Posted by Robert
on 29/4/2008, 23:09:02, in reply to "Succession laws revisited - for the umpteenth time"
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: Hello all,
:
: There's been quite a lot of discussion on
: other MBs on succession laws lately (and I
: apologize if my question has been answered
: in any of the threads already), which
: prompts me to ask something that I've been
: wondering about for quite some time:
:
: Before the succession laws were changed in
: Sweden, Norway, etc, were the monarchs and
: the royal families ever formally consulted
: about the changes? After all, I think it's
: common practice to consult all parties
: concerned whenever new legislation of any
: kind is introduced, isn't it?
:
Well, in Sweden the Lord Chancellor's Office was asked to give their opinion. (And they would of course not give an opinion that was not sanctioned by the King.) They said that they preferred a system, where a daughter could inherite the throne if she had no brothers, but the Parliament decided otherwise.
