Hewrites: "Inthe UK, wehave found it increasinglydifficultto continue tojustifytwo particular aspectsof the present rules on the successionto the Crown."
After that peers can settle down to one of their favourite activities: detailed constitutional debate, in the committee stage of theSuccessiontotheCrown Bill.
His SuccessiontotheCrown Bill was given an unopposed first reading in the Commons on Tuesday but it stands little chance of becoming law because of a lack of parliamentary time.
In December, a new law was published - theSuccessiontotheCrown Bill - which means the couple's first child will become monarch, whether they are a boy or girl.