Daily Mail 25 September 2008
The 300-year-old rule excluding Catholics from the throne is set to be abolished under plans drawn up by Downing Street.
The reforms would also put an end to the automatic male succession - so if Prince William's eldest child turned out to be a girl she would be his heir.
The blueprint is the work of MP Chris Bryant, who has been charged by Gordon Brown with reviewing the UK constitution.
It would also limit the power of the Privy Council.
Catholics have been effectively excluded from the succession since the 1688 Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement in 1701 and Act of Union in 1707.
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