Re: Queen of Canada WHY?
- From: "Chris Bennett" <cjbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:46:38 -0700
On Apr 4, 2:22 pm, "George Knighton" <georgeknigh...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:<snip>
For example, Canada can change its law of succession to favour
Princess Anne over Prince Andrew if it wants.
True, and also true for any other realm.
However, the United
Kingdom can *not* do that without consulting every other realm of the
Commonwealth ahead of time and securing the patent assent of the
governments and legislatures ahead of time.
Not true. There is absolutely nothing in British law that stops the UK from
doing this -- and if there were it would disadvantage the UK compared to
Canada and the other realms, which goes against the principle that they are
all equal in status.
This point comes up repeatedly. It is (virtually) certain that the UK would
not make unilateral changes to the succession, because that is
long-established policy, but it certainly could, if it so chose.
Chris
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