From: paul stenquist
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
If it were up to me, I wouldn't care one way or another. But what I
think doesn't matter to the British Parliament who get to make the decision.
OTOH, from what I read, under the succession law it wouldn't matter if
she were black, as long as she wasn't Roman Catholic or a divorcee.
I think it has something to do with England having a STATE religion.
--
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.
