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To: RPTMS

They are following primogeniture - just no longer male preference primogeniture.

Personally, speaking as somebody who is committed to the Monarchy, I think it was time for this change - at a when it did not alter a status quo already in place. If the chance had been missed, it could be decades before another simple opportunity came up, because of the requirements under the Statute of Westminster. It prevents one argument being used throughout the Commonwealth Realms against the monarchy - and means any move towards republicanism is more likely to be based on real issues of governance that matter, rather than mere symbolism.


20 posted on 07/22/2013 12:24:56 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

It just seems to me that if they could argue that it’s sexist with the old rules, they could argue that it’s still a classist institution, even with the new rules, and therefore, needs to be abolished.


21 posted on 07/22/2013 12:36:04 AM PDT by RPTMS
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To: naturalman1975

You miss the point, utterly and completely.
Monarchy is symbolism.


39 posted on 07/22/2013 4:50:42 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: naturalman1975

I concur.


99 posted on 07/23/2013 12:17:33 AM PDT by Vanders9
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