Edited sentence: Ashdown claims the Prince said: Quote: “I really can’t think why we can’t have Catholics on the throne.The Times internationally reported the Prince of Wales stating on 6th November 1995, that “Catholics should be able to ascend to the British throne.This meeting of Presidents, Kings, Prime Ministers, Chancellors and Ambassadors included the leaders from most Commonwealth countries, the European Commission: President and Director-General and leaders of the majority of EU countries, French President, German President and Chancellor, UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, USA President and former Presidents; Bill Clinton, George Bush and Jimmy Carter, US Secretary and former Secretaries of State, USA House of Representatives and US Senate Majority and Minority Leaders.” At this meeting of international world leaders from eighty nations, the Prince of Wales officially represented the British Head of State, along-side Conservative Prime Minister John Major, Labour Opposition leader Tony Blair and the Liberal Leader Paddy Ashdown.” He made the remarks to Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown after the funeral of Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin