British Royal Family Succession (was The Royal Wedding and the Bank Account)

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Shaun Hately <shaun.hately at ...> wrote:

Shaun: 
> Anne is behind her younger brothers in the succession - a male still 
> always take precedence over a female sibling. I think what Geoff was 
> referring to was the fact that at one stage, the laws of succession 
> didn't really allow for a female taking the crown at all. Now they 
> clearly do - but only if she doesn't have brothers (or their descendants 
> in the case of deceased brothers) . Male preference primogeniture.
> 
> There's are moves afoot to change the laws of succession to give females 
> equal status. Besides the general principle of equality, it's considered 
> a good time at the moment because it wouldn't actually be likely to 
> change much right now. If the first child born to William is a girl, 
> change is almost certain.

Geoff:
By absolute sheer fluke, this question arose on the BBC News only today.

This link is worth reading:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13106457