Liechtenstein changes its rules to allow women to inherit the Alpine principality’s throne - AP News
Liechtenstein's royal house has announced a change to its succession laws, moving from male primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. This ensures that the first-born child, regardless of gender, will inherit the throne in the future.
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This represents a significant modernization of one of Europe's last remaining powerful monarchies, aligning its succession rules with contemporary gender equality standards.
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BERLIN (AP) — Liechtenstein ‘s royal house said on Saturday that the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne.
Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change in his speech marking the country’s national day. He said it was approved on Wednesday by the necessary two-thirds majority of family members who can vote on such matters.
“The ability to combine continuity and renewal is also a principle that we foster inside the princely house,” Alois said, according to a text of his remarks posted on the house’s website. “In our centuries-old history, it has served us well to make decisions in a long-term and very well thought-out way.”
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