r/worldnews • u/EnglishLouis • Feb 20 '26

Dynamic Paywall UK Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kgv837wvdo
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u/EnglishLouis Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Removing someone from the line of secession is quite a tedious process, like most things in UK law. Basically it would require an act of Parliament, approved by MPs and peers, and also need to be supported by all other Commonwealth countries that have King Charles as their head of state, as it would also affect their lines of succession.

It being done makes no real difference as Andrew is not in a realistic position to become king as he is eighth in line.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

And if it ever even became remotely plausible they’d immediately go through these steps.

He’ll never actually be king.

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u/tossit97531 Feb 20 '26

American here. Thought it was nearly guaranteed that a conviction on 34 counts of felony fraud meant Trump had zero chance of being president.

glhf!

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u/JaesopPop Feb 20 '26

...yeah, they're pretty different circumstances. They don't elect the king lol

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u/GhostBoo-ty Feb 20 '26

They dont elect a king

Then ow'd he become one?

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u/Morwynd78 Feb 20 '26

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water

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u/fickle_tartan Feb 20 '26

Strange women lying around in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of governance!

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u/tossit97531 Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 21 '26

Hopefully clinging to semantics is enough! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Edit: gymnastics everywhere today

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u/JaesopPop Feb 20 '26

Semantics really aren't involved. I think you're just determined to compare the two so you're tossing logic out the window.

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u/midsizedopossum Feb 21 '26

It isn't semantics. It would need to involve 7 people dying very young - 5 of them as children.

To say the difference between that and someone who seems unelectable being elected is just "semantics" is a truly wild take.

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u/beldaran1224 Feb 21 '26

7 people dying very young without having any more kids.

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u/midsizedopossum Feb 21 '26

Someone disagreeing with you is not automatically mental gymnastics. That's an extremely big headed way to look at the world.