Last Updated on: 22nd July 2023, 04:20 am
The Queen Never Wanted To Ignore Charles in Favor Of William
It is not wrong to say that no heir in the history of the royal family has been preparing for the crown longer than King Charles III, who ascended the throne at the age of 73 after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. last year in September.
Charles became heir apparent at the age of 3 when his mother was crowned monarch in 1952. She was 27 years old.
Since Queen Elizabeth’s death at the age of 96, many have wondered if Charles would abdicate the throne for his eldest son, William.
At the time of the Queen’s death, there were rumors and speculation that Charles would resign as his mother wanted William to become king. But that doesn’t seem to be true, because, in April 2018, Queen Elizabeth made the rare gesture of publicly supporting Charles as future king when she formally asked Commonwealth leaders to nominate Charles as her successor in conjunction with Britain’s former colonies
Even if he wanted to ignore his eldest son Charles in favor of his grandson William, he did not have the power to choose his successor on a whim.
Asper reports that the Settlement Act of 1701 is the Act of Parliament that determines the line of succession and requires that a monarch’s heir be his direct (and Protestant) successor. It’s Charles, not William.
The late monarch did not even have the power to change a law in his stead, it might have to be dealt with in Parliament and it would not be a quick and easy process.
In short, the Queen always wanted her son to take the throne, and in her Jubilee, she asked the nation to support Camila as Queen Consort when Carlos became monarch.
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