page_title: Monarchy of the Bahamas
section_title: Succession
hierarchical_section_title: Monarchy of the Bahamas / Constitutional role / Succession
caption_attribution_description: English: Charles, Prince of Wales outside the White House on an official visit to the United States in 2005. Español: Carlos, Príncipe de Gales fuera de la Casa Blanca, en una visita oficial a Estados Unidos
context_page_description: The monarchy of the Bahamas is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The current monarch and head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since the country became independent on 10 July 1973. The Bahamas share the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The Queen does not personally reside in the islands, and most of her constitutional roles are therefore delegated to her representative in the country, the Governor-General of the Bahamas. Royal succession is governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701, as amended by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the latter statute reflecting the Perth Agreement, to which the Bahamas government acceded. The two acts are part of constitutional law.
context_section_description: Succession to the throne is by absolute primogeniture, and governed by the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, as well as the Act of Settlement and English Bill of Rights. These documents, though originally passed by the Parliament of England and of the United Kingdom, are now part of the Bahamian constitutional law.
  This legislation lays out the rules that the Monarch cannot be a Roman Catholic and must be in communion with the Church of England upon ascending the throne. As the Bahamas's laws governing succession are currently identical to those of the United Kingdom (by the Statute of Westminster) see Succession to the British Throne for more information.
  The heir apparent is Elizabeth II's eldest son, Charles, who has no official title outside of the UK, but is accorded his UK title, Prince of Wales, as a courtesy title.
caption: Charles, Prince of Wales, the current heir to the throne of the Bahamas
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