If William and Kate have a baby girl first, would she one day be Queen?
Rob and Stephen talk about new changes to ancient laws about succession in the British monarchy.
This week's question: This is a royal question! Can you tell me which King did the current British Queen, Queen Elizabeth the Second, succeed? Was it:
a) King George the Fifth
b) King George the Sixth
c) King Edward the Eighth
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
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Succession
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Vocabulary
- succession
act or process of following in order or sequence
- monarch
a king or queen who reigns over a country
- abdicates
gives up a position of being a king or a queen
- outdated
no longer useful or relevant
- approval
a positive opinion of someone or something
- dominance
preference of something or someone over other similar things or persons
- ruled out
prevented from happening or from being possible
- historic
important in history
- reforms
changes and improvements to the law, social system or institution
- implementing
carrying out a plan, system or law
