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Will Prince Charles ever be King?
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Rumours are circulating both online and in the
tabloids that the Queen wants to disregard the
line of succession and make Prince William and
Kate Middleton the next King and Queen of
England, instead of Prince Charles and Camilla,
Duchess of Cornwall.
I've now checked on the web whether the Queen has
the power to do this and apparently she doesn't.
As one website informed - it would be against the
law. Specifically the 1701 Act of Settlement which
requires that a Monarch heir must be a direct
successor and a Protestant.
Prince Charles fits the bill on both these requirements.
Whether people like the Prince or not the man has been
in training for the job since he was 4. He's been
training to take the throne for his whole life.
I personally feel that it would be cruel for him not
to be given the job.
Also, since Parliament instituted that Act, and apparently
the Queen has no power over political laws, Parliament
would need to be the one to change it. And, the British
Parliament as we're learning with our Constitution
probably also takes a long time to pass new laws.
It will be interesting to see how much longer will the Queen
continue to reign. She's now galloping towards 92 - how
much longer will Prince Charles have to wait?