1.   A woman could inherit the throne in default of male heirs.

2.   The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.

3.   Did the emperor believe, some reporters wondered silently, that Japan should change its laws to allow his new granddaughter to inherit the throne one day?

4.   The first son is supposed to inherit the throne.

5.   The present king, who then inherited the throne, was the last person to see his brother alive.

6.   Under Japanese law, then and now, only a son can inherit the throne, and there was growing disquiet as she produced four daughters in a row.

7.   Who will inherit his throne?

8.   Akishino is the second in line to inherit the throne.

9.   But her admission of her own adultery and her suggestion that Charles might not be suited to inherit the throne, were profoundly shocking to some people.

10.   He inherited a throne with absolute power and a nation living in considerable poverty.