Royal succession change 'takes time'

IT WILL take time to change royal succession rules to allow a first-born daughter to take the throne, the Prime Minister said yesterday.

David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg are in discussions with other Commonwealth leaders about how to secure a change across the nations where the Queen is the monarch.

He said: "Everyone in the front line of politics agrees that this does need to change, and there are conversations ongoing.

"But it clearly does take some time, because the Queen is not just queen of the UK, but many other countries."