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Rh He cannot leave the Kingdom without a decree of the legislative body and the consent of the king.

If he does leave it, and if, having reached the age of eighteen years, he does not return to France after having been required to do so by a proclamation of the legislative body, he is considered to have abdicated the right of succession to the throne.

2. If the heir presumptive is a minor, the kinsman of full age first summoned to the regency is required to reside within the kingdom.

In case he may have left it and should not return upon the requisition of the legislative body, he shall be considered to have abdicated his right to the regency.

3. The mother of the minor king, having his custody, or the elected guardian, if they leave the kingdom, are deprived of the custody.

If the mother of the minor heir presumptive should leave the realm, she cannot, even after her return, have the custody of her minor son who has become king, except by a decree of the legislative body.

4. A law shall be made to govern the education of the minor king and that of the heir presumptive.

5. The members of the family of the king entitled to the eventual succession to the throne enjoy the rights of active citizenship, but they are not eligible to any of the places, employments, or functions which are at the disposal of the people.

With the exception of the departments of the ministry, they are eligible to the places and employments at the disposal of the king; nevertheless, they shall not command in chief any military or naval forces, nor fulfill the functions of ambassadors, except with the consent of the legislative body, granted upon the proposal of the king.

6. The members of the family of the king entitled to eventual succession to the throne shall add the denomination of French Prince to the name which shall have been given them in the civil certificate attesting their birth, and this name cannot be patronymical nor formed from any of the titles abolished by the present constitution.

The denomination of prince shall not be given to any other