The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

THE COBURG SUCCESSION.

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The following is the text, according to the 3foni-
teur, of the Act by which the Prince of \Vales has
renounced for himself and his heirs the succession
to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha.
This Act has just been communicated to the Diet of
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given by our father, dead in the Lord, to the law
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fundament smental law decreed by it, May 3, 1855, for the
Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, we have seen that the desire
of our father was that his posterity should completely re-
nounce the right of succession to the throne of the Duchies
of Coburg and Gotha. In consequence we have the intention
of realising this paternal wish, which hitherto has not been
in our power because of our minority ; we wish to realise it
in as complete a manner as possible, and by that add, ac-
cording to our power, to the prosperity of the kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland as well as that of the Duchies of
Coburg and Gotha, while giving to our brothers an evidence
of our fraternal love.
We renounce, then, for us and our heirs, all right what-
ever of succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg
and Gotha and the provinces belonging to them, in favour
of our well-beloved brothers, the Princes Alfred Ernest
Albert, Arthur William Patrick Albert, and Leopold George
Duncan Albert, and their male successors ; and we desire
that this right of succession to the throne of the Duchies of
Coburg and Gotha, and the provinces belonging to them,
pass to our well-beloved brothers and their male successors.
In the case, nevertheless, of our brothers and their male
line becoming extinct before us and our male branch,
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and Gotha and the provinces belonging to
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right, of succession to the throne of the Dutehhoinies, ootonCfoormur:-
and that of May 3, 1855. We have caused a
bly to the dispositions of the said law of Marcdhoul,hllBe )Ao,catnodf
l of Windsor the 19th of April, 1563.
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Given at the Cast e .
ALRERt EDWARD.

Theu is the Act annexed to the above
I Xing of the Belgians, &c., hereby
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clare that his Royal 114;iness Albeit Edward, Prince Royal
of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., having deigned--by an
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Act given on the 19th of April last, at the Castle of Windsor
—to renounce all right whatever of succession to the throne
of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, and the provinces be-
longing to them, in favour of his brothers and their male
successors, with the reservation desired, has communicated
to us this Act in our quality of legal tutor, as Prince of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and as such. we declare in the name
of our pupils that we recognise on all points the Act given
by the Prince Albert Edward on the 19th of April this year,
at the Castle of Windsor, Given at Lacken, 95th of May,
1853. LEOPOLD.

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