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? asked in Society & CultureRoyalty · 1 decade ago

When Queen Elizabeth II (current queen) dies, who will?

When Queen Elizabeth II (current queen) dies, who will take the throne? who will succeed her?... this has only dawned on my like recently... i never gave much thought to this... but the Queen is getting old now, i believe shes in her 80s... when she dies, who is most likely to replace her?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Her eldest son His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will become King upon the death of Her Majesty.

  • ?
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    5 years ago

    Because she wasn't of the royal line. She was 'only' Queen Consort. The next in line was the daughter of King George (in the absence of a son, which will all change next time in any case as it's going to be the first-born, whether that be male, or female), the current Queen Elizabeth II The late Queen Mother was so named on the death of King George her husband, because Queen Mary was still alive. It was to distinguish her from Queen Mary who was at that time, also a Queen Consort being the wife of King George V.

  • 1 decade ago

    The 1st one in line of succession to the throne is her son Charles...

    But don't worry, the Queen is still a healthy woman and she won't die in many years, so probably Charlie will have to wait a little bit more =)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I hope Queen Elizabeth lives a very very long and healthy life and her great- grand child is next on the throne.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    These things are so carefully spelled out that there are people who know who is 100th in line for the throne, should all 100 of them die, THEY would take it.

    The oldest son of the reigning monarch takes the throne next. That would be Charles. After he passes, it will go to William, and assuming William ever marries and has children, his first born child (regardless of gender), then through them. If William should die without producing an heir, Harry is next, after Harry (should he die without having children, and, after all, the way that boy behaves, WHO is going to marry HIM and give him children?)

    Andrew, Duke of York

    Beatrice, Duchess of York (his oldest)

    EugenieDuchess of York (second child)

    Edward,

    then his children.

    Then Anne, and her children.

    This is, of course, assuming no one has any more children between now and then.

    There's actually a page in Wikipedia which gives the line of succession for the British Throne...use those key words and check it yourself. I might have missed someone, and I can never remember Edward's title OR the names of his children!

  • 7 years ago

    A decendent of the Royal House of Stuarts will be king 👑

    Not Charles William or Harry or there offspring.

    The missing king 👑

    Source(s): Birth rights
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If Charles outlives her he will become King when she dies, if not then it will be William. This is the law of succession.

    The Queen will probably live for many more years after all her mother lived until 101.

  • 1 decade ago

    Assuming that her oldest son Charles outlives her, he will be King. However, the Queen Mother lived to be 101, and should her daughter happen to be that long-lived, it is quite possible that Charles will predecease her, in which case William will be King.

  • 1 decade ago

    Her son Charles

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In all monarchies they have a line of succession. The line of succession in the UK goes like this (I'll give the first 12):

    1. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales (eldest son of the Queen, b 1948)

    2. Prince William of Wales (eldest son of the Prince of Wales, b 1982)

    3. Prince Henry/Harry of Wales (youngest son of the Prince of Wales, b 1984)

    4. Prince Andrew, Duke of York (second son of the Queen, b. 1960)

    5. Princess Beatrice of York (eldest daughter of the Duke of York, b 1988)

    6. Princess Eugenie of York (youngest daughter of the Duke of York, b 1990)

    7. Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (youngest son of the Queen b 1964)

    8. James, Viscount Severn (youngest child of the Earl of Wessex, b 2007)

    9. Lady Louise Windsor-Mountbatten (eldest child of the Earl of Wessex)

    10. Princess Anne, the Princess Royal (second child of the Queen, b 1950)

    11. Peter Phillips (eldest child of the Princess Royal, b 1977)

    12. Zara Phillips (youngest child of the Princess Royal, b 1981)

    (From Wikipedia):

    "The line of succession is restricted to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:

    -A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her line) except for any legitimate descendants who already appear higher in the line of succession. Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).

    -The monarch muust be a Protestant at the time of accession, and enter into communion with the Church of England after accession.

    -Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession.

    -A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth (a bastard) is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this. Under British law, a child born to a married woman is assumed to be the child of her husband."

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