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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900–2002: Mary, Princess Royal 1897–1965: Henry Lascelles 6th Earl of Harewood 1882–1947: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 1900–1974: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester 1901–2004: Prince George, Duke of Kent 1902–1942: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark 1906–1968: Prince John 1905–1919
The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.
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 ...
Queen of England and Scotland r. 1689–1694: Anne 1665–1714 Queen of England and Scotland, then Great Britain r. 1702–1714: George II 1683–1760 King of Great Britain r. 1727–1760: Frederick 1707–1751 Prince of Wales: George III 1738–1820 King of Great Britain, then the United Kingdom r. 1760–1820: George IV 1762–1830 regent ...
Queen Elizabeth I enthroned in Parliament. Edward VI succeeded Henry VIII in 1547. Edward VI attempted to divert the course of succession in his will to prevent his Catholic half-sister, Mary, from inheriting the throne. He excluded both Mary and Elizabeth, settling on the Duchess of Suffolk's daughter, Lady Jane Grey. Jane was also originally ...
The order was not conferred after the death of Victoria, but continued in existence as long as there was a living member (Victoria's granddaughter Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone died in 1981), so subsequent sovereigns including Queen Elizabeth II were sovereigns of the order, and wore the sovereign's badge.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were the longest-married couple in the history of the British royal family before his April 2021 death, with many children, grandchildren and great ...
When the reigning sovereign is a queen, the royal household is in some other respects rather differently arranged from that of a king and a queen consort. [25] Under a king and a queen consort, a separate establishment "above stairs" and "out of doors" works for the queen consort.