News Richard III's DNA throws up infidelity surprise

[beancounter]

BBC News - Richard III's DNA throws up infidelity surprise

Sorry, but I don't have time to dig up the original thread.

 

[beancounter]

So, no one finds it interesting that the current royalty may not have a legitimate claim to the throne?

 

[Blobbenstein]

they've been grandfathered in, ain't they?

 

[Joe]

So, no one finds it interesting that the current royalty may not have a legitimate claim to the throne?

It is interesting, but I found the article hard to follow. I think I need the "Cliff Notes" version.

Besides, it said that Henry VII claimed the throne "by right of conquest," not (purely) by lineage. So it may not matter all that much.

In addition, the British Monarchy is mostly ceremonial nowadays. Parliament rules.