Denmark moves toward female succession to throne

[lovely bones]

The Danish parliament unanimously voted in favour of a new royal succession law that would allow a first-born child to one day ascend the throne regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl.

Before entering into force the bill must also be voted through the next parliament, which should be elected in general elections to be held in less than four years, before finally being submitted to a referendum.

At least 40 percent of registered voters must be in favor of the law change for it to be adopted.

The issue rose in importance last year when Crown Prince Fredrik and his Australian-born wife Mary were expecting their first child and the gender was still unknown. The princess gave birth in October to a son, Christian.
Under the current law, if their first child had been a girl she would have been forced to cede the throne to the couple's first-born boy.

From Yahoo! News

Monarchic anachronisms aside, I can't believe that gender/birth order is still an issue!

[moomies]

Japan's trying to do this too cuz both princes have only had daughters so far. But the second Prince's wife is pregs at the moment, don't know if they found out if the bebe is boy or girl though.

[LynnieD]

WOOHOO!! Does Holland to this too? I'm Dutch, so of course, that would impact me-if I was Royalty. Which I'm not. But, one can dream right?

[tiggle]

Holland has had only females on the throne since 1898
next one will be a king though (current Queen B. has three sons)

[AliceInWonderland]

'bout time.