Posts Tagged ‘succession’

Succession bill won’t let Catholics succeed to the throne

Friday, February 1st, 2013

A law change allowing a first-born daughter to succeed to the throne — and permitting an heir to the throne to marry a Catholic — has been passed by the House of Commons. But an effort by a Catholic MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, to change the Succession to the Crown Bill so that a Catholic could Read more

Catholics could succeed to the British throne

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
prince william and kate middleton

British Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a push to change key provisions of the 1701 Act of Settlement that currently restrict the chances of female members of the Royal Family inheriting the throne and bar Catholics from the line of succession. The issue, to be discussed at a Commonwealth leaders summit later this month, Read more