According to BBC News:
[T]he MP for Louth and Horncastle Sir Peter Tapsell has warned of the dangers of breaking with centuries of tradition.
Speaking in the Commons, the Father of the House said: “But for our law of male primogeniture, the German Kaiser would have become King of England…”
A quick check on the history books confirms that if the male bias towards royal succession had not been in place a century or so ago, Queen Victoria’s daughter – also called Victoria – would have acceded to the throne ahead of her younger brother Edward VII.
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Queen Victoria, painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
