Barack Obama: 'Work still to be done in Northern Ireland'

[Baluarte]

Wrong, Charles I Stuart was not a Catholic. He was a Protestant that had no enmity with Catholicism.

I'm simply asking when did the British system allow for the Parliament to choose its King. I know the Hannovers (today known as Windsors) were picked by Westminster like that. So I'd like to know if that possibility exists since the Glorious Revolution or before.

[Graham]

Isn't the Monarch, also Head of 'The Church of England', & thus can't be Catholic. Not sure how long that rule has been for.

Cromwell and his friends, weren't Anglican also, of course.

[The Lawspeaker]

Since the CoE was established.

[Albion]

Wrong, Charles I Stuart was not a Catholic. He was a Protestant that had no enmity with Catholicism.

I'm simply asking when did the British system allow for the Parliament to choose its King. I know the Hannovers (today known as Windsors) were picked by Westminster like that. So I'd like to know if that possibility exists since the Glorious Revolution or before.

Anglican in name only, he was quite sympathetic to Catholicism at a time when England was Anglican and sympathetic to Calvinism. As for whether parliament can choose the monarch, I don't think there are any set rules except that the monarch must be Anglican (and that's been challenged recently). It was a rare event, I doubt there's much specific legislation for it.