 |  | | | Primogeniture: Should the law be changed? | 23 Oct 2006 | | |
Constitutional questions are being raised in Spain, where the King's son and daughter-in-law are due to have their second child early next year. Under the current constitution, if the baby is a boy, it would precede its older sister in line to the throne. Thirty years since the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act, the law that governs Succession to the Crown in Britain is also based on primogeniture: a male-preference law that dictates the throne should go to a male heir over a female. Why does the law continues to exist and is there a case for changing the law sooner than later?
Jenni discusses the issues with journalist and commentator Mary Riddell and Charles Mosley, author of "Blood Royal: From the time of Alexander the Great to Queen Elizabeth II". | |
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