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Here we go: Here comes The Crowning
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She is Queen Consort. 
including now with allowing the girls in the line of succession. But then they have been at it for a millennium.
How Queen Elizabeth Changed the Law to Make the Monarchy a More Equal Place for Women
The royal made many changes during her reign as she navigated the highest echelons of a man’s world as a woman.
By Anya Meyerowitz
September 9, 2022
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Perhaps most notably though, in 2013, she gave royal assent to the Succession to the Crown Act, which meant both sons and daughters of any future UK monarch would have an equal right to the throne. Queen Elizabeth II herself was able to ascend to the throne only because her father had two daughters and no sons. However, if he'd had a male heir, Elizabeth would have been skipped over in favor of the male. Thanks to the Crown Act, this is no longer the case. So what exactly is the act, and what part did the queen have to play in its passing?
What is the Crown Act?
The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent but also by parliamentary statute. The order of succession is the sequence of members of the royal family in the order they stand in line to the throne. The first in line to the throne, the heir, will become king or queen when the reigning monarch dies, followed by second in line and so on, so Prince William is now the heir to the throne and his son, Prince George, second in line. The original constitution that governed the accession of monarchs was determined back in the 17th century, with the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701), and meant that firstborn women, who were direct descendants of the monarch, could be passed over in favor of their younger male sibling.
The Succession to the Crown Act (2013), championed by the queen, amended the provisions of the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement to end the system of male firstborn, under which a younger son was able to displace an elder daughter in the line of succession. The act applies to those born after October 28, 2011, and means that any firstborn, regardless of gender, has the right to ascend to the throne if they are within the direct lineage of the monarch.
In practice, this means that if, when the time comes, Prince George—son of the newly appointed Duke and Duchess of Cornwall—is unable to take the throne for any reason, Princess Charlotte would be next in line, rather than it passing over to her younger brother, Prince Louis. The act also ended the law that states that those who marry Roman Catholics are disqualified from the line of succession. The changes came into force in all 16 realms in March 2015.
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https://www.glamour.com/story/how-queen-elizabeth-changed-the-law-to-make-the-monarchy-a-more-equal-place-for-women
The royal made many changes during her reign as she navigated the highest echelons of a man’s world as a woman.
By Anya Meyerowitz
September 9, 2022
(snip)
Perhaps most notably though, in 2013, she gave royal assent to the Succession to the Crown Act, which meant both sons and daughters of any future UK monarch would have an equal right to the throne. Queen Elizabeth II herself was able to ascend to the throne only because her father had two daughters and no sons. However, if he'd had a male heir, Elizabeth would have been skipped over in favor of the male. Thanks to the Crown Act, this is no longer the case. So what exactly is the act, and what part did the queen have to play in its passing?
What is the Crown Act?
The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent but also by parliamentary statute. The order of succession is the sequence of members of the royal family in the order they stand in line to the throne. The first in line to the throne, the heir, will become king or queen when the reigning monarch dies, followed by second in line and so on, so Prince William is now the heir to the throne and his son, Prince George, second in line. The original constitution that governed the accession of monarchs was determined back in the 17th century, with the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701), and meant that firstborn women, who were direct descendants of the monarch, could be passed over in favor of their younger male sibling.
The Succession to the Crown Act (2013), championed by the queen, amended the provisions of the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement to end the system of male firstborn, under which a younger son was able to displace an elder daughter in the line of succession. The act applies to those born after October 28, 2011, and means that any firstborn, regardless of gender, has the right to ascend to the throne if they are within the direct lineage of the monarch.
In practice, this means that if, when the time comes, Prince George—son of the newly appointed Duke and Duchess of Cornwall—is unable to take the throne for any reason, Princess Charlotte would be next in line, rather than it passing over to her younger brother, Prince Louis. The act also ended the law that states that those who marry Roman Catholics are disqualified from the line of succession. The changes came into force in all 16 realms in March 2015.
(snip)
https://www.glamour.com/story/how-queen-elizabeth-changed-the-law-to-make-the-monarchy-a-more-equal-place-for-women
Of course what became the U.S. fought that famous battle to break with all that.
