Would England ever allow their royalty to marry Eurasian or Asian people?
Your older sister’s friend is wrong. The only person a member of the British royal family cannot marry is a Catholic. To do so is to renounce one’s right to the throne. Divorced persons were also excluded, even if they were not deemed to be at fault for the divorce. HRH Princess Margaret wanted to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend but could not because he was a divorced man – even though it was his first wife who had cheated on him. HRH Prince Michael of Kent (a cousin of the Queen) married Marie Christine von Reibnitz, a divorced Catholic. In so doing, he gave up his right to accede the throne. Nowadays, HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, himself previously divorced was able to marry HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, herself a divorced woman. So, while times and mores have changed, the only area which hasn’t changed is that one barring Catholics from the throne, even as consorts. As for the responder who said that Diana was about to marry a Saudi prince; sorry, but Dodi al Fayed wa
