Are the members of the royal family allowed to marry a non-Christian person?

What an interesting question! The Act of Settlement 1701 was of course enacted when nobody in Britain could have even dreamt of any religion other than Christianity existing in the UK. So, yes, legally, they are. It's only catholics who cause a problem.

The British monarch is Supreme Governor of the Church of England so they are the only British person with no freedom of religion. But yes, legally, there is nothing to stop a C of E King who is married to, say, a muslim queen.

Parliament specifically enacted the Act of Settlement of 1701 to keep the Roman Catholic descendants of James II from the throne. Thus, it provided that only Protestant "heirs of the body" of Sophia, dowager Electress of Hanover, who had not married a Roman Catholic or who had not converted to Roman Catholicism could succeed to the Throne (Act of Settlement, 2000, Guardian).

Nevertheless, the unwritten British Constitution is flexible enough to forbid a British monarch to marry a twice-divorced American Episcopalian in 1936 (should the need arise), and to allow a divorced heir apparent to marry a divorced member of the Church of England in 2005. The King or Queen (Regnant) of the United Kingdom, however, is the titular "Supreme Governor of the Church of England" and "Defender of the Faith"--a title Henry VIII received from Pope Leo X in 1521 (Supreme Governor of the Church of England, 2010, December 18). By way of contrast, the British monarch is not not the head of the Church of Scotland, for he or she only has the right to attend the General Assembly, but not to take a part in it. His or her coronation oath also includes "the promise to maintain and preserve the Protestant Religion and the Presbyterian Church Government" (Queen, state and kirk, n.d.).

Presumably, any prospective spouse who is not a member of the Church of England--whether Christian or not--will understand that he or she needs to convert to the Anglican faith upon marriage to a member of the Royal Family: For example, Autumn Kelly, a Roman Catholic, became an Anglican before she married the Queen's grandson, Peter Phillips, in May 2008, and Prince Philip converted from the Greek Orthodox Church to the Anglican faith before he married Princess Elizabeth in November 1947. The Prince of Wales, however, has said that he would like to be the "Defender of Faith" rather than "Defender of the Faith" in a move to reflect a more multicultural and secular society (Pierce, 2008, November 13). The United Kingdom could avoid these problems if there was separation of church and state.

Technically, no. Royals also, technically, can't marry Catholic Christians. Catholics are the only Christian denomination explicitly not allowed to ascend the thrown; one of those throw-backs to our Catholic-bashing past. One doesn't have to think hard why Tony Blair waited until after his term as Prime Minister to "convert" to Catholicism (despite attending Catholic Mass for 10 years) - he, as PM, appointed the Bishops of the Anglican Church. Would be a bit odd having a Catholic do that. Not that he actually chooses them, it's only a technicality.

One does not, despite popular opinion, have to be an Anglican however. One will, of course, become Head of the Anglican Church if one ever becomes Monarch.

The members of the Royal Family must be Christian. As you probably remember, Lady Diana Spencer was in a relationship with a Muslim man, which was unacceptable. Some conspirators argue that Diana was pregnant at the time of her death. You can see how that was not in England's best interests. The point is, religion is a very delicate topic, and was always very important in the Monarchy and always will be.

However, theoretically, if the partner changes their religion and gets baptized, it is acceptable to marry. This has happened many times in the Russian Empire.

of course definite! the Queen's husband, Prince Philip became right into a former member of the royal kin of Greece and Denmark. He became into Greek via nationality. Princess Anne, The Princess Royal's son married a Canadian female, the daughter of a 2d cousin to Prince Charles married a Maori guy from New Zealand, and to suitable it off the Queen isn't in basic terms British my chum, even together with her mom being Scottish, the Queen additionally has German (in general), Danish, English, Cuman, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Monegasque, Norwegian, previous Prussian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yugoslavian ethnicities in her bloodline.

The only law is that the heir to the throne (and, the parents) must not be Catholic.

Keeping in mind that Diana was in a relationship with a Muslim AFTER she was no longer a member of the Royal family.

I'm not sure about this, but I thought Camilla was Catholic, and they dispensed with the rules, because she can't become mother to a potential heir.

They have to be a member of the Church of England because the monarchy is head of the Church of England

Legallly there is no restriction at all on who members of the Royal Family may marry. They can marry a person of any religion or none. However if they marry a person who, at the time of the wedding, is a Catholic then they cannot inherit the throne.

For example the Queen's cousin, Prince Michael, grandson of George V, married a catholic. He remains a prince and is still addressed as 'Your Royal HIghness', however he is no longer in the line of succession to the throne.

There is no requirement to be Anglican to inherit the throne, although the sovereign would be expected to enter into communion with denomination of which they are Supreme Head. It must also be remebered that there are two special Churches in the United Kingdom, the Church of England, of which the Soveriegn is Supreme Head and also the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian in government, which, while not established in exactly the same way as the Church of England is still the national Church in Scotland. The Queen is basically an Anglican when in England and a Presbyterian when in Scotland

You need to be an Anglican to marry in.

However, it DOES seem like a conflict of interest if you're marrying your spiritual leader. Just sayin