Succession to the Crown Act 1707 Succession to the Crown Act 1707 The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (6 Ann c 41) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still partly in force in Great Britain. The Act was passed at a time when Parliament was anxious to ensure the succession of a Protestant on the death of Queen Anne. It replaced the Regency Act 1705. The Act required privy counsellors and other officers, in the event of Anne's death, to proclaim as her successor the next Protestant in the line of succession to the throne, and made it
British queen mothers "Scottish Queen Mothers (title not used in earlier periods)" "British Queen Mothers" British queen mothers Queen mother is defined as "a queen dowager who is the mother of the reigning sovereign". The term has been used in English since at least 1560. A queen mother is a person satisfying the following criteria: Queen mother does not mean "mother of the Queen"; it applies whether the current monarch is queen or king. As a queen, a queen mother retains the style of Her Majesty. The following is a list of women who can be classified as "Queen Mother" at some point