Queen Siobathan looked at the pictures of Lila and Spencer Reid. The couple had twin daughters and Lila was pregnant with a third child. They looked good together. Lila looked like a clone of Chris Archer. She looked nothing like her at all. She looked carefully to see any resemblance and found none. She had two granddaughters and another grandchild on the way.
It was a fluke that she was even queen. She was the first born child of King Kevin and Queen Maureen. They married in 1956 and had Prince Kevin in 1957. Siobathan was born in 1959. Three daughters had followed Prince Sean had died at the age of 30 from complications of the flu.
The Irish Constitution had been changed in 1987 so that if a male heir died without an heir, then the next child in line would be the monarch regardless of gender. The King made sure that it applied to his children. It also stated that the monarch's first born would become the heir to the throne regardless of gender. In 2009, a week after Princess Siobathan's 50th birthday, the King died at the age of 79.
No one knew about Lila. Even so, Lila would not be an heir to the throne because the constitution stated that the monarch had to either be married or marry the father or mother of their child. Lila's father was dead and had been dead for over 30 years. The person that she married would have to be Catholic or would have to covert to being a Catholic. The monarch had to be Catholic (Lila was raised Southern Baptist).
This law was somewhat similar to the one in England except in England, one had to be Protestant. The Princess knew that Chris Archer's parents were devout Southern Baptists. Her parents were devout Catholics. This would not have worked out very well if they had married.
Unlike other monarchs, King Kevin had political clout. He had the power to veto bills presented in the Irish parliament. He also had the power to introduce laws into the legislature. Very rarely was the King bills overrided He was very careful of what bills he advocated. Most were non-controversial. He tended to avoid bills that were controversial, although he had strong opinions on issues. He as well as the Queen were devout Catholics who went to church every Sunday..He generally practiced what he preached. He believed that religious faith was something you showed by example rather than forcing the issue.
The Queen was not as religious as her parents but she kept this to herself. She went to church more out of a sense of duty as she felt that she was expected to go to church every Sunday. In her early 20's she had rebelled against the church big time. She closed her eyes as she thought back to the time long ago..