Hot on the heels after being defeated by the men of the cloth, Gordon Brown is apparently now looking at repealing the British Act of Settlement which currently specifically excludes Catholics from the British monarchy.
So if a member of the royal family who is in line to the throne (or is already a monarch) marries a Catholic or becomes a Catholic themselves, they lose all rights to the throne.
I wonder if this will become a carrot to the Catholic MPs holding out on the Embryo Bill?
Related Link: Catholics could join the royal succession
UPDATE: Lewis has an very interesting post on what repealing the Act of Settlement could mean for NZ.
So if a member of the royal family who is in line to the throne (or is already a monarch) marries a Catholic or becomes a Catholic themselves, they lose all rights to the throne.
I wonder if this will become a carrot to the Catholic MPs holding out on the Embryo Bill?
Related Link: Catholics could join the royal succession
UPDATE: Lewis has an very interesting post on what repealing the Act of Settlement could mean for NZ.
Oh dear... I'll have one less reason to complain about the monarchy then ;-)
ReplyDeleteI suspect Brown is doing this to stop the Scottish Nationalist Party from challenging the Act of Settlement 1701. Time will tell if he's serious.