BBCNEWS Dateline London June 4, 2024 01:52:00
Well, two points actually, we'll come to the one about the rest of the world in a moment, if we can. butjust very quickly, on this question of transition, this used to be a really nervous time for monarchs, didn't it, when when an old king or queen was coming to the end of their life, because they worried that at that point, another member of their enormous family from some other branch would turn up and say, "actually, we think our claim is bigger than the claim "of the next person you've lined up." it's not quite the same now, but presumably there's still an issue about why it passes the way...