For all my U.K. ladies! Ok so I've gotten really invested in the royal family history. (Thanks…
For all my U.K. ladies!
Ok so I've gotten really invested in the royal family history. (Thanks Netflix ?) I need to know because our tabloids in the US are stupid. Who will be crowned after Queen Elizabeth? Charles, or William? Someone told me Charles will. But our tabloids say William will. I also thought because Charles divorced Diana and married Camilla he cannot be King. Or is that an outdated thing?
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Charles will, but he may decline and make William the King of England. William is much more popular. If Charles becomes king, William will be Prince of Wales until he does become king. Kate still won't really be Queen though. She'll be the royal consort, like Prince Phillip is now. She'll be formally known as the princess of Wales. Kate is currently the duchess of Cambridge. Diana was technically never a princess either - she was lady Diana, princess of Wales, not Princess Diana.
deleted-user·
Geez that’s soooo confusing ??
deleted-user·
It was said that when Charles married Camilla he had to give up his right to the throne.. however the royals are becoming more 21st century (take Meghan for example, a mixed race American- would have been unheard of in the monarchy in the past). If Charles doesn't take the throne it will go to William and then Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Baby #3. Unless George has Children x
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And as for Kate, she will take the title of Queen - as a king can have a queen but a queen can't have a king (hence Phillips 'prince' status) however she will not be classed as the Queen of England. As mentioned before she will be the royal consort x
Thisisfeeney·
Thank you :) I just didn't know if because Charles divorced Diana that that rule still applied to where he'd have to give up the crown. I honestly think William should take it.
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It's not an optional thing. There are very strict rules about ascension. The throne always goes to the oldest son which is Charles unless he abdicates which can be forced but in this day and age they wouldn't. When Kate was pregnant with george they changed they rules so the oldest child regardless of gender would inherit the throne which is now moot because her first child was male. I can't imagine that charles will be king for long, after all the queens mother lived to be over 100 and the queen seems to be going the same way.