ABC's Election Analyst blogs on the wonderful world of Australian Elections. April 17, 2011 Will Australia Have to Legislate on Future Kings and Queens? When Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits London for the Royal Wedding on April 29, she may find herself faced with an unusual discussion with fellow Commonwealth Prime Ministers about the future of the monarchy. It is an issue that creates the strange scenario of Australia having to pass a law amending an act of the English parliament passed in 1701, 87 years before Australia was settled by the British First Fleet. Triggered by the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the debate is whether the United Kingdom should change the Act of Settlement (1701) that sets out the order of succession to the throne. They won't be re-visiting the bits that bar Catholics from the throne. The discussion is about whether the line to the throne should continue to be defined by male primogeniture. That is a fancy way of saying that the throne shall pass to the sons of the monarch before any daughters of the monarch. The proposal is to remove gender from primogeniture, meaning the first born rather than first born son would be next in line for the throne. Change would not apply to anyone currently at the top of the list to succeed the Queen. Prince Charles is next in line, followed by Prince William and then Prince Harry. However, if the newly wed royal couple were to have a