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"Well, Mr Baldwin, this is a pretty kettle of fish" - these were reportedly Queen Mary of Teck's words on hearing that her son, Edward VIII wished to marry Wallis Simpson.

The topic had been broached, unsuccessfully of attempting to have Edward marry Wally in a morganatic wedding - much like Queen Mary's own branch of the house of Württemberg - but there was no precedent for this in English law, and the CoE apparently refused to recognize such a marriage if it took place.

Now, England has a history of it's monarchs marrying (in many cases) against dynastic tradition - Edward IV and Henry VIII being two such cases (well Henry counts for at least four cases on his own, while Edward gets two). What if the concept of a morganatic marriage had been introduced in England? How might this affect things?
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