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Originally Posted by Oppie
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And it was thereby further enacted, that all and every person and persons that then were, or afterwards should be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the see or Church of Rome, or should profess the popish religion, or marry a papist, should be excluded, and are by that Act made for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or enjoy the Crown and government of this realm, and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, or any part of the same, or to have, use, or exercise any regal power, authority, or jurisdiction within the same:
from http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/s...407239,00.html
So marry a papist is a no go, if she converts my guess is they will just use that line as a loop hole. |
Reading that wording if she was a Roman Catholic at any time then he would lose his place in the line of succession, which raises questions in my mind about Queen Victoria agreeing to Eddy's choice - maybe the stories about him being murdered so that George could succeed are true. If he married the RC daughter of the Duc d'Orleans (her actual name escapes me) according to this quote he would have been barred, even if she converted.
We do know that conversion after marriage has allowed the person to remain in the line of succession - e.g. the Duke of Kent so maybe the passage of time would allow the conversion after meeting the Prince.
I do find it funny that so much is made of the British system whereby ONE religion is barred but other royal families insist on the spouse being a specific religion and no-one seems to care - e.g. the Spanish spouse must be RC and the Swedish and Danish must be Lutheran. Princess Mary had to actually convert from Presbyterianism to Lutheranism before marrying Prince Frederick.
Maybe the Brits should have insisted on Church of England spouses rather than banning RC ones only.