But in more recent history, as divorce has become more common in Britain and across the world, the royal family has shown that in this way, at least, they really are just like the rest of us. This shift in acceptance has happened only in the past three decades, after three Windsor divorces rocked the royal family in the 1990s -- and it was never the same again. At the time, divorcees were not acceptable in society, and the royal Court was the strictest of all. One did not, and he threatened to divorce his wife, Harriet Mordaunt -- and the prospect of the Prince of Wales as a witness in a divorce case was too dreadful. The royal family may have been dragged into accepting divorce and the idea of marrying divorcees, but it is vital that they did.

Source: CNN March 22, 2020 11:48 UTC