{"id":2446,"date":"2008-05-01T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/chilly-autumn.html"},"modified":"2008-05-01T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T06:18:00","slug":"chilly-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/chilly-autumn.html","title":{"rendered":"Chilly Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stirred up attention some months back, and some people thought the Royal involved would give up any claim to the throne for the woman he loved.  <\/p>\n<p>Evidently, no, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/faith\/article3851758.ece\">Times of London<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Peter Phillips, the Queen\u2019s eldest grandson, will not have to give up his place in the succession to the throne when he marries next month after his fianc\u00e9e renounced her Roman Catholic faith.<\/p>\n<p>Autumn Kelly, 31, has been accepted into the Church of England before the couple\u2019s wedding on May 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SBmZ5nHT1lI\/AAAAAAAACXE\/RMj4NpBq_lc\/s1600-h\/autumnMOS0504_468x620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SBmZ5nHT1lI\/AAAAAAAACXE\/RMj4NpBq_lc\/s320\/autumnMOS0504_468x620.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The 1701 Act of Settlement, which bars monarchs and their heirs from becoming or marrying Catholics, would have forced Mr Phillips to surrender his place in line if Ms Kelly had not converted. Mr Phillips, 30, is currently eleventh in line to the throne and is to become the Queen\u2019s first married grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>    It is understood that Ms Kelly had been advised for several months in Windsor before deciding to convert. Buckingham Palace confirmed her conversion yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Daily Telegraph: \u201cShe was not asked to do this; she did it of her own accord.\u201d Ms Kelly, a management consultant from Canada, met Mr Phillips at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 2003 and moved to the UK to be with him shortly afterwards. Their engagement was announced last July.<\/p>\n<p>The couple live together in a cottage in Gatcombe Park, the Gloucester-shire estate owned by his mother, the Princess Royal.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kelly\u2019s parents are reported to be thrilled at their daughter\u2019s engagement. \u201cI\u2019ve met him a few times and he\u2019s a great guy, a really nice person,\u201d her mother, Kathleen, said.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she did not think that there would be a problem with her daughter being a \u201cforeigner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think attitudes to things like that have changed,\u201d she said. \u201cAutumn is a very serious and intelligent young woman. She may be young, but she knows the world. And he\u2019s a great guy. Isn\u2019t that what counts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Phillips does not have a royal title and tends to avoid the limelight that his younger sister, Zara, attracts. He works for the Royal Bank of Scotland, while Ms Kelly now works for an American computer distributor.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known if Ms Kelly was a practising Catholic, but she was educated at Catholic schools. Despite this, the Royal Family have appeared to welcome their future member into the fold. She has been invited on the family\u2019s traditional summer cruise around the Hebrides and was present at the Queen\u2019s 80th birthday celebrations at the Ritz in Central London. Last year Ms Kelly was a guest of the Queen at Ladies\u2019 Day at Royal Ascot.<\/p>\n<p>The wedding will take place at St George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor. Prince William, Mr Phillip\u2019s cousin, will serve as best man.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stirred up attention some months back, and some people thought the Royal involved would give up any claim to the throne for the woman he loved. 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