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  1. Succession. The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by Parliamentary statute. The order of succession is the sequence of members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in line to the throne. The basis for the succession was determined in the constitutional developments of the seventeenth ...

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    • King Charles. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II in Sept. 2022, her eldest child, now King Charles III, immediately acceded to the throne. His coronation took place on May 6, 2023.
    • Prince William. Prince William, who became the Prince of Wales when Queen Elizabeth died, is the elder son of King Charles and the late Princess Diana, making him first in line to the throne.
    • Prince George. Prince George is Queen Elizabeth's great-grandson, King Charles' grandson and Prince William's eldest child with his wife Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales.
    • Princess Charlotte. Princess Charlotte is Queen Elizabeth's great-granddaughter, King Charles' granddaughter and Prince William's second child. For the first time in history, a female royal's spot in line to the throne was not bumped by the arrival of a younger brother.
  2. Learn how the British monarchy is inherited by descent, sex, legitimacy, and religion. See the current line of succession, the rules of succession, and the number of living descendants of Sophia of Hanover.

  3. Feb 21, 2024 · Getty Images. An eligible regent is the next person in the line of succession who is 18 or older. This means that Prince William would become his father’s regent. If William were to become ...

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    • William, Prince of Wales
    • Prince George of Wales
    • Princess Charlotte of Wales
    • Prince Louis of Wales
    • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
    • Prince Archie of Sussex
    • Princess Lilibet of Sussex
    • The Duke of York
    • Princess Beatrice
    • Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi

    Prince William was born in June 1982 as the elder son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who diedin a car crash in 1997. His only sibling, Prince Harry, was born two years later. When King Charles ascended the throne, Prince William became first in line to the throne and inherited his father’s Duchy of Cornwall estate. William...

    Prince George of Wales, born in July 2013, is the eldest son of William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales. He is currently second in line to the throne and will become his heir apparent should his father succeed King Charles after the monarch’s future death. George and his siblings Charlotte and Louis previously held titles relating to Ca...

    Born in 2015,Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Wales is William and Kate’s only daughter. She is now third in line to the throne after her father and older brother George. Her middle names are Elizabeth and Diana, nodding to her great-grandmother and grandmother.

    Prince Louis Arthur Charles is the youngest child of William and Catherine. He was born in April 2018 and has become a known figure worldwide for his animatedpublic appearances at Queen Elizabeth’s 2022 Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.

    Born in 1984, Prince Harry is the second and youngest son of King Charles and Princess Diana. Harry served 10 years in the armed forces, including two tours in Afghanistan. In 2018, he married American actress Meghan Markle and the couple announced they were expecting their first childafter five months of marriage. Archie was born in 2019 and less ...

    Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsoris the first born child of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry. He was born in the U.K. in 2019, weighing 7lbs 3oz. Archie did not have a birth right to a royal title but on the ascension of King Charles in 2022, he became entitled to one. His Prince title was formally adopted in March 2023. Archie is the ...

    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave birth to their second child, Lilibet Diana, in 2021 in Santa Barbara. Known as Lili for short, the infant’s name was a widely known nickname given to Queen Elizabeth. Her middle name is a tribute to Princess Diana, Harry’s late mother. In March, it was announced that Lilibet had been christenedin Los Angeles and ...

    Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, is one of the most controversial members of the royal family. Born in 1960, he is the second eldest son of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. In 1986, Andrew married Sarah Ferguson and the couple had two daughters—Beatrice and Eugenie—before they officially divorced in 1996 after four years of separation. Andrew ser...

    Princess Beatrice is the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. She is married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi,with whom she has an infant daughter. The couple married in a private ceremony with 20 close friends and family members in 2020 at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor.

    Sienna Elizabethis the one-year-old daughter of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, born in September 2021 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. Her name is a nod to both her Italian and royal roots.

  4. Sep 8, 2022 · Here’s what we know about the British royal family’s line of succession. King Charles III. Charles, the Prince of Wales, poses for an official portrait in November 2008. He became King after ...

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  6. Feb 6, 2024 · Feb. 6, 2024. King Charles III has announced he will step back from public appearances while being treated for cancer. That’s likely to mean a more prominent role for other senior members of the ...

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