Sunday 3 May 2015

Waiting in the wings

There's something of a log-jam at the moment, with E2 close to breaking records for longevity and reign. Charles is famously eager to take the throne and would not be disappointed if his mum stood down in his favour, as has happened in other European royal families.
The birth of a new 4th-in-line (unnamed at the time of writing) sister to George makes this a good time to list the queue:
  1. First in line is Charles Philip Arthur George (the putative C3), son of E2
    Married Diana Spencer in 1981 and had two sons, William (b. 1982) and Harry (b.1984). Divorced in 1996 and married Camilla Parker Bowles in ? (no issue).
  2. Then comes William Arthur Philip Louis, son of Charles and Diana. He would become Bill5.
    He married Kate Middleton in 2011 and they have two children, George (b. 2013) and his unnamed sister (b. 2015)
  3. And third is George Alexander Louis, son of William and Kate. He would be the seventh George.
The Daily Telegraph kindly diagrammed the Line of Succession today and I'll try to get a scan. This link is to their web page and the image right is from that page showing a barely readable version of the diagram.

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