Men may require a deed poll if they want to change their name after marriage – a process at odds with equality
While the $3m (£2.3m) wedding of David and Victoria Beckham’s eldest son, Brooklyn, and Nicola Peltz, the daughter of billionaire businessman Nelson, might not be an obvious place to look for a modern approach to marriage, the groom’s decision to take his wife’s name has prompted praise from some quarters.
He is said to have opted to change his middle name, meaning his surname is still Beckham. And although growing numbers of men want to double-barrel their name, or take on their wife’s surnames, the move by Peltz Beckham has highlighted an archaic rule that means it is more administratively complicated than the other way round.
