Dutch monarch could possibly be in same-sex marriage, Prime Minister says

Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia, 17, has not made any feedback on the matter, and little is understood of her private life. The query arose after lately revealed books argued that the nation’s guidelines exclude the potential for a same-sex royal couple.

However Prime Minister Mark Rutte stated instances have modified since considered one of his predecessors final addressed the problem within the yr 2000.

“The federal government believes that the inheritor may also marry an individual of the identical intercourse,” Rutte wrote in a letter to Parliament.

“The cupboard subsequently doesn’t see that an inheritor to the throne or the King ought to abdicate if he/she want to marry a associate of the identical intercourse.”

Homosexual marriage was legalized within the Netherlands in 2001.

Rutte stated that one situation stays unresolved: how a homosexual marriage would have an effect on later succession of the royal couple’s youngsters. And it would not make sense to attempt to determine that now, he stated.

“It is simply very depending on the details and circumstances of the precise case, as you’ll be able to see by trying again at how household regulation can change over time,” he wrote.

In contrast to common marriages, royal marriages want the approval of Parliament. Members of the Dutch royal home have once in a while given up their place within the line of succession to marry somebody with out permission.