Briton who died on honeymoon in Australia to have same-sex marriage recognised
British couple David (left) and Marco Bulmer-Rizzi were on honeymoon in Adelaide when David died. Marco was initially told his late husband’s status would be recorded on a South Australian death certificate as ‘never married.
The British high commission has said an English man who died while on honeymoon in Adelaide will be registered as married on his death certificate, after the South Australian premier apologised for the “awfully insensitive” treatment of his widower.
Charity worker David Bulmer-Rizzi, 32, died after a fall while on honeymoon with husband Marco, 38, in Adelaide.
Though the couple, from Sunderland, had married in London last year, Marco Bulmer-Rizzi was told David’s death certificate would state never married and he was not recognised as next of kin.
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