fabiola
: de Mora y Aragon?
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