Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is contemplating royal reforms to ensure the survival of the monarchy into the 21st century. Among the options she is said to be considering is making the royal family pay its own way by cutting the $13.5 million annual payments it received from the state. Newspaper reports say she’s also thinking about ditching ancient laws that make it harder for women to inherit the throne and forbid the British monarch marrying a Roman Catholic. Buckingham Palace on Aug.19th confirms that the queen had set up a strategic policy committee to brainstorm on these and other issues.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 21, 1996
