After watching ABC's William & Harry interview. I kept hearing that Prince William will be the next king of the Wales. It was my understanding that once a king dies, that the oldest son would be king. I thought that once Queen Elizabeth's father, Prince Albert ( King Geo VI ) died, that Charles, their oldest son would be king. What happened ?
2007-06-22 15:58:39 · 16 answers · asked by Frank G 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Because his mother is not dead therefore he is still Prince
Charles.Queen Elizabeth Is Queen of England,Ireland Scotland and Wales.
2007-06-22 16:07:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ok, a lot of people have made really good points but there is also a lot of mistaken information, so to clarify:
When the Queen dies, Charles will become king automatically. The laws of the UK do noot allow a monarch to choose a successor or to skip people. The one and only way that this will not happen is if Charles decides to abdicate or give up his right, which he has said he will not do. Therefore, Charles will be the next king, and William will follow him. Britain no longer has male-only succession; however boys are prefered, so if William and Harry had an older sister, she would still be after the two of them in the line of succession. However, if Charles only had a daughter, the throne would go to her.
I hate to have to disagree with fellow posters, but Danielle and Keesey are mistaken about Harry's future title. While it is likely he will be given a Royal Dukedom, he will not be Duke of York. The title HRH the Duke of York belongs to Prince Andrew, and will remain his title until he dies. If he has a legitimate son before his death, the title will be pased on; if not, it will return to the throne for the monarch to give as they wish. The only way for Harry to become the Duke of York is if his uncle dies before Harry is given another dukedom, which seems unlikely. Barring that, Andrew will remain the Duke of York. Harry will have many Royal Dukedoms to choose from though (I personally like Duke of Albany or Cambridge).
BE has an excellent list of the order of succession, but in response to Edward, William does not already posses the title the Prince of Wales. The children of princes generally use the of Whatever as the last part of their title (for instance Princess Beatrice of York), so William is correctly HRH Prince William of Wales, but he is not HRH The Prince of Wales. Nor is that title automatic - Charles did not receive it when his mother became queen, but many years later. The moment the Queen dies, Charles will be HM The King and William will be HRH The Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesey, Earl of Chester, etc. However, on the king can give out the title The Prince of Wales.
2007-06-23 13:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Charles. the Prince of Wales, expects to be King of the United Kingdom, and his entire life has been spent waiting for it, so unless he brings about a constitutional crisis, he'll probably get it right since most likely he will be in his late seventies by the time he ascends the throne. As for worrying about being King, the Prime Minister and Parliament do the heavy lifting. A British monarch's only major duty is to offer advice and consent. Prince Charles is genuinely concerned about global warming, holistic foods, and the integrity of British architecture if press releases are accurate. Meanwhile, being a royal prince is nice work is you can get it.
2016-05-18 00:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the King has no son and only daughters then his oldest daughter will be king and her son will succeed her. Prince Charles was the Grandson of George VI. The Queen is the Monarch until she dies or abdicates (extremely unlikely). Upon her death or abdication, Prince Charles (if he is still alive) will succeed and Prince William will become Heir to the Throne and automatically become Duke of Cornwall, it is up to his father to create him Prince of Wales if he decided to.
2007-06-23 10:44:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken in that premise; ELIZABETH was George VI's heir and was next in line for succession to the throne. Her children, Charles and Anne, were in line after her. Elizabeth and Margaret were George's children; Charles was a grandchild.When Queen Elizabeth II dies, her heir,Charles will become king. His children,and any of their children will also be in line for the throne:
1.Prince of Wales
2. William of Wales* any legitimate children of his will enter the line of successon after him when they are born
3.Prince Harry* any legitimate children of his will enter the line of succession after him when they are born
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
2007-06-23 07:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The succession doesn't skip generations. The Queen was the heir to the throne, because her father had no sons. Prince Charles is Prince of Wales, the recognized heir to the throne. He won't abdicate, he has been in training for the job all his life. When he dies he will be succeeded by Prince William.
There can be no change in the order of the succession, unless it is approved by Parliament and all the Dominions of the Commonwealth. Highly unlikely to happen.
2007-06-23 00:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You misheard, Prince William will be the next Prince of Wales--not King of Wales. When a British monarch dies, his or her son ordinarily succeeds him or her, according to the law of cognatic (or male preference) primogeniture*, which allows a female to succeed to the Throne if she doesn't have any living brothers or living nephews or nieces.
If a king or queen dies without any living sons, then his or her oldest daughter is next in line for the Crown. When George VI died, he had no sons, only daughters--the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Accordingly, Princess Elizabeth as the oldest daughter became Queen.
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*Royalty inherits in Denmark, Monaco, Spain and the United Kingdom according to cognatic (or male preference) primogeniture.
Austria Hungary, Russia, and Luxembourg practiced agnatic-cognatic primogeniture, meaning that a female could inherit the Crown only if all eligible (legitimate) male lines were extinct.
Sweden (as of 1980) and Nepal (as of 2006) practice absolute, equal, or linear primogeniture, which means the oldest child inherits the Crown regardless of gender.
Agnatic, salic, or patrilineal primogeniture has traditionally been practiced by most monarchies through time, meaning sons inherit before brothers, and male line descendants inherit before collateral relatives to the absolute exclusion of female descendants. The Emperor of Japan inherits his Throne through salic primogeniture.
I won't even go into Tanistry, a form of succession practiced in medieval Scotland and Ireland.
2007-06-26 12:14:25 · answer #7 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as Queen Elizabeth dies, Charles will have his coronation and officially become King George VII (as he stated he will be called). Prince William is already titled the Prince of Wales and will remain so until his father dies, and then William will become king.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_Throne
http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/uk-succession.html
2007-06-23 09:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, when the Queen dies, Charles will ascend the throne. The queen won't abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales. She vowed in a radio Christmas message when she was 20 that whether her life was long or short, she would faithfully serve her subjects. Plus, unlike other royal heads of state who ascended the thrones of their countries after their parents (Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands ascended the throne after her mother Queen Juliana abdicated in favor of her in 1981 and 7 yrs ago, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg ascended the throne when his father stepped down), the British monarchy and people don't have fond memories of a monarch abdicating. Her uncle King Edward VIII created a scandal and became the blacksheep of the family when he married American divorcee Wallis Simpson and gave up the throne.
Matt Lauer's Dateline NBC and Today show interview with Princes William and Harry referred to William as the future king of England because one day he will be. Despite his father being divorced and then remarrying, Prince Charles will still ascend the throne and won't abdicate in favor of William. When Charles becomes king, William will be become Prince of Wales and Harry, Duke of York. Those are the titles of the sons of the reigning monarch. Their Uncle, Prince Andrew will then be styled His Royal highness, the Earl of Ivaness which along with Duke of York was one of the titles he received when he married Sarah Ferguson in 1986.
2007-06-22 18:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by Danielle P 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Queen is the reigning monarch. When she dies, or gives up the throne, Charles will be king.
2007-06-22 16:06:11 · answer #10 · answered by David S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋