Royal Family and the Line of Succession

My most successful blog post by a country mile is where I reported the claims of Simon Dorante-Day, an ex-pat Englishman now living in Australia, that he is the first son of Prince Charles and his now second wife, Camilla (I'm not going to use their titles, Duke and Duchess of this and that, simply because it's bloated).

Read this blog post here >> http://kenhorlor.blogspot.com/2016/04/did-prince-charles-and-camilla-have.html

I'll be the first to say that this post was not the work of literary genius. Nor is it the work of august constitutional thinking. But it works. Why that is I have no idea. At times this one post can go ballistic, Russia, US, Britain. Everyone seems to want to know about this story.

Now, of course, I have no idea whether Mr Dorante-Day's claims are true. But I have been in touch with him and what I did find out is that he's just a regular bloke. Please understand that when you do get a blog that is as widely read as mine, you will find that it attracts some flakes. That and the downright deceitful and dishonest. Or they're just peddling something, which I'm not totally opposed to, just tell me you have an agenda.

If you look at photo's of Mr Dorante-Day, and check photos of Camilla at the same age, well, they look like peas in a pod. There is that. And Mr Dorante-Day comments that he's been the subject of intense police scrutiny for some time. If a member of the Royal Family is anywhere near where he lives, he gets his house turned over. Why? He's not a danger to anyone. Makes you think, eh.

Here's the idea; why are the Royal Family not subjected to DNA tests that are independently retrieved and analysed? They could then be publicly available for the wider scientific community to inspect. These tests could be compulsory for anyone in the top 10 of the line of succession, and voluntary below that. If the DNA cannot confirm the right to rule, then the person would be disqualified. Other than that they may keep titles and such, but not be in the line of succession.

Think about this some more; the science exists. Why not use it? And do it retrospectively, as of now. Charles must be of Elizabeth and Philip, William and Harry must be of Charles and Diana; George, Charlotte and Louis of William and Catherine. Any break and the line is broken and you move to the next line, and in this case it would be to Andrew and Sarah, through to Beatrice. You could find that Beatrice is the rightful heir. No I'm not kidding.

And to plug my latest novel, Dana Point out now, it does have this kind of idea in it. Everyone is subject to biochemical ranking at birth or at their assimilation into recognised society. This process also involves the curing of all disease, so there is a bonus. If someone is going to rule or be the elite by right of birth, shouldn't we be satisfied that they're qualified?