She's from a small village in Belgium and gay marriage is recognised over there [as opposed to civil partnership].
Sarah Ashman, who entered a civil partnership with Claire last year after 13 years together, said: "Charles was very special to me.
The rights conferred by marriage and civil partnership—over property, pensions, inheritance and so forth—are virtually identical.
As the very important business subject, business partnership has the legal characteristics which are obviously different from the common civil partnership and the other business subjects.