As an American, this was fascinating. Hard to believe that what happened to Elizabeth Bennet's fictional family could still happen in 2020 England! "The law of England currently says that one of these children is worth more than the other. And that simply isn’t right." Too true!
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Everything about male primogeniture in the peerage is regressive and ridiculous and there's all kinds of shit to "reform" Why can't adopted kids inherit the title? Why can't illegitimate biological kids inherit (a topic of much discussion in the olden days)? What about surrogacy
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Why can't it be assigned by will, or sold to a willing buyer?
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True! It isn't my government so I have no horse in this race. My comment was merely that I think it's remarkable that nothing has changed for women in the "upper classes" for hundreds of years. That you *have* upper classes is the issue with which you need to deal.
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