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Originally Posted by Oppie
Here you go:
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:
So marry a papist is a no go, if she converts my guess is they will just use that line as a loop hole.
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Note that this clause relates to
who may succeed to the Crown. The spouse of a Prince/Princess or Monarch is not in the line of succession.
The only part that is important is "
or marry a papist". My understanding is that the only requirement is that the spouse is not Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage.
The d'Orléans Princess was Hélène. Queen Victoria wrote to Prince Eddy in May 1890: "...None of our family can marry a catholic without losing all their rights and I am sure that she would never change her religion and to change her religion merely to marry is a thing much to be deprecated..."
source "Queen Mary" by James Pope-Hennessy. This would indicate that, for a spouse, conversion from Roman Catholicism prior to marriage complies with the Act of Settlement and is therefore OK.
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