However, his succession could not have been foreseen at the time, as Alfred had three living elder brothers.

However, legislating for alterations to the Act is a complex process, since the act is a common denominator in the shared succession of all the Commonwealth realms and the Statute of Westminster 1931 acknowledges by established convention that any changes to the rules of succession may be made only with the agreement of all of the states involved, with concurrent amendments to be made by each state's parliament or parliaments.

However, most Methodists view apostolic succession outside its high church sense.

However, churches that claim apostolic succession in ministry distinguish this from doctrinal orthodoxy, holding that " it is possible to have valid orders coming down from the apostles, and yet not to have a continuous spiritual history coming down from the apostles ".

However, there were important regional differences in plant succession.

However, Joan's paternity was suspect due to her mother's adultery ; the French magnates adopted Salic Law to avoid the succession of a possible bastard.

However, since primogeniture and the Salic Law provided for the succession of the French throne for most of French history, here is a list of all the predecessors of the French monarchy, all the French kings from Hugh until Charles, and all the Legitimist pretenders thereafter.

However, the Dukedom does not follow male-preference primogeniture as most other peerages that allow succession by females and cognatic descendants do.

However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of high positions of great importance.

However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of high positions of great importance.

However, through a succession of wars culminating in the Swabian War, the Confederation had become de facto independent.

However, in 1733 another war broke in central Europe, this time about the Polish succession, and France joined the war against the Austrian Empire.

However, before this drug is used in the clinic, it must progress through a series of in vivo trials to determine if it is safe and effective in intact organisms ( typically small animals, primates and humans in succession ).

However, the Indonesian Minangkabau people ( from western Sumatra ), despite being Muslim, employ only complete matrilineal succession with property and land passing down from mother to daughter.

* However, justification of the award may accrue by virtue of exceptionally meritorious service in a succession of important positions.

However, the delivering of the consolamentum, on which historical Catharism was based, required a linear succession by a bon homme in good standing.

However tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons again escalated to the point that in 1844, Smith was killed by a mob, precipitating a succession crisis.

However, her chief minister Sir Robert Cecil had corresponded with the Protestant King James VI of Scotland, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and James's succession to the English throne was unopposed.

However, Leopold also posed formidable problems as a candidate, for his succession would have reunited the elements of the powerful Spanish-Austrian Habsburg Empire of the sixteenth century.

However, her succession to the Holy Roman Empire is contested widely because she is a woman.

However, on William's death in 1417, a war of succession broke out between John and William's daughter Jacqueline of Hainaut.

However, two Astronomers Royal had recently died in quick succession and Maskelyne was appointed to the position soon after his return to England.

However, the question of the succession never went away.

However, some princely titles develop in unusual ways, such as adoption of a style for dynasts which is not pegged to the ruler's title, but rather continues an old tradition ( e. g. grand duke in Romanov Russia ), claims dynastic succession to a lost monarchy ( e. g. prince de Tarente for the La Trémoïlle heirs to the Neapolitan throne, or is simply assumed by fiat ( e. g. prince Français by the House of Bonaparte ).

However the Bill of Rights of 1689 requires Parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a standing army in peacetime.

However the Glorious Revolution ( 1688 ), which established constitutional government, led to a reformulation of Toryism which now considered sovereignty vested in the three estates of Crown, Lords, and Commons.

However, Irish citizens were still treated as subjects of the Crown, and they are still not regarded as foreign, even though Ireland is not a member of the Commonwealth.

However, the peace soon fell apart, and in 1352, the Southern Dynasty evacuated Kyoto, abducting with them Retired ( Northern ) Emperors Emperor Kōgon and Emperor Kōmyō as well as Sukō and the Crown Prince, Imperial Prince Naohito, the son of Emperor Kōgon.

However, the King of Castile, Henry IV, declared Gibraltar to be Crown property and not the personal property of the Guzman family.

However, in the case of Hong Kong, irredentism was incidental: The New Territories part of the British colony were only on a lease expiring in 1997 anyway and, with their surrender, it was thought the Crown territory of Hong Kong itself would be nonviable as an entity independent of mainland China.

However, during the reign of James I and thereafter, impeachments became more popular, as they did not require the assent of the Crown, while bills of attainder did, thus allowing Parliament to resist royal attempts to dominate Parliament.

However, the term Triple Crown didn't come into use for another eleven years.

However, his use of the title of the Crown Prince of Serbia has been questioned because he was born Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and held that title until the monarchy was abolished, while the current nation of Serbia is a republic.

However, if a judge routinely disregards joint submissions, that judge would compromise the ability of the Crown to offer meaningful incentives for defendants to plead guilty.

However, although this is not conducting a plea bargain, in cases before the Crown Court, the defence can request an indication from the judge of the likely maximum sentence that would be imposed should the defendant decide to plead guilty.

However, in 1420 the city was sold along with the remaining territory for 100, 000 florins to the Crown of Aragon, replaced by Spain after 1479 on the joining of the Aragonese and Castilian thrones.

However, that model's basic design has been superseded by newer designs such as the Crown Macro-Tech series developed in the late 1980s which included 10 Hz high-pass filtering on the inputs and switchable 35 Hz high-pass filtering on the outputs.

However, though the singular Crown links the various governments into a federal state, it is also " divided " into eleven legal jurisdictions, or eleven " crowns "— one federal and ten provincial — with the monarch taking on a distinct legal persona in each.

However, the Royal Prerogative belongs to the Crown and not to any of the ministers, and the royal and viceroyal figures may unilaterally use these powers in exceptional constitutional crisis situations, thereby allowing the monarch to make sure " that the government conducts itself in compliance with the constitution.

However, Emperors could elevate another more favoured child or the child of a favourite concubine to the status of Crown Prince.

However, different nations where thoroughbred racing is popular each have their own Triple Crown series.

However, the verdict of many was that the ' Kennett Revolution ' was far from over – indeed it was seemingly set in stone with the opening of the Crown Casino in May 1997.

However, it does not guarantee a decision by an independent court: on 23 October 1985 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Crown Appeal by the Council of State, then by exclusion the highest administrative appeal court, lacked the necessary independence.

" However, Sauvé also attracted negative attention due to her husband's eventual elevation as a Crown minister ; in a piece in The Globe and Mail, Progressive Conservative MP Louis-Joseph Pigeon expressed concern over the wife of a minister being paid " fabulous sums by the CBC ," calling the circumstances a " shame and a scandal.

However, because admiralty courts did not ( as is true today ) grant trial by jury, a colonist accused of violating the Stamp Act could be more easily convicted by the Crown.

However, the Crown did not realize this, and their land was ceded nonetheless.

However, they were nevertheless courted as potential heirs to the Crown.

However it wasn't until 1868 that Crown Point was actually incorporated into a city.