A new monarch who is a divorcee would once have scandalised. But Charles' accession shows how much has changed
- Written by Henry Kha, Senior Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University
Jon Super/AP/AAPKing Charles III is the first British monarch who has previously had a civil marriage and a civil divorce.
In 1981, Charles, then the Prince of Wales, married Lady Diana Spencer in a fairytale wedding watched by 750 million people worldwide.
However, the royal couple separated in 1992 and they were divorced in 1996. The marriage had...
