Line of Succession To The British Throne - Line of Succession

Line of Succession

The list below is limited to the descendants of the sons of George V (all such descendants are shown, as well as George V himself and those sons of his who had children; dead and ineligible persons are shown in the tree in the position that they would currently occupy in the succession). The line of succession continues with the eligible descendants of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, only daughter of George V, followed by the other eligible descendants of Edward VII and earlier British monarchs, back to George I (the line is limited to Sophia of Hanover's descendants, of whom all alive today are also George I's descendants). The last person in line was reported in 2011 to be Karin Vogel (born 1973) from Rostock, Germany. However no official, complete, version of the line of succession is currently maintained.

Children are shown after their parents and slightly indented. Persons shown who are not actually in line to the throne (either ineligible or deceased) are in italics.

Serial numbers denote the placing in the list made by editors from time to time according to information available, such that any person's actual position in the line of succession may be or become closer or remoter as a result of events including births, deaths or marriages of others.

HM King George V (1865–1936)
- HM King George VI (1895–1952)
  - HM The Queen (born 1926) Reigning monarch
    - (1) HRH The Prince of Wales (The Prince Charles; b. 1948) B D W
      - (2) HRH The Duke of Cambridge (Prince William; b. 1982) B D W
      - (3) HRH Prince Henry 'Harry' of Wales (b. 1984) B D W
    - (4) HRH The Duke of York (The Prince Andrew; b. 1960) B D W
      - (5) HRH Princess Beatrice of York (b. 1988) B D W
      - (6) HRH Princess Eugenie of York (b. 1990) B D W
    - (7) HRH The Earl of Wessex (The Prince Edward; b. 1964) B D W
      - (8) Viscount Severn (James Mountbatten-Windsor; b. 2007) B D W
      - (9) Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor (b. 2003) B D W
    - (10) HRH The Princess Royal (The Princess Anne; b. 1950) B D W
      - (11) Peter Phillips (b. 1977) B D W
        
        (12) Savannah Phillips (b. 2010) B D W
        
        (13) Isla Phillips (b. 2012) B D
      - (14) Zara Tindall (née Phillips; b. 1981) B D W
  - HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002)D88
    - (15) Viscount Linley (David Armstrong-Jones; b. 1961) B D W
      - (16) The Hon Charles Armstrong-Jones (b. 1999) B D W
      - (17) The Hon Margarita Armstrong-Jones (b. 2002) B D W
    - (18) Lady Sarah Chatto (b. 1964) B D W
      - (19) Samuel Chatto (b. 1996) B D W
      - (20) Arthur Chatto (b. 1999) B D W
- HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)1952
  - (21) HRH The Duke of Gloucester (Prince Richard; b. 1944) B D W
    - (22) Earl of Ulster (Alexander Windsor; b. 1974) B D W
      - (23) Lord Culloden (Xan Windsor; b. 2007) B D W
      - (24) Lady Cosima Windsor (b. 2010) B D W
    - (25) Lady Davina Lewis (b. 1977) B D W
      - (26) Tane Lewis (b. 2012)
      - (27) Senna Lewis (b. 2010) B D W
    - (28) Lady Rose Gilman (b. 1980) B D W
      - (29) Lyla Gilman (b. 2010) B D
- HRH The Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)
  - (30) HRH The Duke of Kent (Prince Edward; b. 1935) B D
    - Earl of St Andrews (George Windsor; b. 1962) XM / D W
      - Lord Downpatrick (Edward Windsor; b. 1988) XC / D W
      - Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (b. 1992) XC / W
      - (31) Lady Amelia Windsor (b. 1995) B D
    - Lord Nicholas Windsor (b. 1970) XC / D W
      - (32) Albert Windsor (b. 2007) B
      - (33) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) B
    - (34) Lady Helen Taylor (b. 1964) B D
      - (35) Columbus Taylor (b. 1994) B
      - (36) Cassius Taylor (b. 1996) B
      - (37) Eloise Taylor (b. 2003) B
      - (38) Estella Taylor (b. 2004) B
  - HRH Prince Michael of Kent (b. 1942) XM / W
    - (39) Lord Frederick Windsor (b. 1979) B
    - (40) Lady Gabriella Windsor (b. 1981) B
  - (41) HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (b. 1936) B
    - (42) James Ogilvy (b. 1964) W
      - (43) Alexander Ogilvy (b. 1996) W
      - (44) Flora Ogilvy (b. 1994) W
    - (45) Marina Ogilvy (b. 1966) W
      - (46) Christian Mowatt (b. 1993) W
      - (47) Zenouska Mowatt (b. 1990) W

Notes and sources:

XC Excluded as Roman Catholics

XM Excluded through marriage to a Roman Catholic

B listed by the official website of the British Monarchy, "Succession"

D listed on Debrett's website (as of 27 September 2012): "The Line of Succession to the British Throne"

W listed by Whitaker's Almanack 2011, London: A. C. Black, ISBN 978-1-4081-2848-0, p. 25

D88 Listed by Debretts (1988).

1952 Succession as published on the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952

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