[codebreaker]

Does she have a claim to the throne since she was a first born sucessor? (female)

[Alouette]

Does she have a claim to the throne since she was a first born sucessor? (female)

Off with her head.

[codebreaker]

New format didn't pick up the rest of the story that I printed out..trying again

[My2Cents]

I'm not up on British rules of royalty, but the fact that Edward abdicated the throne means, I think, that his decendents no long have claim to the throne, does it not?

[petuniasevan]

Queen Ralph?

[mancini]

WE3.org

[GraniteStateConservative]

Lamar Alexander was born in Maryville, TN.

[Irene Adler]

No, when Edward VII gave up the throne, he gave it up for himself and for all his descendents. He removed himself from the line of succession.

I very, very much doubt this story. The Duchess of Windsor had a probable abortion during her "China" period before she met Edward VII. She was really ill afterward and may have had a hysterectomy as a result. There is some question about Edward VII's ability to father children as well. The Duchess herself is quoted as saying he was not "heir conditioned" (one of her famous bon mots).

[TN4Liberty]

...Maryville Tenn. (where??!),...

A small town just outside of Knoxville. It's most famous resident to date is Lamar! Alexander, although it tries on occasion to claim Dolly Parton (as she is from nearby Sevierville). Pronounced "Murvul", "Muravul" or "Maravul," only outsiders and troublemakers pronounce it like it is spelled.

To get there, take Alcoa Highway south out of Knoxville. If you are still alive 25 minutes later, you will be in Maryville.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Maryville, pronounced "Mer-vill" is just east of Knoxville, about 30 minutes away from where I live in Oak Ridge - home of hydrogen peroxide desktop fusion, amongst other things.

[lsee]

DNA alert....

[jimtorr]

Elizabeth Kelman's claims are "patently rubbish", but I would be interested to see the results of a DNA test. I'd also like Liz to tell just why a dead baby was swapped for the live one.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

of Maryville Tenn. (where??!)

This is also real close to Blackberry Farm, a world class resort.
Took my wife there once and we had a great time.
Maryville is dry, incidentally. Still can't figure that one out...

[Consort]

Wow! Tennessee has a lot of royalty, like Emir Al-arnold Gore of Tennesstan.

[skateman]

I've got an extra throne that she can sit on.

[.45MAN]

The Royal Throne now has a hole in it, (someone left the seat up)!!!!!!!!!!!

[small voice in the wilderness]

I shall await Arlen Specter's reading of the Scottish Law as it pertains to English Law. England will either have a new queen or it will be proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that Edward VIII acted alone but his actions did not rise to the level of an impregnable offense.

[Physicist]

Does she have a claim to the throne since she was a first born sucessor? (female)

Since her mother was a commoner, I doubt that she has any claim on being any sort of royalty whatsoever.

Rather a stupid system, IMHO. Our forefathers were wise to ditch it.

[be131]

The monarch cannot by herself exclude her successors from the throne: Parliament must pass an act to do so. So the fact that Edward's Instrument of Abdication excluded his descendants is not conclusive. However, the Abdication Act does this:

His Majesty, His issue, if any, and the descendants of that issue, shall not after His Majesty's abdication have any right, title or interest in or to the succession to the Throne, and section one of the Act of Settlement shall be construed accordingly.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

I am a second cousin, thru marriage, a marriage that is over now and no one likes to talk about. If I can get tickets to a certain tennis tournament, maybe sit in a nice box, I will not cause any problems...

[crystalk]

It would appear that the children of Elizabeth II have all married commoners, so that if children of commoners cannot inherit the throne, this would be the end of it with the present Queen's death!

More likely, it is the abdication of her father Edward 8th that would invalidate her claim if any, plus perhaps her American citizenship if she has any.

For all that, if "pathologists"=MD's, make as much money as I think they do, she may have been better off this way after all.

But: who on earth had custody of the baby in England, and if they were going to be put it up for adoption, why do so in America rather than in England, and does this invalidate her American citizenship, if it is found that records were in error and she was not in fact born in the USA after all?

I know this seems preposterous but usual psych. methods show she actually is daughter of WWS.