State & Ceremonial

Bill to allow women to succeed to titles given second chance in Parliament

The Succession to Peerages bill, introduced in the last session of Parliament, will make a return in this first of the new Parliament, with renewed hopes that the long-contested changes to the rules governing succession to hereditary titles in the UK are changed to allow female succession. The bill – introduced by Lord Trefgarne – seeks to create a blanket rule to allow hereditary…
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State & Ceremonial

Royal succession law faces challenge in Quebec court

Two law professors in Canada are challenging the change to royal succession rules which now mean that a girl can succeed ahead of a younger born brother. They are arguing that the alterations this made to Canadian law are ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘colonialist’. The legal case begins in Quebec today. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their 2011 tour of Canada – now two professors in…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

David Cameron meets with The Queen as Conservative Party win the 2015 General Election

David Cameron has travelled to Buckingham Palace for a meeting with Her Majesty The Queen to confirm his second term as Prime Minister. The 2015 General Election saw the Conservative Party take control of the House of Commons whilst the Labour Party constituencies in Scotland were virtually wiped away by the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats suffered savage losses both north and…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

Queen returns to London to receive Prime Minister after Parliament dissolved

The Queen made a sudden return to Buckingham Palace on Monday morning to receive the Prime Minister David Cameron after the dissolution of Parliament. The Queen, who is residing at Windsor Castle for the next month for Easter Court, received Mr Cameron shortly after 11 o’clock as he travelled the short journey to the Palace from Downing Street by car. Thanks to the Fixed Term Parliaments…
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