primogeniture

How Princess Diana’s nephew became the ‘poster boy of male primogeniture’

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He is the nephew of one of the most famous women in history and his sisters grace the pages of magazines, but the chances are you have never heard of Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp.  The 27-year-old aristocrat is the youngest child and only son of Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and his … Read more

Earl of Balfour’s daughter Lady Kinvara calls for an end to ‘unjust’ male primogeniture

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The daughter of the Earl of Balfour has called for the practice of male primogeniture to be outlawed, calling it ‘unfair’ and ‘unjust’.   Lady Kinvara Balfour, 45, argued the rules, which mean land and hereditary titles are only passed down to men, violate a woman’s ‘right to fair treatment’ and mean daughters are ‘disregarded entirely’. … Read more