Posted by Johan on 29/4/2008, 23:41:41, in reply to "Re: Succession laws revisited - for the umpteenth time"
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In the Swedish case it is known that the king contemplated bringing a lawsuit to defend the rights of his newborn son. The Swedish politicians made it clear that if he would do so there would not be a throne to inherit....
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: Hello all,
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: 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:
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: 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?
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: 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.
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