Girls now have an equal chance to the throne based on changes the British put into effect on Friday. Typically throughout history the males were the only one with the chance to the throne. Though there have been few Queen Leaders. Usually if there are older girls and a boy happened to be born though he may not be of age he would receive the throne before his sisters does. This new law states that an older female will have precedence over her younger brother. Also, this means that a British monarch may now marry a Catholic. Individual governments still must agree upon this change but this new law will apply to the future children of Prince William and Catherine.
This is historic because usually the younger brother would get precedence over his sister just because he is a man, not because he is qualified. They are also trying to get rid of the Act of Settlement that was passed in 1701, it bans a UK monarch from marrying a Catholic to ensure that the Protestants held the throne and Church of England. This is great because they have been talking about doing this since the 1950s and it is finally happening. Though it would have been nicer to have it done earlier it’s better late than never. It took some years but change towards equality, at least to the UK throne, are steadily happening.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/world/europe/uk-monarchy/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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I find this to be an interesting topic because many British people have a penchant for history but do not particularly care for the divine right the current Royal family seems to be exhibiting, and the queen is the prime reason for this, saying that her power is derived from God.
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