Queen Elizabeth has formally given her grandson Prince Harry the all-clear to marry Meghan Markle, a casual two months before their wedding – and nearly four months after he actually popped the bloody question.
In accordance with the British monarchy’s characteristically antiquated and self-preserving rules, the Queen signed a declaration on Wednesday permitting the couple to wed. With a stuffy note that included the couple’s full birth names, the Queen informed her underlings that yep, they have the all clear to tie the knot.
Protocol dictates that the reigning monarch must have the final say regarding the marriages of the next six people in line to the throne, and old mate Harry is definitely among that number.
If he had not been given the all clear by his grandma, the marriage would have been viewed as… well, unofficial in the eyes of the monarchy, disqualifying any of the couple’s potential children from one day taking the throne.
Prince Harry and Markle are set to marry on May 19.
