Britain may reform succession laws for royal family

BRITAIN may reform 300-year-old laws that ban the monarch from marrying a Catholic and give male heirs prior claim to the throne, the government said yesterday.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2009 - 00:00

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has held talks with Queen Elizabeth on changing the 1701 law.

The Act of Settlement bars members of the royal family from becoming king or queen if they are Catholic or marry a Catholic.

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