Same-sex marriage has been legalised in England and Wales after receiving the Queen’s royal stamp of approval.
The decision was greeted with cheers from MPs in the Commons as speaker John Bercow announced the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill had been granted Royal Assent.
It clears the way for same-sex weddings by next summer after the bill completed its passage through parliament last night.
The queen’s approval was a formality and was the last step necessary for the bill to become law.
It will allow gay couples to get married in both civil and religious ceremonies and those who had previously entered into civil partnerships to convert their relationships to marriage.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told campaigners that the new law would ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people felt ‘recognised and valued, not excluded’.
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