A little-known clause in the Marriage Act gives Royals the right to exempt themselves from normal legal requirements whereby all marriage certificates are available to view at a register office.
Officials at Westminster Abbey said they were in discussion with Clarence House on the issue but were not planning to make the marriage certificate available.
The General Register Office, which holds details of all marriages, also said yesterday it would not be supplying public copies of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s certificate.
‘Certificates are never available after Royal Weddings,’ it said. ‘For the same reason, it would not be possible to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate relating to the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.’
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