What happens if the meta tags are present in the document body?

Question

I am working on a ASP application and the code, template and files are organized in a way that does not allow me to alter anything outside the body tag. So I am thinking abo

Answer 1

Having the META Description tag in the websites is invalid markup, however is not a huge issue as search engines can regularly find the tag where ever it is. My website does this, have a look at my HTML

http://cameras.specced.co.uk/compare/268/Canon_EOS_200D

The META is in the website BODY however it has been indexed by google and the page meta description has been set as the click though text in google search results.