Prince Charles is the next in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. But the Prince of Wales might have only a few years left to reign as at 71 years of age, he is yet to be given the top job in the Royal Family. Royal commentator Angela Mollard claimed the Duke of Cornwall has been “instrumental” in allowing the Royal Family to become as progressive as it is today. But she added he will have a “very short reign” to do more. 

She said: “Charles is going to have a very short reign.

“Unless suddenly life expectancy gets up to 130!

“He’s in his 70s, his mother is still on the throne so it’s going to be a relatively short reign.

“Hopefully he’s a man that looking back now he was fairly instrumental in very progressive ideas and I think it will be interesting to see his take on modernising the monarchy for the time that he eventually gets to reign.”

The Queen’s son and her grandsons, Prince William and Prince Harry, all managed to defy the monarch in their own way when they tied the knot with their respective wives.

First of all, in order for princes to marry, they must get permission from the Queen.

This was made law by King George III and his Royal Marriages Act of 1772, which was later repealed in 2013 in favour of the Successions to the Crown Act.

The new law required that only the first six in line to the throne need the Queen’s permission in order to marry.

All three princes had the Queen’s blessing before their engagements to Camilla Parker-Bowles, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle respectively.

The 1772 act also stated senior members of the royal families cannot marry someone who is divorced or Catholic,

In 2005, the Queen granted Prince Charles her consent to marry Camilla, despite the fact that she had been divorced and was also Charles’ mistress.

Meghan Markle was also a divorcee but Harry was allowed to marry her thanks with the Queen’s approval.

King George III’s law did say that royals could not wed commoners without the Queen’s say-so, and the monarch had to give her permission for William to marry Kate.

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One tradition not enshrined by legislation, but nevertheless typically adhered to, is that male members of the Royal Family should marry women younger than them.

When Prince Charles married Princess Diana, he was 12 years her senior.

At the time, Charles was 32 years old while Diana had just turned 20.

But the Queen’s eldest son would go on to break the age-related tradition for his second marriage.

Prince Charles married Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on April 9, 2005.

He is the only member of the Royal Family to have a civil rather than a church wedding in England.

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