Naturally the country’s countesses and marchionesses are less than impressed with the antiquated law, with many joining forces to lobby for Equality for Women in the Peerage.

Writing in The Telegraph earlier this year, Lady Liza Campbell – a prominent member of the movement to change primogeniture - explained that she realises the concept may seem as ridiculous as first-class passengers campaigning for more leg room.

“Perhaps some readers will be thinking, ‘Why can’t the whole lot get flushed away?’” she said.

“My answer is that, if you want that to happen, make it your task, but, while the circus is in town, at least make it fair.”

Yes, no-one should inherit titles and yes, the aristocracy will (hopefully) be dissolved in the future. In the 21st Century, no-one should ever be granted privilege and status above others. But, until such a time as this is a reality, we can’t turn a blind eye to the discrimination going on right under our noses.

To do so would be to endorse an outdated patriarchy. More alarmingly, we’re teaching daughters that they are a disappointment, and women that they are second-best to men.

We’ve already abolished primogeniture in the British monarchy, thanks to the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. This means that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s daughter, Princess Charlotte, will not be usurped as fourth in line to the throne if the couple have any other boys. The country’s youngest princess will no longer be overlooked because she is “just a girl”.

“This is some Jane Austen-level BS”: why it's time to stamp out Britain's sexist inheritance rules