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 <gray...@marost.ca> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
