So it doesn't go through all of William's children? I'm kinda confused here...
No, it's first born, then first born's kids. See this chart from The Washington Post.
Queen Elizabeth II HAS DIED.
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No, it's first born, then first born's kids. See this chart from The Washington Post.
Nope. It passes from parent to eldest child. It only passes to a sibling if there are no children.So it doesn't go through all of William's children? I'm kinda confused here...
For instance, Edward VIII was unmarried and childless when he abdicated, so the crown passed to his younger brother, George (Queen Elizabeth's father). Elizabeth became the heir because she had no brothers. She would have been passed over for a younger brother, if she'd had one because of succession laws that have since been changed (modern society would never have accepted William's hypothetical daughter being passed over for a hypothetical younger son, so after Kate's first pregnancy was announced, the succession law was changed to the oldest child irrespective of whether that child is male or female).
So it would only pass from George to Charlotte if George dies childless.
They are right now. But George, Charlotte, and Louis are just children. As they grow up and eventually marry and George and his future wife provide the expected "heir and a spare", his siblings will move down the line of succession after his children.
So it doesn't go through all of William's children? I'm kinda confused here...
The line of succession will go through William, his children (George included), then Harry and then Harry's two children. But once George, William's oldest, becomes a father, his children will be in the line of succession before Charlotte and Louis.
I read an article on the Globe & Mail site that mentioned it is expected he will assume the name King George VII.
Then I can get on to ™ing KCIII
I'm having a tough time getting around the fact that my family and I went to England in 1985 and she was 59 then; thirty-three years into her reign as Queen and she would go on to rule for another thirty-seven. May she rest in peace with her husband Prince Phillip.
I vaguely remember, we were visiting my grandparents in London, and we were at Her Majesty's birthday parade. My sister and I were up on our dad's shoulders (and that's pretty high, since he was over 6'4"), both wearing bright yellow raincoats, I expect we were quite visible. My mom insists to this day that the two of us got a Royal Wave.
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I'm very saddened by the news of our Queen's death, but really puzzled how we have to grind to a halt to mourn.
She lived a full healthy life and should be a celebration of her life not a country where sporting events etc are cancelled.
Surely going ahead with them and using each and everyone as a reason to applaud and celebrate her life and achievements is better than hundreds of thousands of people sitting around doing nothing.
She lived a full healthy life and should be a celebration of her life not a country where sporting events etc are cancelled.
Surely going ahead with them and using each and everyone as a reason to applaud and celebrate her life and achievements is better than hundreds of thousands of people sitting around doing nothing.
While she did have her missteps, and outright mistakes - not lowering the flags to half staff when Diana died - for the most part she got it right. She did her duty, was an excellent representative for her people and country, and loved around the world. She was there while her country and Europe climbed back out of the Second World War, she was there for the start and end of the Cold War, she was there during The Cuban Missile Crisis, she was there when Kennedy was killed. For every major Earth moving event, good and bad, she was there. There for her Country, her Common Wealth, the world. A head of state who was not a dictator. She was a world leader other world leaders could look to, to see how to project poise, and look like you are in control when things seem to be falling apart. It's hard to imagine her not being there. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” yet she wore it, and even smiled. Did she know that the world looked at her as an unchanging part of history? Did she know when someone said "The Queen" no one said ""Which one?" With a few exceptions, of course.
God rest Her Majesty's soul. Long did she reign. As Dame Helen Mirren put it, she truly was the "epitome of nobility."
I can't think of any other modern-day head of state or monarch who was full of grace and was highly venerated as Queen Elizabeth II.
May she rest in eternal peace.
I can't think of any other modern-day head of state or monarch who was full of grace and was highly venerated as Queen Elizabeth II.
May she rest in eternal peace.
It probably helped, too, that there were no other queens of English speaking countries.
I'm Dutch, when I say 'the Queen' (untranslated) without any context, I usually would be referring to QE2, but when I would say 'de Koningin' (which simply means the Queen in Dutch) I would usually be referring to our own queen Máxima.
Perhaps a bit like when speaking about the Emperor in the present tense, it would usually be implied to be the Emperor of Japan, simply because he's the only Emperor currently alive.
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