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Article title updated for style. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Heir. Feb 15, 2012
Add new Web site: Cornell University Law School - Heir. Feb 10, 2012
The United Kingdom announced that its laws of royal succession would change so that the heir apparent is the eldest child (not eldest son). Jan 17, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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