Obviously I love this feature as I'm one of those players who had a huge wedding RP with another and would be nice to see this through further.
In terms of diplomacy I think there should be no automatic change, but let it flow from there (or let them kick you out of the realm right Chamberlain ^^).
Also would there be a way to retroactively marry chars who have been RP married for years? Otherwise I have to activate Garas again...