From The Telegraph-Donald Dewar consulted the Queen and the UK Government over his rejection of SNP calls for an end to the ban on Roman Catholics ascending to the throne, according to newly-declassified documents.
Scotland’s first First Minister after devolution personally backed the campaign to reform the "prejudiced" Act of Settlement 1701, which also prevented Catholics marrying into the Royal Family.
But Mr Dewar argued that a “simplistic or hasty approach” to the controversial issue could embarrass Tony Blair's Labour government and disrupt the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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