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Originally Posted by love_cc
I am thinking about the same thing about Countess Mountbatten, but I doubt that either Charles or William will allow female inherance to pass this title. After all this title can be resevered for husband for the future Queen regina after Prince Edward's male line dies out. The best thing is to let Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward to have a boy as his heir.
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Considering the Countess's current age and the problems she has already had having Louise do you really think that they are seriously going to try to have another child - knowing that there is a 50% chance they will have another girl.
On the other hand I think that allowing female succession is very possible in this case as a mark of respect to the current holder - in order to allow his title to pass to his heirs (albeit through a younger son but still an heir).
I can see your argument of course but it could be a century or more before we have another Queen Regnant and the attachment to the Edinburgh title will have passed by then (like Queen Victoria's desire to have all those in line to the British throne have either Victoria or Albert in their names - didn't even last one full generation after her death e.g. the present Queen - 25 years after Victoria's death and the reports are that Victoria wasn't even considered as a possible name).