Posted by Martin C. on 8/5/2008, 7:26:35, in reply to "Religion of a consort"
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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 ...
:
That is true. FIrst of all the Presbyterian church is a fellow-protestant church, and secondly the consort of the monarch can be catholic if he/she wants. It's just a matter of signal that Henrik and Marie converted and Alexandra and Mary changed to the Evangelican-Lutheran church. About 100 years ago Marie d'Orlean remained catholic with her sons being raised as protestants and the daughters as catholics.
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