cathy50
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By "inheritance laws", do you mean the rules on the use of royal titles and styles? If so, several monarchs in Europe have been doing it for quite some time:
So they have all "downgraded" the status of members of their families compared to previous practice. How would Charles be different if he did the same? Not all members of a monarch's family have to be royal. The cut has to be made somewhere and, nowadays, a grandson in collateral line is normally pretty far from the throne and not expected to become a state-funded working royal.
- King Harald V decided that Sverre Magnus would not be an HRH (only a plain Prince) and that Princess Märtha-Louise's children would be untitled.
- Queen Beatrix decided that Prince Constantijn's and Prince Friso's children would only be counts/countesses and not, for example, HH Prince/Princess [xxx] of Orange-Nassau (as, I believe, was still possible under the Law on Membership of the Royal Family).
- King Juan Carlos decreed that children of Infantes/Infantas would have the consideration only of Grandees of Spain with the style of Excellency and that only the children of the Prince of Asturias would be HRH Infante/Infanta (previously, children of Infantes were Infantes too).
- King Carl Gustaf stripped CP's and Madeleine's children of the HRH (previously all persons in the line of succession to the Swedish throne were HRHs).
I don't know if Charles will make any changes and, as I said, I doubt he would discuss any change plans with the Family while the Queen is still alive (since royal titles still fall under her prerogative exclusively). Nevertheless, if he made any changes as King, e.g. to his grandchildren's titles, I doubt it would be seen as something scandalous or interpreted as any form of "downgrading" of the family's status.
Correct, and it is known for a while, if only rumour or a source I cannot say at the moment, that Charles plan to slim the whole thing down.
I find it hard to imagine that Harrys children and how they possibly will be brought up, outside the UK, little royal traditions, maybe not even UK citizens
can fit in. Not mentioning the question what if H&M remain antiroyal tendencies and pass them on their children. This is not at all a question of race.
In Sweden by law the children must attend a swedish school f.e. to gain royal privileges.. Madeleine decided not to do so, ok.
I don't see a problem with Charles sliming it down and combining fulltime royals or maybe those in direct line to the throne only with a title, HRH ...
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