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From: Patrick Wallace< >
Subject: Re: OT: Charles I, II (and III?)
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 10:31:28 GMT


But what is a 'true' line of succession, and where do you start
counting from? Stuarts, Hanoverians and Orange claims only went back
as far as descent from Henry VIII. Before that the Crown went, often
enough, to whoever was strong enough to win it in battle, so what's
illegitimate about its being awarded by Parliament instead, as has
been the implicit rule since 1689?
Patrick Wallace

On 2 Nov 2000 02:08:13 -0800, (John
Brown) wrote:


>But isn't it time to get back to the true line of succession ? I read
>somewhere (quite a time ago) that the true heir is Prince Albert of Bavaria
>who is debarred by the 1701 Act of Settlement. Now we're talking about doing
>away with the link between Crown and Church, shouldn't he (or his heirs) be
>invited to take over ?

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