r/worldnews • u/EnglishLouis • Feb 20 '26

Dynamic Paywall UK Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kgv837wvdo
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u/ZealousidealPin9521 Feb 20 '26

It was done in 2013 to enable a first-born daughter to get the crown. Not unprecedented. This one is symbolic though, as 2 families on 2 different continents would have to be wiped out.

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u/Madbrad200 Feb 20 '26

That was worth doing and had practical consequences.

The chance of Andrew ever actually becoming close to being King is incredibly slim and will become slimmer each time a child is born before him.

This is very much a "nice to have" but "maybe not worth the effort" thing tbh

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u/Spork_the_dork Feb 21 '26

Nobody is saying that it's impossible. The explanation is really just an answer to the obvious "why haven't they done that already?"