Female Abdications.
Since 1945, three female sovereigns have voluntarily abdicated their thrones, Queens Wilelmina and Juliana of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. In comparison, only one male Monarch had done so, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. ( The other male abdications, King Peter of Yugoslavia, Boris of Bulgaria, Leka of Albania, Victor Emmanuel and Umberto of Italy, Michael of Romania and Leopold of Belgium, cannot be termed voluntary ) All other male Sovereigns in Europe have died whilst on their respective thrones, King Constantine of Greece was of course deposed and has not formally abdicated. At the risk of sounding vaguely sexist, has`nt the plethora of female abdication been rather counter-productive, to the Monarchist cause? Particularly as we are now in the era of equal succession rights to the throne?