A King for a Queen ; Your Letters to the National Newspaper of Wales & Comment Debate

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SIR - In 2011 the rules of succession to the throne were changed with the intention of making them fair to women. As a result we can expect in the future roughly twice as many women to become queen as there will be men who become king.

This is a huge inequality in the chances of gaining the highest rank. It arises because men can do this only by inheritance while women have a path via marriage as well as their now equalised chance through inheritance. The consort of a reigning king is a queen while that of a reigning queen is by custom a prince.

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A King for a Queen ; Your Letters to the National Newspaper of Wales & Comment Debate

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