Well explained, Helen!


i think William and Mary where the only king and queen who each had rights to the throne, and ruled jointly.

However, the above would take an aeon to outline and perhaps the other board members would be well to read up about it. It is a quite complex and fascinating account of British history!! William was the Protestant King of Holland and Mary was the sister of James II who was a Catholic! (Hence the Jacobian wars). The acceptance of the the ruler of Orange (as the dutch royal family was known) gave rise to the Orangemen, the fierce loyalists to the British crown who still mark the marches to the Jacobean battles by parading through the streets of Northern Ireland every summer.