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========== How to become the British Monarch:Historically, the crown sat upon your head
mostly because you had the biggest army. Whenyou died usually your eldest son kept control
over that army and so the crown relocatedto his head, though, of course, someone with
a bigger army could change the political landscapequite abruptly.As time marched on and the world grew less
violent eventually in 1701 Parliament establisheda set of rules to transfer the crown from
one head to another -- hopefully with lessturmoil than before.So here's how the 1701 rules work:Frist: don't be Catholic.The British Monarch is also the head of the
Church of England to which the monarch muchconvert if not already a member. Except that
if you're Catholic, no crown for you.The history ...