How did Tyson Fury’s daughter get married at 16?

[Wouldcou]

I thought they changed the law and you had to be 18 in the UK?

you wouldn’t know where to start by the sound of it!

In England and Wales you are correct ,but in Scotland you can marry at 16 yrs without parental consent(consultation on raising the age to 18 yrs in ongoing) In the Isle of Man you can marry at 16 yrs with parental consent.

You are quite right. The uk school system is awful. But it is what we have and most jobs will require some sort of GCSE qualifications or similar. So we have to get through it as best we can.

Cooking and cleaning are important, yes. But doing them doesn’t mean you can’t get an education. My 18yo loves cooking but she’s still taking A levels.

Usually at 11/12 years old for both.

We simply don't value formal education in the way you do.

Those who want schooling, get it. The percentage of those who do has increased since I was that age. But the vast majority don't.

Yes housework is a female responsibility. Earning money is the men's job.

And why should I? Do you go around defending your way of living?

What's the standard 'dream life' for most girls these days?
School, university- which unless it's a really good university to do proper subjects like STEM is going to get them a middling job.
Have 'fun' with hot guys (maybe a frigging pointless gap year first) then settle down at 30 with Mr Unexciting- But -Stable in a wedding that is way too expensive and leaves them in debt.

Work a taxing job while paying through the nose for childcare.
Each day a treadmill of work, children and housework.
Coming to sites like these to complain that 'dh' doesn't do this or that, that the new guy in accounts is 'hot', that dh is playing around before getting divorced at 40.
Single motherhood follows then complaining that men only want sex.

Yep that's the standard existence of the average woman in the UK.
Yes, yes not every woman of course but a heck of a lot.

Yet this young lady is going to have a horrible life? Pull the other one.
Blessed life more like.
Good luck to her.

Venezuela Fury is currently still of compulsory school age so she'd only be allowed to work 12 hours a week, not full time.

My DD has been with her partner since she was 17, she said to me the other day (now 25) that she/they were so young then when she thought she was grown up (one of her DBs if that age now) and considers it just good luck that she and her DP are still together. I have to say they've managed to grow together, through college and uni and now post grad... Have a home and a dog etc. I wouldn't have encouraged her to get married that young but in their case they've really got an incredibly strong relationship and even though I wouldn't have pegged their relationship as a forever deal, I do now. In the scheme of things, I am uncomfortable with such a young girl getting married but it is sortable if it doesn't work out, the comparison to FGM isn't helpful because it isn't a permanent state and can be dissolved.

Yep. You’re very cross today

not usually because theres nothing problematic or controversial about it!

Curious as to whether following her marriage, Ms. V is considered an adult in IOM (or anywhere) for all things legal, like making a will, buying a house, divorcing, signing legal documents and so on. Marriage is a legal contract so if that can be done at 16 can all other legal stuff be done by her at that age too? Just thinking out loud here!

Good luck to them, their culture is what it is, similar to arranged marriages in Orthodox Jewish and other religions/cultures I suppose.

God, ignorance really is bliss

Of course you think that, because that's normal to you. How surprising that others think the same about the way they live.

The bigoted thick as mince Tyson Fury, aye he's wonderful 😂

And when she gets a job she will have to put her child into childcare.
No traveller female would allow this and that is also deemed to be deplorable.

Some of their traditions are absolutely barbaric? Have you seen how they treat horses and dogs?

So your rant at people not understanding was wrong then?

Children should be being an education. That’s the minimum I’m going say!

I wholly agree that there is a huge amount of prejudice and assumption about gypsy, Roma and traveller communities - but it is also wrong to say that we should never question and comment upon other cultural traditions - female genital mutilation, foot binding, forced marriage - to say we can’t question another culture is knowingly turning a blind eye to vulnerable people.

Full time education or an apprenticeship: or 20 or more hours a week work or volunteering while in part-time education or training. In England.

But the consequences for not doing so are virtually nil.

You don’t have the right not to be offended. Nobody does.

It's crazy to me that in 2026 anyone would be applauding a school girl getting married instead of sitting her GCSEs.

Every single one of them really?
None travellers never commit animal crueltt??

Weird way to make a point, but yes you’re correct, thankfully the Westminster government acting for both England AND Wales is not backwards enough to still not be protecting children from marriage, in 2026.
Other devolved UK governments seem to have not yet managed to safeguard children, in their jurisdictions, against it though. That is what you meant, right?

yep, but they’ll do what they like cos “culture”
innit

I disagree. I know some traveller women and they are very happy in their lives.

I was referring to the OP’s use of “UK.” When she didn’t mean the UK.

Not sure if you’ve noticed but, particularly on mumsnet, English users will constantly say UK when they are talking specially about something English. Even in the scotnet board, they’ll pop up and say “well actually, that’s not how it works in the UK” because to you English lot, it’s only the UK if it’s England. Nothing else matters.