British queen's grandson could lose succession rights: reports

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandchild could lose his place in the line of succession to the British throne if he marries his Catholic fiancee, newspapers reported Friday.

Citing sleuthing work by Catholic weekly The Tablet, newspapers said Peter Phillips' Canadian fiancee Autumn Kelly, 31, was baptised as a Catholic in Quebec.

The 1701 Act of Settlement bars monarchs or their heirs from becoming or marrying Catholics.

Phillips, 29, is the only son of the monarch's daughter Princess Anne and her first husband Mark Phillips. He was Queen Elizabeth's first grandchild and is 10th in line to the throne.

He met Kelly, a management consultant, at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 2003. The engagement was announced last Saturday.

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