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: The newspaper columnists still haven't
: understood what their new law means. Crown
: Prince Paras *must* become King first,
: before his daughter can succeed. There is no
: indication that the law affects the line of
: succession after the first generation, i.e.
: anyone other than the children of the King.
: Until that is changed, the old system of
: succession remains as far as it concerns the
: second generation onwards.
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: I am not sure I understand your comment.
: Paras will be followed by his son?
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: As far as I see it the law only concerns the
: children of the *King*. so if Paras becomes
: King, then obviously the first born,
: irrespective of its sex, succeeds.
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: What if Paras does not become King? Then his
: children are not the children of a King and
: the law, as reported, clealry would not
: apply to them. The only rules of succession
: that could legally apply to them would be
: the existing males only primogeniture
: condition.
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: I saw one report that talked about
: "royal couple" and not the king,
: and it would be highly unusual if the issue
: of the heir could not take his place if he
: is somehow out of the picture.
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: I saw those *reports* too, but the *law*
: quoted in most of them only spoke about
: children of the King.
:
: If it is true
: that he MUST be king before his children can
: succeed him, the monarchy would end if he
: died (or abdicated).
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: My point was that according to the new law,
: the system of absolute primogeniture applies
: to *children of a king*, not the entire line
: of succession. In order to operate in favour
: of Paras's *daughter*, he would have to
: succeed first.
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: It isn't a question of whether his children
: succeed or not, but if his daughter has any
: right of succession if she were not the
: daughter of a King.
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: I agree that the politicians are not very
: effective, but I would not pay too much
: attention to the excat wording of the law.
: The intent is that the King will be
: succeeded by the Crown Prince's oldest
: child, and if something in the present law
: prevents that, it will be changed just as
: fast as all the other laws has been and are
: beeing changed.
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: As far as I can see the new law, so far
: reported, says nothing about absolute
: primogeniture beyond the first generation,
: i.e. children of a king.
:
: Furthermore. There could be someting lost in
: the translation from Nepali to English?
:
: Not pay too much attention to the actual
: wording of the law? Clearly, not a lawyer
: talking.
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