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The Succession to the Crown Act 2015, passed by the parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, is expressed to be for changing "the law relating to the effect of gender and marriage on royal succession, consistently with changes made to that law in the United Kingdom, so that the Sovereign of Australia is the same person as the Sovereign of ...
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3.c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribed the conditions under which members of the British royal family could contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the royal house.
The proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II was the first to make mention of representatives of members of the Commonwealth. Upon their accession, a new sovereign is required by law to make and subscribe several oaths. The Bill of Rights of 1689 first required the sovereign to make a public declaration of non-belief in Roman Catholicism.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
Royal Succession bills and acts are laws or pieces of proposed legislation to determine the legal line of succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom.. A Succession to the Crown Bill is a proposed piece of legislation in the United Kingdom, presented as a Private Members Bill or government bill, in either the House of Commons or House of Lords, which aims to alter the laws of succession ...
The British monarchy’s rules state that “a new sovereign succeeds to the throne as soon as his or her predecessor dies.” In Elizabeth’s case, her coronation came on June 2, 1953 -- 16 ...
On the day of Elizabeth II's death, 8 September 2022, the line of succession to the British throne was: Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948), eldest son of Elizabeth II; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982), elder son of the Prince of Wales; Prince George of Cambridge (born 2013), eldest child of the Duke of Cambridge
A royal lives clause is a contract clause which provides that a certain right must be exercised within a certain period related to the lifetime of a currently living member of a royal family. Specifically, the clause usually specifies that the contract is in effect until 21 years after someone's death; the person indicated is whoever dies last ...