There was a "clear line of succession" in 1461. Didn't matter. There was a "clear line of succession" in 1553. Didn't matter. There was a "clear line of succession" in 1668. Didn't matter. These things aren't fixed.
Mick F wrote:Therefore I go back to what I've said before. I was against the CM, the EEC and the EU.
Out Out Out.
Why o why o why?
Cornish imperial fantasies?
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There was a "clear line of succession" in 1461. Didn't matter. There was a "clear line of succession" in 1553. Didn't matter. There was a "clear line of succession" in 1668. Didn't matter. These things aren't fixed.
That was when the monarchy mattered and I think was all before such things were laid down by act of Parliament but ok who do you think will be king if Charles dies before the Queen.
'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' - Reg Baker
Oh, it'll be Bill, but mainly because he's popular, not because what's currently written matters.
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Mick F wrote:Yes, wars have been fought .................
I agree that William will succeed, but as mjr says, it's the popularity of him. There would be no popularity for Andrew and Beatrice after him.
William would be king because that is how the succession works now. They don't look back to the Plantagenets or Tudors for guidance on how to do it. There is a set way of doing it now.
Mick F wrote:Yes, wars have been fought .................
I agree that William will succeed, but as mjr says, it's the popularity of him. There would be no popularity for Andrew and Beatrice after him.
After William it's William's children - so George and then Charlotte - and currently his wife is pregnant with a third. After that it's Prince Harry. Andrew is a long way down the line of succession.
Vorpal wrote:Norway is part of the EEA, which is like paying to be in the EU, and paying again not to implement all the laws in the EU, then implementing most of them, anyway
That sounds like the sort of thing we'll end up getting - out of the EU so the Remainers aren't happy but still close enough & expensive enough that the Leavers aren't happy either!
Former member of the Cult of the Polystyrene Head Carbuncle.
George IV's only legitimate child Charlotte , Princess of Wales , died before him so his brother William succeeded him. Both William's legitimate children died before him so he was succeeded by the next in line, his niece Victoria.
Things would have been very different if illegitimate children could have succeeded - the brothers George and William had about fourteen between them.
'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' - Reg Baker
