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After Mary II died in 1694, her husband continued to reign alone until his own death in 1702. The line of succession provided for by the Bill of Rights was almost at an end; William and Mary had no children and Princess Anne's children had died. Parliament passed the Act of Settlement 1701. The Act maintained the provision of the Bill of Rights ...
On the day of Elizabeth II's death, 8 September 2022, the line of succession to the British throne was: Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948), eldest son of Elizabeth II; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (born 1982), elder son of the Prince of Wales; Prince George of Cambridge (born 2013), eldest child of the Duke of Cambridge
This is a list of the individuals who were, at any given time, considered the next in line to succeed the British monarch to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present), should the incumbent monarch die or abdicate.
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 is Prince Charles, her son ...
In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II‘s death on Sept. 8, 2022, an updated line of succession comes to the House of Windsor. In a statement from Clarence House, the former Prince Of Wales, 73, has ...
Since Elizabeth I never designated an heir, the succession was disputed among heirs of Henry VII by cognatic primogeniture and the heirs established under the will of Henry VIII. The document placed the granddaughters of the king's younger sister Mary after his children, while also disinheriting the descendants of his elder sister Margaret .
With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, there is a new line of succession to the British throne. The queen's oldest son, Charles, the Prince of Wales, is now the new king. With his ascension to ...
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death.