2007-05-23 07:24:01 · 10 answers · asked by Chris B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
He is first in the line of succession. I am sure that the Queen could pass it to William by executive order ( I would hope so) since his divorce and scandal and remarriage could hurt the monarchy.
But it is highly doubtful he would give up the throne to his son he has waited so long.
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2007-05-23 08:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rhiannon 3 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Any onarchy in the world has abdication. Hiers to the throne are given the choice wether to assume official duties or abandon them and pass the throne to the next in line. Charles can either choose to be King or not. It is not something that is forced to someone.
2007-05-23 13:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He could only abdicate if Parliament passed a law allowing him to.
There's no reason to expect that he would abdicate, since he has been "in training" for the position his entire life, and feels that he is duty bound to be King.
2007-05-23 21:59:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He has the option of abdicating, as his great-uncle Edward VIII did. However, that does require the approval of Parliament (and the legislatures of the other Commonwealth countries), since the succession is governed by force of law rather than the personal authority of the monarch.
2007-05-23 11:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by JerH1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He can't choose to pass it on to William.
He could choose (most improbably) to renounce the throne for himself and his descendants, and nobody could stop him, which would give us King Andrew instead.
He could declare himself unfit to rule and force Parliament to appoint a Regency Council to act in his stead, in which William would probably take a leading part.
2007-05-24 00:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by bh8153 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is highly unlikely that the Prince of Wales will abdicate or step aside for William to reign. Charles wants to be King.Charles takes his Royal Duties seriously;his reign will be a short reign,a reign in which more modernization of the monarchy will take place.Charles' reign is expected to smooth the transition for William,who will continue the modernization process.
Perhaps you are not familiar with the story of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson;he had to abdicate his duties because he insisted on reigning with the woman he loved at his side.Unfortunately,divorce was very uncommon during the time and generally frowned upon and Mrs. Simpson was a two-time divorcee.Edward really did not want to abdicate and fought tooth and nail to keep his reign and caused a constitutional crisis,seriously endangering the future of the monarchy.Since,then, the Windsors have been pretty mindful about performing their Royal Duties. Margaret could not marry the man she really loved,Peter Townsend,because in doing so,she would have had to step down from the line of succession because a divorce would have been needed. From Buckingham Palace's site:
"The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by Parliamentary statute.
The order of succession is the sequence of members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in line to the throne.
The basis for the succession was determined in the constitutional developments of the seventeenth century, which culminated in the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701).
When James II fled the country in 1688, Parliament held that he had 'abdicated the government' and that the throne was vacant. The throne was then offered, not to James's young son, but to his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, as joint rulers.
It therefore came to be established not only that the Sovereign rules through Parliament, but that the succession to the throne can be regulated by Parliament, and that a Sovereign can be deprived of his title through misgovernment.
The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by statute; the Act of Settlement confirmed that it was for Parliament to determine the title to the throne.
The Act laid down that only Protestant descendants of Princess Sophia - the Electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I - are eligible to succeed. Subsequent Acts have confirmed this.
Parliament, under the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, also laid down various conditions which the Sovereign must meet. A Roman Catholic is specifically excluded from succession to the throne; nor may the Sovereign marry a Roman Catholic.
The Sovereign must, in addition, be in communion with the Church of England and must swear to preserve the established Church of England and the established Church of Scotland. The Sovereign must also promise to uphold the Protestant succession."
http://www.royal.gov.uk
2007-05-23 07:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
He is next in the line of sucession and will serve unless there is some reason that he can't.
2007-05-23 07:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He has the right to abdicate but I don't think he will.
2007-05-23 08:22:57 · answer #8 · answered by Julia B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure if he can pass it on, but I think he can abdicate and name a new heir.
2007-05-23 08:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Hecan pass it down but why would he want to?
2007-05-23 10:13:27 · answer #10 · answered by Jean E 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋