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British Royal to Marry at the Vatican

November 5, 2006 |

For the first time ever a member of the Britsih Royal Family will be married in a relgious ceremony at the Vatican and the Queen of England has expressed her approval. Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, will marry British-born Croatian Princess Paola Doimi de Frankopan No this month in the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini, in the Vatican. We must remember that the British Royal Family began at the Act of Union of Great Britain in 1707.

Auxiliary Bishop Alan Hopes of Westminister, who like Lord Nicholas is an Anglican convert to Catholicism, will preside at the wedding ceremony. Queen Elizabeth is reportedly “Delighted” by the marriage and granted the couple permission to marry at the Vatican, reported the Universe. The 36-year-old royal was received into the Roman Catholic Church in a private ceremony in 2001. His fiancee is also Roman Catholic. His mother was the first member of the British Royal Family in modern times to convert to Catholicism in 1994.


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