Posted by Henri van Oene on 6/5/2008, 15:07:49, in reply to "Succession laws revisited - for the umpteenth 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?
In the Netherlands the King is part of the government so it goes without saying that the Dutch queens Juliana and Beatrix were consulted when the Netherlands adopted absolute primogeniture in the Netherlands. Their opinion about it is not known. The change however had no consequences for those eligible to succeed in those days.
