BRITAIN’S CAMERON PROPOSES CHANGING RULES OF ROYAL SUCCESSION

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16:42 ~U 13.10.11

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that British
government is pushing its plan to change the rules on royal succession
to provide equal treatment for princes and princesses, TruthDive
reported.

David Cameron said he has written to 15 other Commonwealth nations
where Queen Elizabeth II is head of state, requesting their views on
modernizing succession. The PM wants to scrap the ban on spouses of
Roman Catholics ascending the throne and give girls the same right
of succession as boys.

But he needs the 15 other Commonwealth nations to agree to the
changes. At present, the Act of Settlement gives male children the
right to leapfrog their older sisters in the order of succession to
the throne.

Under the proposal, the first child of Prince William and the Duchess
of Cambridge would eventually become monarch – regardless of sex. As
the law stands now, an elder daughter would be passed over in favour
of a younger brother.

The change would mean a first-born daughter of the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge could become Queen. But it would not apply to previous
generations, so Princess Anne would not leapfrog her younger brothers
Andrew and Edward to become fourth in line to the throne.

In his letter, sent last month, Cameron wrote: “We espouse gender
equality in all other aspects of life and it is an anomaly that in the
rules relating to the highest public office we continue to enshrine
male superiority.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress