Posted by Jane
(JanEl) on 8/5/2008, 0:36:20
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All the talk of the recent conversion to Anglicanism of Mr. Peter Phillips' fiancee (Miss Autumn Kelly, raised as a Roman Catholic) reminds me to ask, for clarification: is there a religious requirement regarding the SPOUSES of the Scandinavian monarchs?
I know that the sovereigns themselves are all required to be Evangelical Lutherans. And I don't believe Norway, Sweden, or Denmark has any succession regulation equivalent to the 1701 Act of Settlement in the UK -- which specifically discriminates against Catholics (and if you will, Catholics alone. If one reads the law carefully, he will observe that any wording of exclusion, regarding the marriages and accessions of British dynasts, is aimed directly at them).
Someone on the ERMB said that Crown Princess Mary (raised as a Presbyterian) was not obliged to join the ELC of Denmark, on the occasion of her marriage to Crown Prince Frederik. Is that true? In that case, I guess her conversion (if indeed it occurred) was purely voluntary ...
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