I was looking for the latest contribution from you in this echo, but it wasn't easy (you've been a really busy beaver here :) ), so I jump on this comment.
I've watched the Netflix series (The Crown) about QEII's first years in power, and in particular her problems with her kid sister Margaret's love affair with Peter Townsend (I guess there are no relationship with a certain guitar player here? :) )
Now, you being so old, you maybe even were around by the time, do you have any thoughts about what happened by that time?
From what I understand it was all a matter of the Church vs. the State. The UK Church did not acknowledge any divorce (much like when King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate) so Margaret had to jump through lots of hoops to get her beloved Peter, but no matter how she jumped she was not allowed to marry him in the end.
Now, as far as I can see it, this is a matter of separating or not the crown from the church, right?
The Swedish constitution clearly states that there can be no connection between the church and the state or the crown. How about the present UK constitution?
And as I've watched the above TV series, I have a ton of other questions to a UK old-timer like you, but I'll leave it be for now. 8-)
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