“The Queen is dead, long live the King!” Carlos, the eldest son of the queen, now king with the name of Carlos III, has just succeeded his mother. The continuation of the monarchical line is already established.
When the new monarch dies in turn, it will be his son William, Duke of Cambridge and Cornwall, who will reign. He is followed by the 3 children from his marriage to his wife Kate: 9-year-old Prince George, 7-year-old Princess Charlotte and finally 4-year-old Louis, who stood out during Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee last June.
A millimetric list
Harry, the second son of Carlos III and Diana, is the sixth in the line of succession. William’s brother is followed by his two children: Archie and Lilibet.
Then come Andrés, the second son of Isabel II and his 2 daughters who complete the list, then Eduardo, the third son of Isabel II and his own descendants.
This list is governed by very strict rules, established by the Establishment Act of 1701, modified in 2013. In the midst of the first pregnancy of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, the British Parliament modifies the order of succession by voting a law ending the preference masculine.
This means that the king’s first child, whether boy or girl, is the direct heir or heiress. Before, the sons had priority over their sisters, even if they were born before.
A succession that rises to position 5000
However, if the line of succession is set to clock precision, it can be altered. The abdication of King Edward VIII, Elizabeth II’s uncle, had profoundly changed the course of things. Third member of the royal family to be able to become a monarch at birth, no one imagined that the future queen at birth would one day become a monarch.
Which pushes royal services to make sure succession can always take place. The list of potential kings and queens goes up to… rank 5000.
The last potential heir to the throne is Karine Vogel. “I’m calm, I can relax”, this German therapist had anticipated the Wall Street Journal in 2011.
Source: BFM TV
