Succession.

Primogeniture is in the news as a result of an apparent agreement between the various "realms" of the British monarchy to change the rules to allow the first-born child of the monarch to succeed to the throne, irrespective of gender.  Strictly speaking, primogeniture itself simply means first-born, but custom going back to the time of the Normans - and indeed beyond - held that males took precedence over females, and so that concept became part of the common law.  I don't think there can be much argument that it has no place in modern society and is long overdue for reform.  I am far more concerned about the proposal that the restriction on the monarch marrying a Roman Catholic should also be abolished - not because I have anything against Roman Catholics (some of my best friends etc....), but because, as I mentioned in a previous post, it would raise the possibility of a future Catholic monarch being head of the Church of England which would be a constitutional nonsense.