So if Charles dies before his mother does...?

Question

...who becomes the next British monarch? Would Prince William still become King after his grandma finally kicks the bucket? Or would the throne pass to Princess Anne, since she would be the only remaining child of the Queen?

Answer 1

The children of the monarch are before the siblings of the monarch. William gained his place in line to the throne upon birth. Harry is next, followed by Andrew and his daughters. Edward follows, with his baby daughter, and finally, Anne.


The wikipedia entry will explain it all...

Answer 2

Prince William would succeed to the British throne because of the legal concept of primogeniture--males take precedence over females, older sons have more of a claim to an inheritance than younger sons.

See the following web site:
http://en.wikipedialorg/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_throne

Thus, Prince William would be the next in line to the throne after Charles, followed by Prince Henry, followed by Prince Andrew, followed by his daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, followed by Prince Edward, followed by his daughter, Princess Louise, followed by Princess Anne and her two children (who didn't take royal titles): Peter (1988) and Zara (1981) Phillips. Princess Margaret's children and grandchildren come next--her son and his children first, and so forth . . .

P. S. The Houses of Hanover (1714-1901) and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1917 to present) are the only "so-called" German lines of succession to the English monarchy. Even so, since George VI married Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, a daughter of a noble Scottish family, the Germanic bloodline has been diluted, although Prince Philip, also a descendant of Queen Victoria, is Queen Elizabeth's fifth cousin.

The Hanovers succeeded the Stuart Dynasty (1603-1714), imported from Scotland, the Tudor Dynasty (1485-1603), imported from Wales, and the Planntagent Dynasty (1154-1399) and the Normandy Dynasty (1066-1154), who were Norman French. The last Anglo-Saxon king was Harold Godwinson (1022-1066). All these "folk" were cousins, else they wouldn't have succeeded to the throne.

In the generations after the Norman Conquest, the Normans forged alliances with noble and upper-class families in both England and Scotland, so by the time Diana Spencer came along, she would certainly be a mixture of all the previously mentioned ethnic strains (except perhaps the German)--discounting, of course, the fact that the Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic tribe.

Why do I feel like I'm taling about race horses' bloodlines?

Answer 3

You are cornfused - The Queen has FOUR children!
Charles
Anne
Andrew
Edward

Anne is last in the line, because succession goes to the male heirs, but Parliament has recently changed that. If Charles dies before Elizabeth II, the next in line is William, then Harry, then Andrew, then Andrew's daughter's Beatrice and Eugenia, then Edward, then his daughter Louise, then Princess Anne

Answer 4

Prince William will become the next king, since he is second for the throne (Prince Charles being first)

Answer 5

The next in line to the throne is William.
Princess Anne is not the only child of the Queen;the Queen has four children living!!Charles,Anne,Andrew and Edward are all in line for succession. Charles,then his two boys,Andrew,then his two girls,Edward,then his daughter,and Anne and then her boy and girl are the primary group in line of 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 century, which culminated in the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701).

When James II fled the country in 1688, Parliament held that he had 'abdicated the government' and that the throne was vacant. The throne was then offered, not to James's young son, but to his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, as joint rulers.

It therefore came to be established not only that the Sovereign rules through Parliament, but that the succession to the throne can be regulated by Parliament, and that a Sovereign can be deprived of his title through misgovernment.

The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by statute; the Act of Settlement confirmed that it was for Parliament to determine the title to the throne.

The Act laid down that only Protestant descendants of Princess Sophia - the Electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I - are eligible to succeed. Subsequent Acts have confirmed this.

Parliament, under the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, also laid down various conditions which the Sovereign must meet. A Roman Catholic is specifically excluded from succession to the throne; nor may the Sovereign marry a Roman Catholic.

The Sovereign must, in addition, be in communion with the Church of England and must swear to preserve the established Church of England and the established Church of Scotland. The Sovereign must also promise to uphold the Protestant succession."

Line of succession

Sovereign
1. The Prince of Wales
2. Prince William of Wales
3. Prince Henry of Wales
4. The Duke of York
5. Princess Beatrice of York
6. Princess Eugenie of York
7. The Earl of Wessex
8. The Lady Louise Windsor
9. The Princess Royal
10. Mr. Peter Phillips
11. Miss Zara Phillips
12. Viscount Linley
13. The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones
14. The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones
15. The Lady Sarah Chatto
16. Master Samuel Chatto
17. Master Arthur Chatto
18. The Duke of Gloucester
19. Earl of Ulster
20. Lord Culloden
21. The Lady Davina Lewis
22. The Lady Rose Windsor
23. The Duke of Kent
24. The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor
25. The Lady Amelia Windsor
26. The Lady Helen Taylor
27. Master Columbus Taylor
28. Master Cassius Taylor
29. Miss Eloise Taylor
30. Miss Estella Taylor
31. The Lord Frederick Windsor
32. The Lady Gabriella Windsor
33. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
34. Mr. James Ogilvy
35. Master Alexander Ogilvy
36. Miss Flora Ogilvy
37. Miss Marina Ogilvy
38. Master Christian Mowatt
39. Miss Zenouska Mowatt
40. The Earl of Harewood
From http://www.royal.gov.uk

Answer 6

It would go to Prince William, then Harry, then the Duke of York, then his daughters, then Prince Edward and his child then Princess Anne and then her children. It would have gone to the Duke IF the Princes were both minors at the time of the Queen's death if their father were already dead.

Answer 7

Yes. William would be next in line. The line goes from Monarch to first born male child, and then to the first born male child of that person. If no male child then the first born child. Once the Monarch has an heir (male) his bloodline continues the monarchy. Actually, if anything were to happen to William and Charles, Harry would be next in line.

And coincidentially, when William or Harry take the thrown it will be the first time since William Conqueror that a true Brit has sat on the thrown and got a german or german/ macedonian/ prussian throwback ... rather a refreshing thought if you are into monarchies, i guess.

The Spenser family is one of the oldest bloodlines inEngland dating back before William the Conqueror arrived on the shores of England. So, in actuality, Diane was more royal than anyone in the so-called Windsor family (who, after all took their name from the Castle, not from family history) ... since their entire maternal line is German and Prussian since Victoria's reign.

Answer 8

The throne would pass to William.
Incidentally, Anne is not the only remaining child of the Queen. She has Andrew (Falklands war hero pilot) & Edward (failed at just about everything).

Answer 9

I think Prince William will be the one taking over the throne...and I really hope so.

Answer 10

ROFLMAO

It goes DIRECTLY to Prince William of Wales! Then Prince Henry (Harry) THEN to Prince Andrew and his daughters AND THEN to Princess Anne and her two and THEN to Prince Edward and his daughter!