To: SandRat
Does the queen have the right, under the British constitution, to pass the throne to anyone other than the first person in the line of succession?
I think the last time anyone tried to monkey with the order of succession, other than the Glorious Revolution which meant ousting a reigning king and excluding his new-born son from the succession, was the failed attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne when Edward VI died in 1553.
To: Verginius Rufus
Does the queen have the right, under the British constitution, to pass the throne to anyone other than the first person in the line of succession?
See post #20.
22 posted on
01/03/2012 11:31:44 AM PST by
Cheburashka
(If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
To: Verginius Rufus
I think the last time anyone tried to monkey with the order of succession, other than the Glorious Revolution which meant ousting a reigning king and excluding his new-born son from the succession, was the failed attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne when Edward VI died in 1553.Although there was that whole bit with the Establishment forcing the King to abdicate in 1936 rather than give up his bimbo.
Which Winston Churchill fought bitterly, BTW.
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