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[Opinions] Line of succession to the English throne
Line of succession

The list below is limited to the descendants of the sons of George V who are in the line or whose descendants are or can be in the line. Persons shown who are not actually in line to the throne are in italics.

No official, complete, version of the line of succession is currently maintained. Any person's actual position in the line of succession may change as a result of events including births, deaths or marriages of others. For example, any child born to the Duke of Cambridge (listed as second in line) would precede all those now listed after the Duke.

Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent
HM King George V (1865–1936) HM King George VI (1895–1952) HM The Queen (born 1926) (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) Tāne Lewis (b. 2012)[8][n 2]
(27) Senna Lewis (b. 2010) B D W[n 2]

(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[n 3]
(33) Leopold Windsor (b. 2009) B

(34) Lady Helen Taylor (b. 1964) B D [n 4] (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)What do you think?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_throne
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All of these names are quite nice; the only exception would be Savannah.My favorites are Amelia, Eloise, Estella, Eugenie (perfer Eugenia), Cosmia, Henry, Nicholas, Leopold and William.
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The sibset of Columbus, Cassius, Eloise and Estella is cool! I also really like Cosima, Gabriella and Flora.
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What does the BDW and other letters after the names mean?All the ones near the top of the list are pretty boring, royal-type names. Some of the later ones and younger ones have cool names, like Isla, Cassius, Eloise, Flora, Cosima.
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These are codes for the notes used in the Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_throne#Line_of_succession
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Ah, that explains it. Thanks, SugarPlum.
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My guess for BDW is Born, Died, and Wed, but I'm not sure. eta: Actually, now that I look at it more closely, born, died, and wed may not make sense.

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No ideaI'd like it if the Royals were Theodora & Leopold
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