- William and Mary don’t have children
- Next successor is Anne (daughter of King Charles II)
- Anne had no children
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Parliament set out the terms by which a monarch can be put in place
- Monarch must be Protestant
- Amended by Succession to the Crown Act 2013
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So George I becomes King after Anne
- From Hanover in Germany
- Asserts Parliamentary sovereignty over the monarchy: they can change the line of succession as they please