News English Lessons
ESL / EFL Lesson Activity on Royal Family

The United Kingdom has laws on who can become a king or queen. Old laws said that if a daughter was born first, any brothers after her would be ahead of her to become a monarch. The new laws mean that if Prince William and his wife a girl first, she will be first in after William becomes . The leaders of 16 countries the Queen is head of state to the new laws. This now means sexual equality for British royals.

Another major was also made. It is now for a king or queen to marry a Roman Catholic. For hundreds of this was not allowed. British Prime Minister David Cameron said a Catholic monarch agree with the Church of England he or she is the of that Church. He added: “It is simply they should be denied the to marry a Catholic…After all, they are quite free to marry someone of any [religion]."