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Succession to the Crown Bill

Moved by

Lord True

3A: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Royal marriages: heirs of the body

(1) A marriage is a Royal Marriage for the purposes of establishing the claim of any person to succeed to the Crown as heir to the body if that Marriage is a marriage between a man and a woman.

(2) A person is disqualified from succeeding to the Crown as an heir to the body of a Royal Marriage if they are not the offspring of both parties to that Marriage.

(3) This section does not apply in any case where both Houses of Parliament pass a resolution to the effect that it shall not apply.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
743 c1212 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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