Principality allows women to sit on the throne
For over 400 years, women have been denied the right to rule the small principality of Liechtenstein. Now the country's Crown Prince is opening the throne to women.
Liechtenstein's succession to the throne will also include women in the future, announced Crown Prince Alois.
- We want to ensure that both the principality and the princely house are led by the person who is best prepared for the responsibility, he said in a speech during the country's National Day.
The principality is thus changing the regulations that, according to the newspaper Landesspiegel, have been in force since 1606.
But it will probably be some time before a princess sits on the throne. The current prince, Hans Adam II, remains as head of state but has handed over most of the duties to his son, Crown Prince Alois. His firstborn, 31-year-old Joseph Wenzel, has no heir yet.
Liechtenstein only introduced women's suffrage in 1984, but has had a woman – Brigitte Haas – as prime minister since last year.
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