does Harry before William?
2007-10-25 10:53:19 · 19 answers · asked by tamar 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The next British monarch is Prince Charles of Wales (who will possibly reign as King George VII of the United Kingdom). He is first line to the British throne after Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, followed by his son Prince William of Wales (second in line), and Prince Harry of Wales (third in line).
If Prince William of Wales decides to father any royal legitimate offspring, Prince Harry of Wales place in line will be shifted down a notch.
If Prince Charles of Wales decides to abdicate or passes away, Prince William of Wales will be declared King.
If Prince William of Wales, abdicate or passes away or did not have any royal legitimate offspring, Prince Harry of Wales will be declared King.
The line of succession to the British Throne is an ordered list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, which limits it to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:
- A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her 'line'). Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).
- Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession; this provision removing "papists" from the succession has never been tested.
-A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this.
2007-10-25 12:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Charles is the heir apparent and is next in line for the throne. His eldest son William,is next,followed by his younest son, Harry. Here is the current line of succession fron http://www.royal.gov/uk
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
2007-10-26 06:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The legal obstacles are so great to a change to the order of sucession that it is practically impossible.
The familial traditions, and the turmoil caused by the abdication of Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) means that it is unlikely that either the Queen will abdicate or the Prince will denounce his claims.
This makes the most likely scenario whereby the Queen is suceeded by William being one where Charles has pre-deceased her. This is possible but its likelihood is impossible to assess. (And in the UK, discussion of the possibilities of deaths of the monarch or the heir has been defined as treason since the middle ages, so we should all be careful of being carted off to the Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London).
2007-10-27 02:54:56 · answer #3 · answered by Adrian F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Prince Charles will become King when the Queen dies. After him will come Prince William. Prince Harry would only become King if William were to die without children.
2007-10-29 10:36:29 · answer #4 · answered by Rosina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a simple case of who is alive when the Queen dies. It's not electing a president. The monarch is the eldest and when they die, the next in line becomes monarch. The only reason our Queen has been monarch for so long is because her father died at an unnaturally young age. Charles may die next week or live to be 120, we will never know, but his entitlement is his birth right, whether anybody likes it or not.
2007-10-25 11:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
William we be King.
I think like others Charles will miss his chance as Queen Elizabeth is hanging on to beat Queen Victoria's title of the longest on the throne.
I think William will bring about much needed change and will be a good leader but he has his life mapped out for him even before he marries and becomes King.
2007-10-26 09:11:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles is next in line and, if he outlives his mother Queen Elizabeth, he will ascend the throne when she dies. If she abdicates, something she has repeatedly said she will not do, then she may abdicate in favor of Charles, or William or Harry or whomever she wants.
After Charles, William will be king and after William, his son, if he has any.
If something should happen to William before he ascends the throne, then Harry will be next in line.
(This is how Elizabeth II got on the throne since her uncle abdicated and her father, who was second in line, ascended the throne thereby opening the line to Elizabeth and her descendants)
2007-10-25 11:01:01 · answer #7 · answered by migueldelasalle 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If Charles outlives his mother then he will be the next King, following him it will be William. Then William's children. If William dies childless then the throne will pass to Harry and his children.
2007-10-25 21:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
@iamacatholic2 - what rubbish. i've got lived in 2 Catholic international places and being a Protestant is greater durable there than being Catholic in the united kingdom!! you have the right to brazenly preparation your faith, RC church homes are actually not banned, RC symbols are actually not prohibited. So the place is your freedom constrained? The question became why can not the united kingdom monarch marry a Catholic. a million) simply by fact as head of the Church of britain the monarch can not be of yet another faith. 2) simply by fact as a constitutional monarch, his accountability is to his realm and individuals first. All RC monarchs additionally take an oath to the Pope which supersedes the area and traditionally has allowed the Pope get right of entry to to the area (ensuing the inquisitions, papal favours to appointments etc). 3) simply by fact the RC Church many times calls for that the considerable different of a Catholic to transform. A monarch might have the means to refuse this. Queen Sofia of Spain became a Greek Orthodox princess and had to transform earlier marrying King Juan Carlos - the two are nevertheless alive so we are unlikely back hundreds of years. Now flow back to a million & 2. 4) simply by fact the Catholic church calls for (no longer requests) that youngsters of a mixed marriage be called Catholics. consequently Charles II and James II of britain being Catholics (their father Charles i became Anglican, mom became Henrietta Maria of France, a Catholic). whilst Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg (a Calvinist) married the Portuguese Infanta Marie Anne, all of the youngsters, and the Grand Ducal kin immediately, are Catholic. Now flow back to a million & 2. He died in 1905 so it relatively is barely a century in the past. 5) England isn't by myself. The Spanish King's identify is "His Catholic Majesty" (in spite of the undeniable fact that Juan Carlos has asked that the Catholic bit no longer be used). The kings of Spain, Portugal, France and Italy all had to be Catholic. whilst Henri IV (a Huguenot) grew to grow to be king of France, he might desire to easily gain this by utilising changing (and is declared to have uttered that "Paris is worth a Mass"). it is not an anachronism, that is in basic terms logic. And it is common.
2016-10-14 01:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles is next in line to the throne. If anything should happen to him, the it would be William.
The Queen is in great health, and it is possible Charles will be past retirement age before he would inherit.
2007-10-25 13:46:51 · answer #10 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Charles is next in line so it is reasonable to expect him to be the next monarch unless something happens to him before his mother dies.
2007-10-27 03:31:24 · answer #11 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋