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- Royal_Marriages_Act_1772 abstract "The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribes the conditions under which members of the British Royal Family may contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the Royal House. The right of veto vested in the sovereign by this Act provoked severe adverse criticism at the time. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 would (if enacted in all Commonwealth realms) repeal the Act and lay down much more limited restrictions on royal marriages.".