2006-10-26 11:06:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Michael S is wrong. A new king or queen, in the UK and probably other countries, has to swear an oath at the coronation. In the UK this includes a promise to 'maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel'. An atheist could not honestly make this promise. So long as the sovereign of the UK is supreme governor of the Church of England, he or she will have to be an Anglican.
2006-10-26 12:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A person's belief in God or lack of belief would have no bearing on whether or not they became monarch. The royal line of succession would be the determining factor.
2006-10-26 18:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by Michael S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all the countries in the world that have a monarchy require the monarchs to either be Protestant, Catholic, Islamic, Buddhist, and to my knowledge there's no other religions in world monarchies. In UK, you have to be Anglican, and your partner has to be Protestant or at least nonCatholic, in Sweden, you have to be Lutheran, in Spain you have to be Catholic. I don't know where I read it but I know there's at least one royal Asian country that has Buddhism as the royal religion and I believe most Middle Eastern royals have to be Islamic.
2006-10-26 20:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a monarch is determined by bloodlines and inheritance, whether atheist or theist
2006-10-26 18:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes and yes
2006-10-27 04:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah* 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋