en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Michael_of_Kent
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He was reinstated to the line of succession on 26 March 2015 with the passing of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.
The date is wrong for the Act’s passage. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 was passed on 25 April 2013; 26 March 2015 was when its substantive provisions came into force.
Full reasoning
This sentence conflates passage of the Act with its later commencement.
The official text of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 shows that the Act was enacted on 25 April 2013. Its own commencement section then says that only section 5 came into force on the day the Act was passed, while the other substantive provisions would come into force later by order.
Those substantive provisions — including section 2, which removed the disqualification for marrying a Roman Catholic — are marked on legislation.gov.uk as coming into force on 26 March 2015. A UK Parliament written statement issued that day likewise says: “Today the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 come into force.”
So Prince Michael’s restoration to the line of succession is tied to the Act coming into force on 26 March 2015, not to the Act passing on that date. The Act had already passed nearly two years earlier, on 25 April 2013.
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- Succession to the Crown Act 2013
The Act is headed '[25th April 2013]'. It also marks sections 1–4, including 'Removal of disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic', as 'in force at 26.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/894, art. 2'.
- Succession to the Crown Act 2013, section 5
Section 5 states: '(1) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed. (2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day and at such time as the Lord President of the Council may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.'
- UK Parliament written statement: Commencement of Succession to the Crown Act 2013
The written statement for 26 March 2015 says: 'Today the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 come into force.'
Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Saint John
Her official website identifies this honor as a Dame rank, not a Knight rank. It lists Princess Michael as 'Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion' of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Full reasoning
This honorific is misstated in gendered form.
Princess Michael of Kent’s own official website lists her under the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as “Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion.” A separate biography page on the same official site also says she is “a Grand Dame of the Order of Malta.”
That directly contradicts the article’s wording, which calls her “Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion.” Whatever the surrounding formatting, the specific rank shown here is wrong: her official title is the female form, Dame Grand Cross, not Knight Grand Cross.
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- Charities | Princess Michael of Kent
Under 'The Sovereign Military Order of Malta', the site states: 'Princess Michael is Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion'.
- The Princess | Princess Michael of Kent
Her biography page says: 'Her Royal Highness is also a Grand Dame of the Order of Malta'.