The succession to the British throne has a line that lives two times and two different succession laws. With Queen Elizabeth II representing the longest lasting monarchy, her son Prince Charles is the first to have the right to be the King of England.
The laws and acts of 1689 and 1701 fixed the succession to the throne based on four criteria: direct descent, gender, birth in wedlock and membership of the Church of England.
But in the 20th century, the monarchy adopted Human Rights as a standard, with which they do not get along at all, nor with discriminatory concepts in particular, such as that Catholics are frowned upon when marrying or that the male has preference over women. the woman, according to Vanity Fair.
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A clear example is that Princes Andrew and Edward, sons of Queen Elizabeth II, who are younger than Princess Anne, are ahead of her in the line of succession.
This is how the line of succession of the British royal family works
It is evident that, thanks to the Perth Agreements (2011), where women are given the same rights, Princess Charlotte occupies the fourth position in the line and not the fifth to which she would have been relegated after the birth of her younger brother, Louis.
With the new laws, the top three positions in the current line of succession would have changed, since only direct descent is taken into account. This means that the children of the children go before the brothers, which explains why Prince Harry has been logically displaced by the children of his brother Wiliam and Kate Middleton.
These are the members of the line of succession
1. Charles of England, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince of Wales.
2. Prince William, eldest son of Charles.
3. Prince George of Cambridge, eldest son of Prince William.
4. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, daughter of Prince William.
5. Prince Louis of Cambridge, youngest son of Prince William.
6. Prince Harry, son of Charles.
7. Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Harry.
8. Lilibeth Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, daughter of Prince Harry.
9. Prince Andrew, third son of the Queen of England (he is still in the line of succession, although he was stripped of his title of Royal Highness and honorary military functions).
10. Princess Beatrice of York, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew.
11. Princess Eugenie of York, second daughter of Prince Andrew.
12. August Brooksbank, son of Princess Eugenie.
The children of Prince Edward were affected by the precedence of men over women:
13. Prince Edward, fourth son of the Queen of England.
14. Lord James Mountbatten-Windsor, second son of Prince Edward.
15. Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, Prince Edward’s eldest daughter.
Then Princess Ana would come, who is 10 years older than her little brother Andrés, and 14 years older than Eduardo:
16. Princess Anne of England, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
17. Peter Phillips, eldest son of Princess Anne.
18. Zara Tindall, youngest daughter of Princess Anne.
19. Mia Tindall.
20. Lena Elizabeth Tindall.
21. Lucas Tindall.
Exhausted the children of the queen, it would be the turn of her sister, Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, but her children (and grandchildren) still have rights:
22. Lord David Armstrong-Jones, eldest son of Princess Margaret.
23. Lord Charles Armstrong-Jones, eldest son of David.
24. Lady Margaret Armstrong-Jones, David’s youngest daughter.
25. Lady Sarah Chatto, youngest daughter of Princess Margaret.
26. Samuel Chatto, Sarah’s firstborn.
27. Arthur Chatto, Sarah’s youngest son.
And for the last places on the list, you have to go back to Jorge V, grandfather of Elizabeth II, who had several children. The eldest was Edward VIII, the legitimate king until he decided to abdicate to marry Wallis Simpson. All this line loses the rights.
The next was George VI, the father of Elizabeth II and Margaret, and the third, Prince Henry, who died 47 years ago. As her first son died childless (and before his father), it doesn’t count for this tree, but Queen Elizabeth II’s second cousin, Prince Richard of Gloucester, does: he’s still alive and has children:
28. Prince Richard of Glougester, grandson of King George V.
29. Alexander Windsor, only son of Prince Richard.
30. Lord Xan Windsor, eldest son of Alexander.
31. Lady Cosima Windsor, Alexander’s youngest daughter.
Source: Eluniverso
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