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.
wow! i luv what you wrote- so here’s a funny comment- Anne succeeds even tho her children do not have titles- now- in some odd way that’s an opt out isn’t it? from the very beginning they’ve had no royal duties so we’ll call them slouchy. It wouldn’t make any diff to throne or not, would it ,,, The Slouchy Throne,,,
What is Gordon Brown’s impetus behind his idea? I’m truly curious aren’t you.
Here’s the big secret of the year now that I can blab to you altho you may already be aware ....David Cameron will replace Gordon Brown once Brown’s time is up.