Having received its third reading in the House of Lords, The Succession to the Crown Bill will be sent to Her Majesty "in the coming days or weeks", a Cabinet Office spokesman has told Sky News.
The Bill also ends the bar on anyone in the line of
succession marrying a Roman Catholic.
It also scraps the provision requiring any descendant
of George II to seek the Sovereign's permission to marry. Instead, only the
first six people in line to the Throne will be required to do so.
The new rules ending archaic Primogeniture applies
to any baby born in the line of succession, since the Bill was announced in
Australia, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in October 2011.
It means regardless of whether the Duchess of
Cambridge gives birth to a boy or a girl, her first child will be the Monarch
after Prince William.
The other Realms of the Commonwealth where The
Queen is head of state are taking parallel steps to give the changes to the
laws of succession effect in their countries.
Once every Realm has the necessary measures in
place the changes will be implemented simultaneously across the Commonwealth.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who introduced
the Bill in the House of Commons, said: "This is a truly historic moment.
I am proud that the British Parliament has taken this step to end centuries of
religious and gender discrimination.
"Once the other Realms of the Commonwealth
have taken the necessary steps, we will move to commence the new law
together."
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