Isn't one of the rules of a prince that if you want to keep your right to be king you cant marry a catholic or anyone who has been divorced......So since Prince Charles married Camilla who has been married and divorced will he still be King???
2007-08-29 12:31:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
That was the usual rule, however, Prince Charles somehow coerced the head of the Church of England and got around that rule . Charles and Camilla couldn't have a church wedding so had to make do with a civil service.
2007-08-30 05:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Parliament makes the rules about who has the right to the monarchy, and Parliament can change them, but there have been no changes since about 1710, and none are foreseen in the near future.
The monarch is also the Head of the Church of England, and until recently the Church of England would not conduct a church ceremony for the remarriage of a divorced person. Many people have carelessly, and incorrectly, concluded from this that a person divorced and remarried cannot be the Head of the Church of England.
Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 in order to marry the divorcee Mrs. Simpson. He had the power to marry her while he was still King, but he had been advised by the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury that if he did, then the Dominions (Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand) would probably secede from the Commonwealth rather than accept her as Queen, and their Anglican Churches would probably secede from Canterbury rather than accept him as their Head. Rather than cause so much trouble, he chose to abdicate first. Nowadays, no such trouble will arise over Prince Charles' second marriage.
2007-08-30 00:50:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is no rule saying that the heir to the throne can't marry a divorced person, only that he can't marry a Catholic. There is nothing to stop Charles becoming king and he is the legal heir to the throne, recognized as the successor by Parliament.
2007-08-30 00:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Prince William was born when his parents were still legally married to each other. As the first born son of the first in line to the throne, his position is secure regardless of his father's subsequent actions.
Additionally, William is now legally an adult, and any agreement his father made with regards to royal rights and prerogatives would not be binding on William unless he also agreed to them.
2007-08-29 18:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by thing55000 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The exemption to the rule about losing ones right to the throne if one marries a catholic or a divorced women is waived if ones eyes are so close together that the marriage may be deemed an optical illusion.
Fortunately there is so little real-estate between Charles' eyes that he qualifies for the exemption.
2007-08-29 13:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Well, actually since QueeniE is head now of the church, it probably will fall to her and her authority in her final words (probably at her death) of whether or not for the best of all involved ie: the Monarchy, the Royal family and whether or not she can do some sort of authoritarian writ stating it would in fact be best for William to be the rightful heir, it's really hard to say. I personally think William will try to avoid it at all costs because his father has been bred for it and Wills in fact despises the attention and pomp and circumstance and seems as though he'll buck if he can. Just my opinion and gut feeling, woman's intuition, if you will.
2007-08-29 17:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by bpgagirl22 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Prince William SHOULD be the King instead of that awful father of his!
2007-08-30 18:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Marrying a divorced woman does not preclude one from becoming King. The misconception came about because of the abdication of Edward VIII in order to marry a divorced American woman. The issue there wasn't that he wasn't allowed to marry her, it was that she was viewed (at least somewhat correctly) as an opportunistic whore unfit to become Queen.
2007-08-29 16:14:44 · answer #8 · answered by JerH1 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Of course Charles will be king. Since he had approval of the reigning monarch, it doesn't matter.
2007-08-30 09:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by kiwi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the UK you cant marry a catholic but you can marry a divorced person
2007-08-29 17:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋