patriarchal institution. But ahead of the ceremony, due to take place at Chelsea Register Office, the couple’s celebrations were tainted after they were told by an official they would need to re-register their children, The Telegraph reports. The couple were told that due to a clause in the 1976 Legitimacy Act, they would be fined £2 if they did not re-register their existing children, who would also have less inheritance rights than any future offspring. Ms Steinfeld, 38, told The Telegraph that the law “stigmatises” the children of couples in mixed-sex civil partnerships. “The difference between marriage and civil partnership is that civil partnership is a modern social institution that is, except for this aspect, free of all of this old school patriarchal baggage. Watch more Everything you need to know about civil