Legislation to ensure the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby becomes monarch – whether a boy or a girl – is to be introduced as rapidly as possible, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said.
The 15 nations where the Queen is head of state yesterday gave their final consent for the Government to press ahead with the landmark bill to end the centuries-old discrimination against royal women.
Mr Clegg said: "The Government will soon introduce the Succession to the Crown Bill which will make our old-fashioned rules fit for the 21st century.
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