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As long as the royal member receives a "blessing" from the monarch, which is like consent of approval, the royal may marry his or her partner. British royal members may also marry a Catholic, for example, Peter Philips has received his consent to marry his Catholic fiancée, Kelly Autumn. However, the only problem is, he will be removed from the line of succession as stated under the Act of Settlement of 1701. The Act strictly prohibits Catholics from inheriting the British crown. Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession, however, it does not prevent any British royal members from marrying a Catholic if one truly wishes to do so.
Fun Fact: Apparently the only European royal family that warmly accepted an Euro-Asian "Princess" was the Queen of Denmark. Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark is a former member of the Danish Royal House. She is of Chinese, British, Czech, and Austrian ancestry. Alexandra Manley was born in Hong Kong, as the youngest of three daughters of Richard Nigel Manley (born in Shanghai in 1924 to a British father and Chinese mother) and Christa Maria Manley (née Nowotny, born in Austria in 1933). Alexandra met Prince Joachim at a party in Hong Kong, where he was working for a Danish shipping company. Prince Joachim and Alexandra have two children from their former marriage:
- His Highness Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik, born on 28 August 1999
- His Highness Prince Felix Henrik Valdemar Christian, born on 22 July 2002
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