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9 hours ago · For more than 400 years, Richard III has been seen as the most infamous king of Britain —a power-hungry usurper who He killed his young nephews to clear the way to the throne. In Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” the King tells a murderer: “I want the bastards dead,” referring to the Princes Edward V and Richard. […]
9 hours ago · t. e. Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant ...
