Amsterdam: In the country that first legalized gay marriage, the Dutch crown daughter had the right to marry someone from every sex without releasing her rights on the throne, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
Daughter of Crown Catharina-Amalia, 17, hasn’t made comments about this problem, and a little known about her personal life.
Questions arose after books that were recently published argue that the country’s rules exclude the possibility of the same-sex royal couple.
But Prime Minister Mark Rutte said time had changed since one of his last predecessors addressed this problem in 2000.
“The government believes that heirs can also marry someone with the same sex,” Rutte wrote in a letter to parliament.
“Therefore the cabinet does not see that the heir of the throne or king must go down the throne if he wants to marry a partner of the same sex.” Gay marriage was legalized in the Netherlands in 2001.
Rutte said that one problem remained unresolved: how gay marriage will affect the next succession of the kingdom pair children.
And it doesn’t make sense to try to decide now, he said.
“It only depends on the fact and circumstances of certain cases, as you can see by looking back how family law can change over time,” he wrote.
Unlike regular marriages, royal marriages need parliamentary approval.
Dutch royal house members on the occasion of submitting their place in the succession line to marry someone without permission.