Line of Succession to British Throne

**Succession to the British throne** is determined by descent, sex, 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 descendants of Sophia of Hanover who are in "communion with the Church of England". Spouses of Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded for being Roman Catholics are eligible.

King Charles III is the sovereign, and his heir apparent is his elder son, William, Prince of Wales. William's three children are next, in order of birth: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. Fifth in line is Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of the King; sixth is Harry's older child, Prince Archie. Under the Perth Agreement, which came into effect in 2015, only the first six in line of succession require the sovereign's consent before they marry; without such consent, they and their children would be disqualified from succession.

The United Kingdom is one of the Commonwealth realms, which are sovereign states that share the same person as monarch and the same order of succession. In 2011, the prime ministers of the then-16 realms agreed unanimously to amend the rules of succession. Male-preference primogeniture was abandoned, meaning that males born after 28 October 2011 no longer precede females in line, and the ban on marriages to Catholics was lifted. The monarch still needs to be in communion with the Church of England. After the necessary legislation had been enacted in accordance with each realm's constitution, the changes took effect on 26 March 2015.

## Succession

* ***George V** (1865-1936)*
	+ ***Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor** (1894-1972)*
	+ ***George VI** (1895-1952)*
		- ***Elizabeth II** (1926-2022)*
			* **Charles III** *(b.1948)*
				+ **(1)** William, Prince of Wales *(b.1982)*
					- **(2)** Prince George of Wales *(b.2013)*
					- **(3)** Princess Charlotte of Wales *(b.2015)*
					- **(4)** Prince Louis of Wales *(b.2018)*
				+ **(5)** Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex *(b.1984)*
				+ **(6)** Prince Archie of Sussex *(b.2019)*
				+ **(7)** Princess Lilibet of Sussex *(b.2021)*
			* **(8)** Prince Andrew, Duke of York *(b.1960)*
				+ **(9)** Princess Beatrice *(b.1988)*
					- **(10)** Sienna Mapelli Mozzi *(b.2021)*
				+ **(11)** Princess Eugenie *(b.1990)*
					- **(12)** August Brooksbank *(b.2021)*
					- **(13)** Ernest Brooksbank *(b.2023)*
			* **(14)** Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh *(b.1964)*
				+ **(15)** James, Earl of Wessex *(b.2007)*
				+ **(16)** The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor *(b.2003)*
			* **(17)** Anne, Princess Royal *(b.1950)*
				+ **(18)** Peter Phillips *(b.1977)*
					- **(19)** Savannah Phillips *(b.2010)*
					- **(20)** Isla Phillips *(b.2012)*
				+ **(21)** Zara Tindall *(née Phillips, b.1981)*
					- **(22)** Mia Tindall *(b.2014)*
					- **(23)** Lena Tindall *(b.2018)*
					- **(24)** Lucas Tindall *(b.2021)*
		- *Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002)*
			* **(25)** David, 2nd Earl of Snowdon *(b.1961)*
				+ **(26)** Charles, Viscount Linley *(b.1999)*
				+ **(27)** Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones *(b.2002)*
			* **(28)** Lady Sarah Chatto *(née Armstrong-Jones, b.1964)*
				+ **(29)** Samuel Chatto *(b.1996)*
				+ **(30)** Arthur Chatto *(b.1999)*
	+ *Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)*
		- *Prince William of Gloucester (1941-1972)*
		- **(31)** Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester *(b.1944)*
			* **(32)** Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster *(b.1974)*
				+ **(33)** Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden *(b.2007)*
				+ **(34)** Lady Cosima Windsor *(b.2010)*
			* **(35)** Lady Davina Windsor *(b.1977)*
				+ **(36)** Senna Lewis *(b.2010)*
				+ **(37)** Tāne Lewis *(b.2012)*
			* **(38)** Lady Rose Gilman *(née Windsor, b.1980)*
				+ **(39)** Lyla Gilman *(b.2010)*
				+ **(40)** Rufus Gilman *(b.2012)*
	+ *Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942)*
		- **(41)** Prince Edward, Duke of Kent *(b.1935)*
		- [[
		- Princess Michael of Kent *(b.1942)*
		- Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Ogilvy *(b.1936)*
		- *Prince John (1905-1919)*
	+ *Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965)*