According to The Independent:
…proposals to allow first-born girls to inherit aristocratic titles look likely to be given the green light after senior cabinet sources indicated the move would not be opposed by the Government.
Changes to the Royal Family’s line of succession…prompted a campaign…to give similar rights to women in the wider peerage.
…campaigners said they would continue fighting for gender equality in the aristocracy…a Bill being introduced by…an aide to the Equalities minister…to be debated in the autumn, will not be blocked by Downing Street.
The controversy over women’s inheritance rights has split the aristocracy…
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Nobility.org Editorial Content: —
We are vehemently opposed to the abolition of male primogeniture in Britain’s peerage, currently under discussion in Parliament, and find it rather disingenuous for the promoters of this egalitarian proposal to call themselves “conservative.” What is conservative about the ideology of egalitarianism, the sole basis for abolishing this millennial tradition? Those in favor of abolishing male primogeniture for Britain’s peerage should not mislead the public. They should be clear and straightforward and call themselves leftists.
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