Succession to the Crown Act 2013

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Jan 8, 2014 16:56:11 GMT wind2706 said:

I seem that talking with you is very difficult, because you always understand different things from those I meant. ...... Why didn't she take her place in normal line? Charles - William - George - Anne - Peter - Savannah - Isla - Zara - Andrew - Beatrice - Eugenie - Edward - Louise - James - David - Charles - Elizabeth.....clear, simple, easy and right.

I regret that I do not always understand what you meant in your postings.

With regard to your last sentence, the reasons why the legislation did not affect the position of Princess Ann (who, incidentally, would follow Prince Harry, whom you missed) is that Britain and most other common law Commonwealth countries do not like retroactive legislation. I believe that I mentioned this earlier.

Moreover, as common legislation had to be approved by all the Commonwealth realms, the path of least resistance was chosen, with minimal changes affecting (at first) only the children of the Prince of Wales and (later) people born after 2011.

I believe that there are an estimated 5700 people at least in the line of succession to the British and Commonwealth thrones.