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Perth Agreement
2011 reform to British and Commonwealth succession laws
Perth Agreement
The Perth Agreement was made in Australia in 2011 by the prime ministers of what were then the sixteen states known as Commonwealth realms, all recognising Elizabeth II as their head of state. The document agreed that the governments of the realms would amend their laws concerning the succession to their shared throne and related matters. The changes, in summary, comprised: Replacing male-preference primogeniture (under which males take precedence over females in the royal succession) with absolute primogeniture (which does not distinguish sex as a succession criterion), for those born after 28 October 2011; Ending disqualification of any person who had married a Catholic; Establishing that only the six people closest to the throne require the monarch's permission to marry. The ban on non-Protestants becoming monarch and the requirement for them to be in communion with the Church of England was not altered. The Agreement was signed in October 2011 in Perth, Australia, which hosted the...
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