> 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.) >
nobody gives a shit about that sort of thing any more. > 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. > Nobody in Parliament gives a flying fuck. The only people who care are the editors of supermarket magazines who think this sort of rubbish increases sales to Daily Express and Daily Mail readers. > 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. nobody gave a shit about that. What counted against her was being American. It was 80 years ago. Do you really think people in Britain still have those sort of views? There are probably about 16 people in Britain who care about the religion and divorced status of the royal family, and they're all over 110 and living in secure accommodation. Prince Charles could divorce Camilla and marry a gay Muslim leper from Somalia and nobody would give a toss or think it should affect whether he becomes king. In fact, we'd probably celebrate his diversity awareness. What matters is that he should stop interfering in matters that don't concern him. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
