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UK Home Office: If we want Ofcom to break the law, that should be perfectly legal

Wellyboot Silver badge

Re: I am the law!

Divine right didn't disappear until William III was declared king by Parliament1 following not a small amount of high stakes political skulduggery and almost nobody (outside of Ireland2) wanting to support James II who did believe in Divine right.

As Kubla says above Chas.II died in bed, he was popular (not too hard following Cromwells activities) and had quite a good time after the restoration.

1 1688 - Setting the precedent followed by several 'Succession to the Crown' acts, The last one in 2013 removed primogenita.

2 Kicking off a war in Ireland and the last 300 years of 'Problems'

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