It was explained that the first and second degrees were reserved for princesses.

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Vogue Australia has featured Oscar-winning actresses, princesses and supermodels on its front covers, but now for the first time in the magazine's 53-year history it will be a four-legged beauty looking out from the publication's most important page.

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One of the most visually stunning moments comes in the first act, with the dance of the Shuixiu (water sleeve) princesses, where dancers move wearing long flowing silk sleeves that are designed to accentuate and articulate their emotions.

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Then peers have their first debate on the Succession to the Crown Bill - the measure to allow princesses to inherit the throne if they're older than their brother princes, and remove some of the restrictions on members of the royal family marrying Roman Catholics.

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