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Would Charles be King if the Duke of Windsor had remained King In the 30s.?

Just wondering if he had not abdicated and Elizabeth did not ascend the throne would her son( her marriage staying the same) have become King as being the next male in line as George would not have become King in his place.

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    George may not have been King, but his daughter Elizabeth would still have been Queen. She was next in line. Charles would be King after her death. the only difference is Elizabeth would not have become Queen until twenty years later, when Edward died.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Who can say? It is possible that Edward VIII would have had more interest in having children to create an heir. It has been argued that as the Duke of Windsor, he took a conscious decision not to have children in case they were distressed by what might have been.

    But if he had remained as king without children, and assuming the changed roles would not have affected longevity, George VI would never have been king and Elizabeth II would have come to the throne in 1972 - meaning this would be her 41st year on the throne rather than her 61st. We'd all be wondering whether she would survive to see a Golden Jubilee.

  • nosdda
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Charles was not even born then. The queens Father took on the Throne when his Brother Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson this was George 6th, and on his death, his Daughter Elizabeth tok on the throne and was crowned Queen of the United kingdom and the British Commonwealth.

  • Clive
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Assuming Edward VIII would have still had no children and everything else stayed the same, including George VI's death in 1952, Elizabeth would have become Queen in 1972 when he died. That's how the British law of succession to the throne works.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    It would all have depended on whether Edward had had children. If not, then if he'd been alive at the time, on his death the line would have gone to Edward's brother Bertie (George VI as he became) and so to his daughter Elizabeth and to Charles. So yes. Without Bertie, I think the line would still have gone to Elizabeth had Edward had no children, and so again, to Charles.

  • 8 years ago

    Elizabeth would become queen in 1972 and George would die as a prince. If it happened queen mother would just the duchess of York and prince Andrew would bestowed with another dukedom. and whole world will different from today

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Posh Pooch is correct, whilst Edward was childless, his neice, the then Princess Elizabeth would have been the heiress behind her father, if he had still died in 1952 then Elizabeth would have become heiress presumptive and inherited the throne on Edward's death in 1972 (presuming he hadn't married and had legitimate children).

  • 8 years ago

    If you read about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor ,you will find it was absolutely impossible for them to have any children whatsoever,therefore Elizabeth was the heir to the throne after her father,the future George VI."David " abdicated ,and of course the rest is history .

  • 4 years ago

    I had additionally heard that Prince Charles grow to be making plans on utilising one in each and every of his many different names while he turns into King, because of the association with Charles I and Charles II. i think of WIlliam has approximately 10 center names so he might additionally be completely entitled to apply any of them.

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