How the Church of England has shifted on divorce, from Henry VIII to Meghan Markle

The six wives of Henry VIII

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stand before the altar at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, a refuge of the British monarch for a thousand years, the archbishop of Canterbury will tie the knot with vows from the Book of Common Prayer that read, “to have and to hold . . . until death do us part.”

Not so very long ago, this wedding — with this service, and this officiant, at this place — would have been impossible…

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