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do therefore humbly pray, That all the Laws and Statutes of this Realm for secu-
ring the established Religion, and the Rights and Liberties of the People thereof,
and all other Laws and Statutes of the same, now in force, may be ratified and
confirmed, and the same are by his Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent
of the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, and by Authority of the
same, ratified and confirmed accordingly.
XM.
Königlich Grossbritannische Vermählungsakte (Royal Marriage Act)
von 1772.
(Aus K. F. Eichhorns Denkschrift über die Ehe des Herzogs von Sussex, Beil. YIIL S. AXXVIL.)
1. The Royal Message.
George R.
„His Majesty being desirous, from paternal affection to his own Family, and
anxious concern for the future welfare of His People, and the honour and dignity
of His Crown, that the right of approving all Marriages in the Royal Family (which
ever has belonged to the Kings of this Realm, as a matter of public concern) may
be made effectual, recommends to both Houses of Parliament to take into their
serious consideration, whether it may not be wise and expedient to supply the
defect of the laws now in being; and, by some new provision, more effectually to
guard the Descendants of his late Majesty King George UI. (other than the issue
of Princesses who have married, or may hereafter marry, into foreign Families)
from marrying without the approbation of His Majesty, His heirs, or successors,
first had and obtained.“
G.R.
Dated 20. February 1772.
2. Act 12 Geo UI c. 11.
An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal
Family.
Most Gracious Sovereign.
„Whereas your Majesty, from your paternal affection to yvur own Family,
„and from your Royal concern for the future welfare of your People, and the
„honour and dignity of your Crown, was graciously pleased to recommend to your
„Parliament to take into their serious consideration, whether it might not be wise
„and expedient to supply the defect of the laws now in being, and by some new
„provision more effectually to guard the Descendants of his late Majesty King
