Act repeal could make Franz Herzog von Bayern new King of England and Scotland By Richard Alleyne and Harry de Quetteville Last Updated: 2:48am BST 07/04/2008 Gordon Brown is considering repealing the 1701 Act of Settlement as a way of healing a historic injustice by ending the prohibition against Catholics taking the throne. The Duke of Bavaria, with his niece Elisabeth, is a descendant of King Charles I But doing so would have the unforeseen consequence of making a 74-year-old German aristocrat the new King of England and Scotland. Without the Act, Franz Herzog von Bayern, the current Duke of...