What would happen if the Royal family of the UK were killed? Would there be a Church of England?

Answer 1

There'd be a big scrabble to definte exact descendants or the closest successors to the throne.

And yes, there'd be a Church of England. God is definitely different to the Queen!

Answer 2

There'll always be a Church of England if for no other reason than the need for "Catholic Lite"! This holds true even if the Monarch de-evolves from being the "Defender of the Faith" to the "Defender of the Faiths", or if circumstances dictate that England once again becomes a Republic (as it did between 1649 and 1660).

Of course, the above question presupposes that the Queen's title "Supreme Governor of the Church of England" is other than a titular or courtesy title. Even though the Queen appoints archbishops and bishops on the advice and consent of the British Prime Minister, who, in turn, considers the names selected by the Church Commission, she reigns here rather than rules (as in all other aspects of national life). Since some Prime Ministers themselves aren't Anglican--for example, Margaret Thatcher was Methodist, and the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is a member of the Church of Scotland--obviously it is the Church Commission that decides such matters.

Since the Anglican Church is the "established", or official, church of England, parish priests take an oath of allegiance to the reigning sovereign. Neither Wales nor Northern Ireland, however, has had an established church since 1920 and 1869, respectively, which doesn't necessary dim the patriotic fervor (or separatist spirit as the case may be) of Welsh and Ulster subjects. Moreover, the Queen is just one of the members of the Church of Scotland, which is governed by a General Assembly, chaired by a Moderator. The Scottish Episcopalian Church is also part of the Anglican Communion; but in this case, the Episcopal church isn't the "established" church.

Answer 3

There are thousands of people who have some genetic links with the House of Windsor so it wouldn't be difficult to scour around the UK or the World for that matter, to find someone who would have a claim.
There was a film made which had a plot on this very subject - existing Royals were wiped out in a big family get-together and the next in line was an American who was brought over to England to be groomed for Kingship.
I reckon I'm about 1,000,000th in line

Answer 4

The line of succession is very long in the thousands and there are other monarchs of other countries in line, such as the king of Norway, Members of the royal families in Spain, pre republic Romania, Germany and Sweden among others.
So the church would continue.

Answer 5

The Royal Family is smalled (the Queen, her cosort, and those who are HRH and their spouses.) The line of succession goes on for ever, and you could never kill the thoussands of people who have a claim to the thorne (Including the Royal family of Norway, and Sweeden,) as they are decendants of Princess, as well as many German nobles and Serene Highness, and almost all high ranking nobles.

Answer 6

Of course there would. Although the queen is the head of the Church I think that if push came to shove then God would take precedence!

And to kill the whole Royal family would take forever - theres so many of them!

Answer 7

It would hard to kill the entire Royal family, the line of succession is very long, it is not simply the immediate ones you see day to day, you are talking like any family, cousins, nieces, nephews, the list is much longer than you think

Answer 8

The Church of England would still exist;and there are many,many,many people in the line of succession.

Answer 9

There are over 3000 in the current legal line of succession. Until the last descendant of the Electress Sophia of Hanover is dead, there is a monarch in waiting. (If they all died, then most European monarchies would also be Kingless)

To Ian G, illegitimate children are forbidden from taking the throne, as are their descendants, so the Australian man hasn't a chance.

Answer 10

The Queen is head as in senior layman. The only thing that would matter is would Christianity survive in England. I think in one way or another it would