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This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the British monarch to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present), should the incumbent monarch die or abdicate.
The meaning of heir of the body is determined by the common law rules of male preference primogeniture (the "male-preference" criterion is no longer applicable, in respect of succession to the throne, to persons born after 28 October 2011), whereby older children and their descendants inherit before younger children, and a male child takes ...
Declared illegitimate [12] No recognised heir 1536–1537 [12] Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales: Heir apparent Son 12 October 1537 Born 28 January 1547 Became king Mary Tudor: Heiress presumptive [13] Half-sister 28 January 1547 Half-brother became king 21 June 1553 Excluded by letters patent [14] Edward VI: Lady Jane Dudley: Heiress presumptive [14]
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
Iola Price Ahl (1970), Opposing Theories of Succession to the English Throne, 1681-1714; Howard Nenner (1995), The Right to be King: the succession to the Crown of England, 1603-1714, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 9780807822470; Jason L. Craig (1998), A Historiographical Look at the Succession to the English Throne
History of the English and British line of succession Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of heirs to the English and British thrones .
The post This Is the Line of Succession to the British Throne appeared first on Reader's Digest. This is who's next (and beyond) in the British royal line of succession.
Behind him, heirs and siblings move up the rungs. Prince William, the 40-year-old Duke of Cambridge, will now be first in line to the throne, then his children, Prince George, 9; Princess ...