What is law of succession in present british monarch?

Jack Flash

This is a complex matter but I hope this will help. The present arrangement under common law is that the Crown descends lineally to the legitimate issue of the reigning monarch, males being given priority over females, in order of their age. It should be noted however that male issue by a second or subsequent marriage takes prededence over half sisters (as happened when Edward VI son of Henry VIII's third wife took precedence over Mary I and Elizabeth I, daughters of Henry's first and second marriages respectively). If the monarch has no surviving issue (as happened when Edward VIII abdicated in 1936) the Crown passes to the nearest collateral being an heir at law. However, under the Act of Settlement of 1701 all Roman Catholics, or persons marrying Roman Catholics, are for ever excluded 'as if they were naturally dead'. Jan 11 02, 8:25 AM

Senior Moments

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/2122/succession.html is quite a good site to get you started. Jan 11 02, 8:26 AM

Fosse4

I once asked the question - Who is the heir presumptive of the english crown -with the answer Prince Andrew - Charles being heir apparent. This provoked an argument as to who would be heir apparent if Charle died. would it be his son or Andrew. The English law states that the eldest surviving son of the monarch would be Apparent.... therefore Andrew would be next in line, however there is a proviso that the next in lines heir can become monarch. After researching (via the Leicester University main expert on Monarchy) his answer was , 'It depends' he then went on to a long debate on which was the heir resulting in ...... The question is who will be the monarch if Charles dies. (this debate has gone on for at least 5 years) hope you have more luck in deciding the answer) Jan 11 02, 9:14 PM

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