On Jul 4, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Bob W wrote: > 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. > I find him somewhat humorous. Certainly no harm in that. And I had to admire him for finally going with his heart and making Camille his wife. Men have done worse. Paul
> 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. -- 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.
