Summary
3.The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 makes three changes to the law governing the succession to the Crown. It ends the system of male preference primogeniture under which a younger son displaces an elder daughter in the line of succession.
4.The Act also removes the statutory provisions under which anyone who marries a Roman Catholic loses their place in the line of succession.
5.Thirdly, the Act repeals the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which (with some exceptions) makes void the marriage of any of the descendants of George II who fails to obtain the Sovereign’s permission prior to their marriage.