SOLE HEIR TO THRONE
STATUS OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 28. In the House of Commons, Sir John Simon (Home Secretary), informed Mr G. Le M. Mander, there was no reason to amend the Act of Settlement to ensure that Princess Elizabeth should be the sole heir. She did not share it jointly with the Princess Margaret. On the analogy of the Peerage Law he advised that there was no doubt but Princess Elizabeth in present circumstances would succeed as the sole heir.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20640, 1 February 1937, Page 9
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88SOLE HEIR TO THRONE Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20640, 1 February 1937, Page 9
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