K is for King (or Queen!)

So, a couple of years ago, when Will and Kate announced that they were expecting their first child, there was a big to-do about if it were to be a girl, would the child be the future queen.

Thankfully, the outdated succession laws were reworked, and males and females were made equal in the Commonwealth.  Another provision about the monarch not being able to marry a Roman Catholic was also changed.

Not my picture, but he's a cutie!

As Prime Minister David Cameron said, "Put simply, if the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were to have a little girl, that girl would one day be our queen. The idea that a younger son should become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he is a man, or that a future monarch can marry someone of any faith except a Catholic--this way of thinking is at odds with the modern countries that we have become."

While we often poke fun at countries for having outdated provisions and laws (U.S. states aren't immune to this ridiculousness...), it is pretty awesome that the UK and Commonwealth moved so quickly to correct this.

Of course, the world was then graced with the adorableness of Prince George, but it sure was nice to have known that a little Georgina would have been treated the same.

Time for L tomorrow! Stay tuned...it's another one of my favorite places.

xoxo Sarah