Line o succession tae the Breetish throne

The line o succession tae the Breetish throne is the ordered sequence o aw those fowk eligible tae succeed tae the throne o the Unitit Kinrick.

Eligibility

The richt o succession is regulatit bi the Act o Settlement 1701, the Ryal Marriages Act 1772 an common law.^[1] The succession is ordered bi male-preference cognatic primogeniture. An individual is in the line o succession if the twa follaein requirements are met:

He or she is a legitimate descendant o legitimate line frae the Electress Sophia o Hanover. Legitimised childer remain ineligible.^{[n 1]}^[2]
He or she haes never been a Roman Catholic an haes never mairit a Roman Catholic.^[2]

Line o succession

The leet ablo o persons in line o succession tae the present Queen is limitit tae the Queen's descendants (nummered 1 tae 16) an ithers in the nearest collateral lines, namely, the ither eligible descendants o the sons o George V (nummered 17 tae 51). Persons shawn who are nae in line tae the throne are in italics.

No offeecial, complete version o the line o succession is currently maintained. Ony person's actual poseetion in the line o succession mey chynge as a result o events sic as births an daiths.

Keeng George V (1865–1936)
- Keeng George VI (1895–1952)
  - Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)
    - Keeng Charles III (born 1948) ^{B D W}
      - (1) The Prince o Wales (Prince William; b. 1982) ^{B D W}
        (2) Prince George o Wales (b. 2013) ^{B D W}
        
        (3) Princess Charlotte o Wales (b. 2015) ^{B D W}
        
        (4) Prince Louis o Wales (b. 2018) ^{B D W}
      - (5) The Duke o Sussex (b. 1984) ^{B D W}
        (6) Prince Archie o Sussex (b. 2019) ^{B D W}
        
        (7) Princess Lilibet o Sussex (b. 2021) ^{B D}
    - (8) The Duke o York (Prince Andrew; b. 1960) ^{B D W}
      - (9) Princess Beatrice (b. 1988) ^{B D W}
        (10) Sienna Mapelli-Mozzi (b. 2021) ^{B D}
      - (11) Princess Eugenie (b. 1990) ^{B D W}
        (12) August Brooksbank (b. 2021) ^{B D}
    - (13) The Duke o Edinburgh (Prince Edward; b. 1964) ^{B D W}
      - (14) Earl o Wessex (James Mountbatten-Windsor; b. 2007) ^{B D W}
      - (15) Lady Louise Windsor (b. 2003) ^{B D W}
    - (16) The Princess Ryal (Princess Anne; b. 1950) ^{B D W}
      - (17) Peter Phillips (b. 1977) ^{B D W}
        (18) Savannah Phillips (b. 2010) ^{B D W}
        
        (15) Isla Phillips (b. 2012) ^{B D W}
      - (16) Zara Tindall (née Phillips; b. 1981) ^{B D W}
        (17) Mia Tindall (b. 2014)^[3]^[4] ^{B D W}
        
        (22) Lena Tindall (b. 2018) ^{B D W}
        
        (23) Lucas Tindall (b. 2021) ^{B D W}
  - Princess Margaret, Coontess o Snowdon (1930–2002)^D88
    - (24) The Earl o Snowdon (David Armstrong-Jones; b. 1961) ^{D W}
      - (25) Viscoont Linley (b. 1999) ^{D W}
      - (26) Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002) ^{D W}
    - (27) Lady Sarah Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; b. 1964) ^{D W}
      - (28) Samuel Chatto (b. 1996) ^{D W}
      - (29) Arthur Chatto (b. 1999) ^{D W}
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)¹⁹⁵²
  - (30) The Duke o Gloucester (Prince Richard; b. 1944) ^{D W}
    - (31) Earl o Ulster (Alexander Windsor; b. 1974) ^{D W}
      - (32) Lord Culloden (Xan Windsor; b. 2007) ^{D W}
      - (33) Lady Cosima Windsor (b. 2010) ^{D W}
    - (34) Lady Davina Windsor (b. 1977) ^{D W}
      - (35) Senna Lewis (b. 2010) ^{D W}^{[n 2]}
      - (36) Tāne Lewis (b. 2012) ^{D W}^{[n 2]}
    - (37) Lady Rose Gilman (née Windsor; b. 1980) ^{D W}
      - (38) Lyla Gilman (b. 2010) ^{D W}^{[n 2]}
      - (39) Rufus Gilman (b. 2012) ^{D W}^{[n 2]}
- Prince George, Duke o Kent (1902–1942)
  - (40) The Duke o Kent (Prince Edward; b. 1935) ^{D W}
    - (41)' Earl o St Andrews (George Windsor; b. 1962) ^{M D W}
      - Lord Downpatrick (Edward Windsor; b. 1988) ^{XC / D W}
      - Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (b. 1992) ^{XC / D W}
      - (42) Lady Amelia Windsor (b. 1995) ^{D W}
    - Lord Nicholas Windsor (b. 1970) ^{XC / D W}
      - (43) Albert Windsor (b. 2007) ^{XC? / D W}^{[n 3]}
      - (44) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) ^{XC? / D W}
      - (45) Louis Windsor (b. 2014) ^{XC? / D W}
    - (46) Lady Helen Taylor (née Windsor; b. 1964) ^{D W}^{[n 4]}
      - (47) Columbus Taylor (b. 1994) ^{D W}
      - (48) Cassius Taylor (b. 1996) ^{D W}
      - (49) Eloise Taylor (b. 2003) ^{D W}
      - (50) Estella Taylor (b. 2004) ^{D W}
  - (51) Prince Michael o Kent (b. 1942) ^{M / W}
    - (52) Lord Frederick Windsor (b. 1979) ^W
      - (53) Maud Windsor (b. 2013) ^W^[5]
      - (54) Isabella Windsor (b. 2016) ^W
    - (55) Lady Gabriella Kingston (née Windsor; b. 1981) ^W
  - (56) Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (b. 1936) ^W
    - (57) James Ogilvy (b. 1964) ^W
      - (58) Alexander Ogilvy (b. 1996) ^W
      - (59) Flora Vesteberg (née Ogilvy; b. 1994) ^W
    - (60) Marina Ogilvy (b. 1966) ^W
      - (61) Christian Mowatt (b. 1993) ^W
      - (62) Zenouska Mowatt (b. 1990) ^W

Notes an soorces:

^XC Excludit as Roman Catholics. This exclusion will nae be affectit bi the Succession tae the Croun Act 2013.

^MC These fowk wur excludit through marriage tae a Roman Catholic. This exclusion is repealed unner s. 2(2) o the Succession tae the Croun Act 2013, restorin them tae the line o succession ance it comes intae effect.

^B leeted bi the offeecial wabsteid o the Breetish Monarchy, "Succession"

^D leeted on Debrett's wabsteid (as o 9 August 2013): "The Line of Succession to the British Throne" Archived 2014-04-05 at the Wayback Machine

^W leetit bi Whitaker's Almanack 2013, London: Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-1-4081-7207-0, p. 21

^D88 Leeted bi Debretts (1988).^[6]

¹⁹⁵² Succession as published on the accession o Queen Elizabeth II in 1952^[7]

Notes

↑ The Legitimacy Act 1926, 10 (1) says, "Nothing in this Act shall affect the Succession to any dignity or title of honour or render any person capable of succeeding to or transmitting a right to succeed to any such dignity or title." The Legitimacy Act 1959, 6 (4) says, "It is hereby declared that nothing in this Act affects the Succession to the Throne."
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d The governments of the Commonwealth realms agreed to changes to the line of succession that would see Tāne Lewis and Rufus Gilman switch places with their elder sisters Senna and Lyla respectively. Since Tāne and Rufus were born after 28 October 2011 (the date of the agreement), they would lose their male preference under the changes.
↑ Albert and Leopold Windsor were listed on The Official Website of the British Monarchy and in the 2013 edition of Whitaker's Almanack as following Estella Taylor (b 2004), not following Lady Amelia Windsor. As they were baptised as Catholics, they are not listed in Debrett's or editions of Whitaker's earlier than 2012.
↑ Lady Helen Taylor was listed on The Official Website of the British Monarchy, Debrett's and Whitaker's as following Lady Amelia Windsor, not following Leopold Windsor.

References

↑ Bogdanor, Vernon (1995). The Monarchy and the Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-829334-8 p. 42
↑ ^a ^b William Addams Reitwiesner, "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2001"
↑ Announcement of the birth of Mr and Mrs Tindall's first baby, 17 January 2014
↑ "Zara and Mike Tindall's baby named on Twitter".
↑ "Prince and Princess Michael of Kent welcome first grandchild". Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2020. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.
↑ Williamson, David; Ellis, Patricia, eds. (1988). Debrett's Distinguished People of Today. Debrett's Peerage. p. 61. ISBN 0905649990. First 25 in succession as listed - Viscount [David] Lascelles being the 25th
↑ "Line of succession to the throne". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 Februar 1952. Retrieved 24 Juin 2012.

[2] The Legitimacy Act 1926, 10 (1) says, "Nothing in this Act shall affect the Succession to any dignity or title of honour or render any person capable of succeeding to or transmitting a right to succeed to any such dignity or title." The Legitimacy Act 1959, 6 (4) says, "It is hereby declared that nothing in this Act affects the Succession to the Throne."

[PerthChange-6] The governments of the Commonwealth realms agreed to changes to the line of succession that would see Tāne Lewis and Rufus Gilman switch places with their elder sisters Senna and Lyla respectively. Since Tāne and Rufus were born after 28 October 2011 (the date of the agreement), they would lose their male preference under the changes.

[7] Albert and Leopold Windsor were listed on The Official Website of the British Monarchy and in the 2013 edition of Whitaker's Almanack as following Estella Taylor (b 2004), not following Lady Amelia Windsor. As they were baptised as Catholics, they are not listed in Debrett's or editions of Whitaker's earlier than 2012.

[8] Lady Helen Taylor was listed on The Official Website of the British Monarchy, Debrett's and Whitaker's as following Lady Amelia Windsor, not following Leopold Windsor.

[1] Bogdanor, Vernon (1995). The Monarchy and the Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-829334-8 p. 42

[wargs-3] William Addams Reitwiesner, "Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2001"

[4] Announcement of the birth of Mr and Mrs Tindall's first baby, 17 January 2014

[5] "Zara and Mike Tindall's baby named on Twitter".

[9] "Prince and Princess Michael of Kent welcome first grandchild". Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2020. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.

[10] Williamson, David; Ellis, Patricia, eds. (1988). Debrett's Distinguished People of Today. Debrett's Peerage. p. 61. ISBN 0905649990. First 25 in succession as listed - Viscount [David] Lascelles being the 25th

[11] "Line of succession to the throne". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 Februar 1952. Retrieved 24 Juin 2012.

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