As King Charles III receives treatment for cancer, he remains Britain’s monarch and head of state.
The king’s older son, Prince William, is next in line for the throne. The crown does not pass from reigning monarchs to their spouses, so Queen Camilla is not in the line of succession.
Here is the order of succession:
1. Prince William, the older son of Charles and the late Princess Diana. He is known as Prince of Wales and is married to Kate, Princess of Wales. Their three children follow him in the line of succession.
2. Prince George of Cambridge, born in July 2013.
3. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, born in May 2015.
4. Prince Louis of Cambridge, born in April 2018.
5. Prince Harry, the younger son of Charles and Diana, who has relinquished his royal duties but retains his place in line.
6. Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, born to Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in May 2019.
7. Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, born to Harry and Meghan in June 2021.
8. Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s second-oldest son.
9. Princess Beatrice, older daughter of Andrew and his former wife, Sarah Ferguson.
10. Sienna Mapelli Mozzi, daughter of Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, born in September 2021.
11. Princess Eugenie, Andrew and Ferguson’s younger daughter.
12. August Brooksbank, born to Eugenie and James Brooksbank in Feb. 2021.
13. Ernest Brooksbank, born to Eugenie and James Brooksbank in May 2023.
14. Prince Edward, the queen and Philip’s youngest child.
15. James, Viscount Severn, son of Edward and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.
16. Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, daughter of Edward and Sophie.
17. Princess Anne, second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
18. Peter Phillips, son of Anne and her ex-husband, Mark Phillips.
19. Savannah Phillips, older daughter of Peter Phillips and his ex-wife, Autumn Kelly.
20. Isla Phillips, younger daughter of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly.
21. Zara Tindall, daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips.
22. Mia Tindall, older daughter of Zara and her husband, Mike Tindall.
23. Lena Tindall, younger daughter of Zara and Mike Tindall.
24. Lucas Tindall, son of Zara and Mike Tindall.
(AP)
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Thank G-d Crazy Harry kept getting pushed down the list further and further everytime William had a baby.
Interesting point to note here:
Traditionally, the line of succession followed more-or-less the way the laws of inheritance are given in the Torah – sons come first, daughters go next if there are no sons, then spread out to the sides. That is why Princess Anne, the queen’s second child, is last on the list of Charles’s siblings in succession. But England changed the rules in 2013 to fit the new postmodern feminist agenda,and made the line of succession go by birth order. Which is why Princess Charlotte comes before her brother Louis. But since this was not made retroactive, Anne didn’t get a bump up in her location (She’d have jumped from being #17 to being #8 – not that it would have made much of a difference…)
George, Charlotte, and Louis are now “of Wales”, rather than “of Cambridge”, since their parents got a promotion. Wales is a principality, while Cambridge is merely a duchy, so it is the more important title, and is used in place of all lesser titles.