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Illegitimate get a place in Burke's revolution: Bible of the blue-blooded takes a step into the 21st century.
It is the bible of the aristocracy... and has barely changed over the 173 years since it was first published.
But Burke's Peerage and Gentry is finally succumbing to the demands of the 21st century.
The guide, which lists the genealogy of every royal and aristocratic family in the Europe and the U.S., is to include illegitimate children for the first time.
As part of a major shake-up, the book will also list offspring in order of when they are born, rather than males first, which has been tradition.
Over the next few months the records of one million upper class families will be carefully updated to bring them in line with the modern format. The overhauled version, which will be published later this year, will see major changes to the Queen's entry.
Her only daughter Princess Anne is currently listed at the bottom of her four children but in the new version she will be placed behind Prince Charles, who is older, but ahead of Princes Andrew and Edward, who are younger.