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Post by andrewteale on Sept 1, 2015 18:01:42 GMT
Which makes me wonder - not unlike decimals of pi, what is the lowest number to which the line of succession has been meaningfully traced? This question has been looked into a few times. Apparently the last person in the line of succession is a woman living in Rostock, Germany; it's not meaningful to give an exact number for this woman but it's somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000.
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Post by andrewteale on Sept 1, 2015 18:02:27 GMT
Snap!
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 1, 2015 18:17:19 GMT
I note various Liddell-Grangers around the 430s. Familiar name?
And if the first 678 all fall under buses, then 679th in line is Philip, Duke of Edinburgh!
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Post by Tangent on Sept 1, 2015 18:49:43 GMT
I remember reading once that if everyone goes (Monarchy, Parliament) that the Synod of the Church of England takes over. The Synod has inherited most of the powers of the old Convocations, which still exist as purely formal assemblies. Indeed, the Convocations are as venerable as Parliament itself, and developed in much the same way: wider representation resulted from the needs of monarchs for taxation. But I find it hard to see how they could legally exercise any authority without the leave of a sitting monarch, or pass secular legislation, and there would be no legal justification for any exercise of power outside England.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 2, 2015 3:10:30 GMT
Which makes me wonder - not unlike decimals of pi, what is the lowest number to which the line of succession has been meaningfully traced? As at 1st January 2011, the 5753rd and last person in line to the throne was a Karin Vogel. www.wargs.com/essays/succession/2011.html1,364th
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 2, 2015 9:43:01 GMT
Which makes me wonder - not unlike decimals of pi, what is the lowest number to which the line of succession has been meaningfully traced? Prior to the ban on Catholics succeeding to the throne, I believe the House of Hanover were in the high double digits in the line of succession.
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