It's a very real CURRENT issue. The heir-apparent Prince of Wales,
Charles Windsor, appears to have run afoul of the Succession Act himself.
He's divorced, he's married to a divorcee and she's a [former] Roman
Catholic. (Three strikes.)
Just being the first born son of the current monarch isn't enough to put
him on the throne. Charles doesn't inherit unless he can convince
Parliament to say he can inherit, which from this distance appears less
and less likely. There's a very real chance the succession will skip
over Charles to his eldest son because he will not get the consent of
Parliament.
You also might consider how the "last king" ended up on the throne, as
he was not first in the line of succession when his father died.
Hint: Wallace Simpson was also a divorcee and a Roman Catholic.
From: "Daniel J. Matyola"
"The Queen is the Queen by right of Parliament, _not_ right of birth."
Really? And you believe that? They just HAPPENED to pick the
daughter of the last King? What an extraordinary coincidence!
Dan
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 02:25:51PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola scripsit:
>> If we say that the Queen is superior by reason of birth and has rights
>> that can't be taken away,
>
> No one says any such thing.
>
> The Queen is the Queen by right of Parliament, _not_ right of birth.
> (This is, for instance, why there is such a thing as the Succession
> Act, or why it's widely acknowledged -- since Parliament has done it,
> twice and a half (Headless Chuck, James the Fled, and Edward the
> Abbreviated) -- that the elected Parliament can replace the monarch,
> or, for that matter, why Her Majesty has publicly stated that if she's
> presented with an act converting the UK into a republic, she'll sign
> it.)
>
> Supremacy of Parliament is a very real thing.
>
> Which is not to say I'm not -- being of a somewhat egalitarian bent --
> in favour of both a stronger monarchy and a selective one in Canada,
> rather than one with the current hereditary succession, but the idea
> that the English Monarchy came down on the side of Divine Right is
> really laughable.
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