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Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex, [note 1] legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant ...
Status: Current legislation. History of passage through Parliament. Text of statute as originally enacted. Revised text of statute as amended. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws of succession to the British throne in accordance with the 2011 Perth Agreement. [2]
On the day of George I's death, 11 June 1727, the line of succession to the British throne was: George, Prince of Wales (born 1683), only son of George I. Prince Frederick, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1707), eldest son of the Prince of Wales. Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (born 1721), third son of the Prince of Wales.
February 7, 2022 at 7:05 AM. Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree ...
British Line Of Succession: Everything You Need To Know Following The Queen's Death. Sarah Green, Ata Owaji Victor. September 8, 2022 at 2:09 PM. Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, aged 96. The ...
The Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of England that settled the succession to the English and Irish crowns to only Protestants, which passed in 1701. [b] More specifically, anyone who became a Roman Catholic, or who married one, became disqualified to inherit the throne.
Succession to the throne in each of the Commonwealth realms is governed both by common law and statute. Under common law, the Crown was transmitted by male-preference primogeniture, [7] under which succession passed first to the monarch's or nearest dynast's legitimate sons (and to their legitimate issue) in order of birth, and subsequently to their daughters and their legitimate issue, again ...
i.e. the sons of the siblings of the sovereign's royal parent (through whom he inherited the throne); ordered according to the rules of primogeniture. The order of precedence for female members of the royal family is:[1] The sovereign. Whether male or female. Queen Consort.