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Gordon Brown has put forward to the Queen concerning her successor the dismantling of England’s old law of primogenature and accession to the Throne.
Princess Anne is the likely candidate. The unknown
powers that be want nothing to do with Charles and his brood
of two and his horse-faced wife Camilla Parker-Bowles if this were to occur ,there is a great stain on Charles -(death of Princess of Wales, Diana) Princess Anne would still get to run around on current husband #2 with Andrew Parker- Bowles (she’s at him for years)
Nonwithstanding primogenature, Harry will still have to
toe the line and eventually wash his hair someday. It’s
only a matter of time.

Ah - no. Yes, Gordon Brown would like to see reforms that would remove primogeniture, but these would not be intended to make the Princess Royal Queen. The current succession is: 1. The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales 2. Prince William of Wales 3. Prince Harry of Wales 4. The Prince Andrew, Duke of York 5. Princess Beatrice of York 6. Princess Eugenie of York 7. The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 8. James, Viscount Severn 9. Lady Louise Windsor 10. The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal 11. Peter Phillips 12. Zara Phillips If primogeniture is abolished, the line of succession would become: 1. The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales 2. Prince William of Wales 3. Prince Harry of Wales 4. The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal 5. Peter Phillips 6. Zara Phillips 7. The Prince Andrew, Duke of York 8. Princess Beatrice of York 9. Princess Eugenie of York 10. The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 11. Lady Louise Windsor 12. James, Viscount Severn Anne would still not take precedence over Charles and his sons, as he is the eldest child of the Queen, she (and her children) would however take precedence over her two younger brothers and their children. And Lady Louise Windsor would leapfrog her younger brother, James, Viscount Severn (and depending what other reforms occurred at the same time (if primogeniture was also ended for titles in the peerage), might also become Viscountess Severn as heir to her father over her younger brother who would become Lord James Windsor.)

Part of the reason why many feel the time is right now to abolish primogeniture is the fact that it probably wouldn't make any difference to currently living royals - The Princess Royal would only become Queen if the Prince of Wales and both his sons predeceased her, which is not likely. Making a change at a time when it would change the likely future Monarch is likely to be much more difficult and controversial.

Besides which, even if there are some people who would prefer the Princess Royal on the throne to her brother the Prince of Wales, there's a substantial problem with that idea - and that is that her two children, Peter and Zara have not been trained for the type of role that would thrust on them. Neither are titled - a deliberate choice on the part of their mother, who didn't want them raised in that role. Peter, the Queen's eldest grandchild, doesn't carry out any official engagements. Zara does occasionally do so. But neither of them would be considered suitable choices as Monarch - if it happened through some disaster, the establishment would do its best to deal with it, but even if they really liked the idea of Anne on the throne (and I think that she would probably be an excellent Queen), her children are not what they would want.