What is the purpose of this paragraph?
A It illustrates the complications of royal succession.
B It explains the need for a balance of power.
C It demonstrates the shortcomings of government.
D It outlines the responsibilities of a monarch.
Sunday, 22nd December, 1839: I continued…that Albert ought to have the title of King; that power wasn’t worth having if I couldn’t even give him the rank he ought to have. “You can’t give it him but by Act of Parliament,” said Lord M., and stated likewise that I cannot designate Albert Guardian to my children, for that if my son was of age when I died, he, as King, would be Guardian of his brothers and sisters, and if he were not of age, then there would be a Regency.