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After her last child died in 1700, only Princess Anne was left in the line of succession set by the Bill of Rights. James II and VII, a Roman Catholic, followed his brother Charles II, despite efforts in the late 1670s to exclude him in favour of Charles's illegitimate Protestant son, the Duke of Monmouth. James was deposed when his Protestant ...
Anne was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is now 17th, [2] [b] and has been, since 1987, Princess Royal, a title held for life. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Born at Clarence House , Anne was educated at Benenden School and began undertaking royal duties upon reaching adulthood.
Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]
For the same reason, Edward, like his older brother, Prince Andrew, appears in the royal order of succession before his older sister, Princess Anne. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, and the ...
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.
Princess Beatrice of York. Princess Beatrice is ninth in line to the throne. Her daughter, Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, is 10th in line. Princess Eugenie of York
The line of succession to the Scottish throne was governed by the Claim of Right Act 1689: Princess Anne of Denmark (born 1665), sister of the king's late wife; Upon his death, the throne passed to the first person in line, who became Queen Anne. The succession continued with the monarchs of Great Britain.
Princess Elizabeth, their-apparent to the throne of England as the king's oldest daughter, waves gracefully to the crowd which watched her leave Buckingham Palace by automobile on June 6, 1937 in ...