--Previous Message-- 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. 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. : I saw one report that talked about I saw those *reports* too, but the *law* quoted in most of them only spoke about children of the King. : If it is true 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. 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. : I agree that the politicians are not very 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
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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?
: "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.
: that he MUST be king before his children can
: succeed him, the monarchy would end if he
: died (or abdicated).
: 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.
: the translation from Nepali to English?
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Not pay too much attention to the actual wording of the law? Clearly, not a lawyer talking.
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