ROYAL RULES prevented Princess Anne from marrying Andrew Parker Bowles, who instead went on to marry Camilla Shand, the future wife of Prince Charles.
. Anne and Andrew were seen out together on a number of occasions, but the pairing was not to be, because Andrew is a Roman Catholic and therefore their marriage was “out of the question”.The princess, as the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, head of the Church of England, would not have been allowed to marry a Catholic, especially because at the time it would have meant she would be struck from the line of succession.
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