It doesn't make any difference who we have as king. It could be Shirley Bassey's hairdresser for all it matters. It's just a figurehead position. Besides, if there's to be a monarch at all, what's wrong with Prince Charles? He's a harmless old sod, by and large, and should keep his nose out of architectural matters, but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with him as an individual.
Bob > > Do the English really want Prince Charles for their king? > > Dan > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:35 PM, paul stenquist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jul 4, 2010, at 5:30 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > > > > If those factors are really relevant, it's all the more damning, > isn't it? What if she were black? Horrors! > > Paul > >> > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
