Line of succession to the British throne

Everyone below the new royal baby will move down a place, starting with William’s brother Prince Harry who will drop to fifth position.

Everyone below the new royal baby will move down a place, starting with William’s brother Prince Harry who will drop to fifth position.

The immediate line of succession to the throne includes Queen Elizabeth II’s four children and their offspring:

Queen Elizabeth’s descendants are followed by those of her late sister princess Margaret, her only sibling.

The offspring of their father king George VI’s siblings then follow, with more than 60 living people descended from his father king George V, who died in 1936.

The monarchy’s website lists only the first 15 people in line, though some extensive counts reach around 2,000 people eligible to inherit.

A change to the succession laws which came into effect last month means males born after October 28, 2011 no longer take precedence over their older sisters.

Also people married to Catholics are no longer excluded, with Downpatrick’s father George Windsor, the Earl of St Andrews, being restored to the line in 34th place.

The line is a vast tangle of nobility and ordinary, untitled descendants from all corners of Europe.

Several other European monarchs feature, led by King Harald V of Norway — who is in the first 100 — King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who are within the first 400.

Besides Britain, it is also the line of succession to the thrones of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

The immediate line of succession to the throne includes Queen Elizabeth II’s four children and their offspring:

1. PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES

Born 1948. Eldest son of Queen Elizabeth.

2.PRINCE WILLIAM, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE

Born 1982. Charles’ eldest son.

3. PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE

Born 2013. William’s son.

4. PRINCE HENRY OF WALES

Born 1984. Charles’ second son.

5. PRINCE ANDREW, DUKE OF YORK

Born 1960. Queen Elizabeth’s second son.

6. PRINCESS BEATRICE OF YORK

Born 1988. Andrew’s eldest daughter.

7. PRINCESS EUGENIE OF YORK

Born 1990. Andrew’s second daughter.

8. PRINCE EDWARD, EARL OF WESSEX

Born 1964. Queen Elizabeth’s third son.

Born 2014. Zara Tindall’s daughter.