A million marriages are 'invalid' because of Church of England blunder

By Steve Doughty, Social Affairs Correspondent
November 2010

 Two million husbands and wives are not lawfully married because of a Church of England blunder, it was revealed yesterday.

Their church weddings are legally invalid because the vicars who married them used the wrong form of words, CofE lawyers admitted.

The error affects more than a million weddings celebrated over the past 30 years in churches across England. the rest