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From the Royal Archives

Six Generations of Official Wedding Portraits of Rutherford-Kerr Monarchs and their Consorts

Alexandra (b. 1878, d. 1934) and Sir Edward Kerr (b. 1875, d. 1925) — Married on 18 May 1900 (25 years)

Alasdair II (b. 1902, d. 1962) and Lady Eleanor Bowes-Russell (b. 1904, d. 1985) — Married on 23 April 1924 (37 years)

James I (b. 1933, d. 1991) and Lady Catherine Dormer (b. 1935, d. 2006) — Married on 20 November 1958 (32 years)

Alasdair III (b. 1961, d. 2021) and Lady Blythe Spencer-Lyons (b. 1966) — Married on 8 March 1986 (35 years)

James II (b. 1986, d. 2043) and Alibhe Mac Cléirich (b. 1991) — Married on 10 August 2013 (29 years)

Robert I (b. 2016) and Isobel Sutherland (b. 2017, d. 2054) — Married on 29 April 2039

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2, 4, 17, and 23 please!

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2. What are your country’s succession laws? Is inheritance restricted in any way by legitimacy, age, gender, ability, or other

Since the onset of the 1920s, after the First Great War succession laws through out the country changed from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture because the aristocracy was being being wiped out as the male heirs were being killed while fighting. So now regardless of gender, the first born child will inherit. This includes the Rutherford-Kerr royal family, though the line has been fairly male dominated in the past century. Generally to inherit the throne, you need to born first or something has to happen to the first in line to move up position. There's is a legitimacy clause in the kind written down but not really constitution called the Act of Settlement of 1704, which basically states:

Under the Act of Settlement of 1704, only legitimate descendants of the rightfully recognized King Alasdair the first King of Clan Rutherford, can be included in the line of succession. This means adoptive and illegitimate children are excluded, no exceptions.

So using Meredith as an example all of her children are considered legitimate because she is a descendant of King Alasdair and her marriage to her wife Cemile is legally recognized by the law and of the church. Meredith carried all three of her children and in the UK, IVF is legally recognized method of having children and so all her babies are in the line of succession. However illegitimate children are not recognized or adoptive children, illegitimate children because the couple where not legally married and because adoptive children are not from the body of one of Alasdair's descendant.

4. What is the age of majority in your country? What happens if a minor inherits a title?

Eighteen is the legally recognized age of majority in the commonwealth. In the case a minor was to ascend to the throne, they would be given a regent until they reach the age of majority who would act in their stead. In the case of Theo, she was given the title of The Princess of Cymru when she was at the tender age of fifteen and so until she reaches the legal age of majority, her grandmother Alibhe is financially in charge of the Duchy of Kernow, until her eighteenth birthday and then it's transferred to her. Beyond that in the case of like Laosia, the title of Princess Royal is an honorary one, so it had no bearing when she received it and in her case, she was made Princess Royal on her sixteenth birthday. She received title of Duchess of Strathearn upon her marriage to her husband August when she was twenty.

17. Is there a mechanism to remove unpopular or incapable monarchs from the throne?

Yes, so one of the funny quirks of the United Kingdom is the fact that their constitution is not necessarily written down and thus nothing has been codified in a single, written document. So because of that interesting tidbit it gives the parliamentary government more leeway in how to handle the removal of monarch deemed incapable. Though unlikely now because of the devastation it would cause. There is the option of going to war over the throne. During the 17th century that's how Clan Rutherford came to power and why they're still sitting on the throne to this day.

23. Are members of the royal family allowed to marry commoners? Are they allowed to marry citizens of other countries?

Yes and has been that way since the twentieth century. It was still fairly common practice in the nineteenth century for politically motivated arranged marriages to occur but that practice fell out of favour at the dawn of the twentieth century. Both Alibhe and Isobel were commoners before they married Edward and Hamish, respectively. The royal family at large, is allowed to marry citizens of other countries. Though the heir legally, cannot marry a foreign heir because there's no want for the headache of deciding how the countries would be ruled.