How did the ruling dynasties of England change? Who will inherit the throne after Elizabeth? What's wrong with the Queen of England Who will be the King of Great Britain

The Act of Succession to the Throne was passed by the English Parliament in 1701 and provides that the throne passes to male heirs first.

Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne only because her father, King George VI, had no sons; if she had a brother, even a younger one, then the crown would go to him. In addition to giving priority to male heirs, the Succession Act provides that a Catholic or a person married to a Catholic cannot become King or Queen of England.

However, the law does not formally prohibit members of the royal family from marrying adherents of other religions or atheists.

There have been discussions about changing the order of succession to the throne in Great Britain since the early 1980s. However, this idea did not find support from the British government.

In 2011, in order to bring the law into line with modern social norms of gender equality and religious freedom, the issue of succession reform was brought up for discussion. Final approval of the new law required the consent of all 16 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, where the British monarch is formally the head of state.

On October 28, 2011, at the Commonwealth summit, the heads of state and government of the organization approved changes to the rules of succession to the British throne. The new rules end the British monarchy's tradition of male succession to the throne. Now the heir will be considered the first child born to the royal couple, regardless of gender. The principle according to which the future British monarch could not marry a Catholic was also annulled.

In April 2013, the UK's Succession to the Throne Act, enacting the reforms, was passed into law. But it will not come into force unless all 16 Commonwealth countries agree to the same changes by order of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in his capacity as Lord President of the Privy Council.

In the future, changes to the rules of succession to the British throne will mean that third in line to the British throne after Prince Charles of Wales and Duke William of Cambridge could be the first child of William and his wife Catherine, regardless of gender. In this case, Prince Charles's youngest son, Prince Harry, would only take fourth place.

On June 7, 2013, professors Genevieve Motard and Patrick Taillon, constitutional law experts at Laval University in the Canadian province of Quebec, filed a lawsuit in the Quebec Superior Court. They argue that the Canadian government acted unconstitutionally by failing to obtain the approval of each of the country's ten provinces before agreeing to changes to the law of succession. Their case, expected to take between six months and five years, threatens to derail efforts by Commonwealth leaders to quickly change the law.

Due to a lawsuit, the first child of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine, may not inherit the throne if a girl is born.

Currently (as of July 20, 2013), according to the current Act of Succession 1701, after Queen Elizabeth II succession to the throne occurs in the following order:

1. Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, born in 1948, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, heir to the throne (future King Charles III);

2. William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, born in 1982, son of the Prince of Wales (future King William V);

3. Prince Henry (Harry) Charles Albert David, born in 1984, son of the Prince of Wales;

4. Andrew Albert Christian Edward (Prince Andrew), Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward, Duke of York), born in 1960, son of Queen Elizabeth II;

5. Princess Beatrice of York (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York), born in 1988, daughter of the Duke of York;

6. Princess Eugenie of York (Eugenie Victoria Helena of York), born in 1990, daughter of the Duke of York;

7. Edward Anthony Richard Louis (Prince Edward), Earl of Wessex (Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex), born in 1964, son of Queen Elizabeth II;

8. James Windsor, Viscount Severn, born in 2007, son of the Earl of Wessex;

9. Lady Louise Windsor, born in 2003, daughter of the Earl of Wessex;

10. Princess Royal Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of Great Britain, born in 1950, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II;

11. Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, born in 1977, son of the Princess of Great Britain;

12. Savannah Phillips, born in 2010, daughter of Peter Phillips;

13. Isla Phillips, born in 2012, daughter of Peter Phillips;

14. Zara Phillips (Zara Anne Elizabeth, Mrs. Michael Tindall), born in 1981, daughter of the Princess of Great Britain.

Born on July 22, 2013, the Prince of Cambridge, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Catherine, is third in line to the British throne after his grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William.

Death of Queen Elizabeth

“London Bridge has collapsed,” the queen’s private secretary will tell you.

“London Bridge has collapsed”: the death code of Elizabeth II has become known, writes Vesti.ru

Britain is going through difficult times. One of the tragic events that may shock the country in the coming years is the death of Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday in 2016. However, the British authorities and even the media have a clear plan on how to act in this case, the Guardian reports.

“London Bridge has collapsed,” is the password that the Queen’s personal secretary, Sir Christopher Heidt, will tell the Prime Minister of the country as soon as the death of Elizabeth II becomes known. Doctors estimate that the queen has about four years and three months to live.

The authorities will try to make sure that Elizabeth II dies surrounded by loved ones. In the final period of the Queen's life, her closest person would be her personal physician, Hugh Thomas. It is he who will decide who is allowed into the queen’s chambers during this difficult time for the royal family.

Following the Prime Minister, the Queen's death will be reported to the authorities of the 15 countries where she ruled, and to representatives of the 36 member countries of the Commonwealth. For them, Elizabeth II is an important symbol. All this time the British will be in the dark.

Citizens of the country learn about the queen's death from the news of the British Press Association, from where the tragic news will be reported to all the world's media. The largest local newspapers and television channels have already prepared dozens of materials dedicated to Elizabeth II. TV channels ITN and Sky News even conducted “trainings” among their employees in this case.

Interestingly, the BBC has been conducting such “exercises” regularly for 30 years.

Queen Elizabeth II twice changed the order of succession to the throne, including all of her descendants in the line. To date, the list of heirs includes 18 Windsors.

The newborn son of the British Prince William and Kate Middleton, named , became fifth in line of heirs to the British throne. We explain which of the Windsors was pushed aside.

King George V of Great Britain established the House of Windsor in 1917. In his proclamation, he stipulated that members of the royal house were descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - with the exception of women married to members of other families. In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II issued her own proclamation, including her own children, grandchildren and their descendants into the House of Windsor, despite the fact that they did not fit the conditions agreed upon by George V. In 2012, the Queen once again made changes to the succession system, equalizing the rights of female and male heirs.

As a result, the line of heirs is headed by the eldest son of Elizabeth II, 69-year-old Prince of Wales Charles. Even if he manages to wait his turn, Prince Charles' second wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will not be able to become queen and will receive the title of princess consort. However, the British Parliament can make an exception for Charles' morganatic wife by issuing a special decree.

The second heir to the British throne is Prince Charles's eldest son from his marriage to Diana Spencer, William. He is followed by the children of William and Kate Middleton - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and little Louis. By the way, Princess Charlotte became the first person to be covered by the decree issued by her grandmother on equal rights for heirs of both sexes.

Prince Harry, who is in full swing preparing for his wedding to Meghan Markle, is sixth in line. He is followed by Prince Andrew, the third child and second son of Elizabeth II. His children with Sarah Ferguson, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, appear at numbers 8 and 9 on the list. Elizabeth II's youngest son Prince Edward completes the top ten, followed by his children Viscount James and Lady Louise.

Only after the children of her younger brother can Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Elizabeth II, take the reins of power. Her second husband, Commander Timothy Lawrence, will not be able to claim the crown due to his origin - unlike her son, Peter Phillips, and three granddaughters - Savannah, Isla and Mia. Between the last two girls, Princess Anne's youngest daughter Zara, champion of the Olympic Games in London, wedged herself in the queue.

According to British law, the heir must be a Protestant at the time of accession to the throne. The ban on marriage to Catholics was lifted seven years ago.

At 95, the queen decided to take a break from reign and delegate the powers of ruler to her heirs. But an unpleasant surprise awaited Prince Charles!

Elizabeth II decided to deprive the direct heir of the long-awaited crown. And despite her age, the queen is in a clear enough mind to explain the reasons for her decision.

Sources close to the royal family cite Charles's unlucky life as the main reasons - the death of the popularly beloved Diana, his marriage to his longtime mistress Camilla, his illegitimate son, etc. In addition, Charles and Camilla do not always behave appropriately in society; awkward situations arise every now and then. It is possible that Camilla’s last prank, when she drunkenly attacked Elizabeth II, was connected precisely with this news.


There is no doubt that the throne will most likely pass to Prince William and his Queen Kate. The couple has an incredibly clean reputation and the love of the people.

Their family is strong, all steps are deliberate and correct, the British simply adore them!


Although you never know what the cunning queen might have in mind! Let's wait and see!

Despite the fact that it is not yet known who will be king after Elizabeth, the news that Charles will not be king has already spread throughout the country. In addition, the Prince of Wales was recommended to leave Britain and settle in one of the royal family's estates in other countries. The family has estates in almost all European countries, for example in Switzerland and Romania, where they will most likely move.

In Britain, business and the ruling power are closely interconnected, and there is constant political and propaganda struggle between different clans. Because of this, the situation can change dramatically at any moment. And the life of the country and population will depend on this. Many analysts argue that all these games could lead to unrest within the country.

We wish the British peace, tranquility and friendship with all countries of the world, including ours))))


Kings and queens are somewhat different than they were 100 years ago. They are more like show business people. Modern monarchs have rather aesthetic functions; they have no role in governing the state...

Kings and queens are somewhat different than they were 100 years ago. They are more like show business people. Modern monarchs have rather aesthetic functions; they have nothing to do with governing the state.

Charles "out of business"

On August 20, the Queen of England confirmed that she had deprived her son, Prince Charles, of the throne. He now loses the right to inherit the throne, although it was previously believed that he should take the place of the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

Representatives of the royal house announced that Elizabeth II would not in the future request an Act of Regency, which implied the actual rule of the queen's son.

The monarch, who holds the world record for sitting on the throne and is also the oldest female politician, has said she does not want her son Charles to take the throne. After the Queen leaves her post, her place will be taken by the eldest of her grandchildren, Princess Diana's son William.

The statement says that Elizabeth II has decided to give “way to the young,” so the crown will be passed on to William and his wife, Duchess Kate Middleton.

According to her, the reason for this decision was that a new generation, younger than her son, would be able to bring prosperity to the royal House of Windsor, and would also become a positive example for all British people for many years to come.


Her Majesty added that she had been “at the helm” for 65 years and realized that William and Kate are the future. They are the ones who have the energy and all the qualities necessary to fulfill the public duty of the British august family in the modern world.

How her son Charles reacted to the decision of the head of Buckingham Palace is unknown. Most likely, he was not very happy.

But the Queen said she was doing all this for the "long-term health of the monarch." This decision may be dictated not only by the fact that Prince Charles is already old and devoid of progressive ideas, but also by the fact that he does not have a very positive image in the eyes of the British, since he was known as a traitor and the culprit in the death of his wife Diana.

Later, he even married Camilla, who was his passion for many years during his marriage. It turns out that Charles compromised the royal family, which should always have been a model of beneficence and decency.


Freedom in the sky

The Queen, apparently, loves her eldest grandson very much, since she did not limit herself to just “excommunicating” Charles.

She allowed William to make joint flights with his wife Kate, children and servants. Before this, they did not have the right to fly together. This is due to the fact that air travel is considered life-threatening.

In the event of an air disaster, the heir, who would have been on another plane, was not injured. Thus, Buckingham Palace previously decided not to risk the lives of members of the royal family. But due to permission from the queen, such joint flights have already been made.




Egbert the Great (Anglo-Saxon. Ecgbryht, English Egbert, Eagberht) (769/771 - February 4 or June 839) - king of Wessex (802 - 839). A number of historians consider Egbert to be the first king of England, since for the first time in history he united under the rule of one ruler most of the lands located on the territory of modern England, and the remaining regions recognized his supreme power over themselves. Officially, Egbert did not use such a title and it was first used in his title by King Alfred the Great.

Edward II (English: Edward II, 1284-1327, also called Edward of Caernarfon, after his birthplace in Wales) was an English king (from 1307 until his deposition in January 1327) from the Plantagenet dynasty, son of Edward I.
The first English heir to the throne who bore the title “Prince of Wales” (according to legend, at the request of the Welsh to give them a king who was born in Wales and did not speak English, Edward I showed them his newborn son, who had just been born in his camp) . Having inherited the throne of his father at the age of less than 23, Edward II was very unsuccessful in his military operations against Scotland, whose troops were led by Robert the Bruce. The king's popularity was also undermined by his commitment to the people's hated favorites (who were believed to be the king's lovers) - the Gascon Pierre Gaveston, and then the English nobleman Hugh Despenser the Younger. Edward's reign was accompanied by conspiracies and rebellions, the inspiration of which was often the king's wife, Queen Isabella, the daughter of the French king Philip IV the Fair, who fled to France.


Edward III, Edward III (Middle English Edward III) (November 13, 1312 - June 21, 1377) - king of England from 1327 from the Plantegenet dynasty, son of King Edward II and Isabella of France, daughter of King Philip IV the Fair of France .


Richard II (English Richard II, 1367-1400) - English king (1377-1399), representative of the Plantagenet dynasty, grandson of King Edward III, son of Edward the Black Prince.
Richard was born in Bordeaux - his father fought in France on the fields of the Hundred Years' War. When the Black Prince died in 1376, while Edward III was still alive, the young Richard received the title Prince of Wales, and a year later inherited the throne from his grandfather.


Henry IV of Bolingbroke (English: Henry IV of Bolingbroke, April 3, 1367, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire - March 20, 1413, Westminster) - king of England (1399-1413), founder of the Lancastrian dynasty (junior branch of the Plantagenets).


Henry V (English Henry V) (August 9, according to other sources, September 16, 1387, Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales - August 31, 1422, Vincennes (now in Paris), France) - king of England since 1413, from the Lancaster dynasty, one of the greatest commanders of the Hundred Years' War. Defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt (1415). According to the Treaty of Troyes (1420), he became the heir of the French king Charles VI the Mad and received the hand of his daughter Catherine. He continued the war with Charles’s son, the Dauphin (the future Charles VII), who did not recognize the treaty, and died during this war, just two months before Charles VI; if he had lived these two months, he would have become king of France. He died in August 1422, presumably from dysentery.


Henry VI (English Henry VI, French Henri VI) (December 6, 1421, Windsor - May 21 or 22, 1471, London) - the third and last king of England from the Lancaster dynasty (from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471). The only English king who bore the title “King of France” during and after the Hundred Years’ War, who was actually crowned (1431) and reigned over a significant part of France.


Edward IV (April 28, 1442, Rouen - April 9, 1483, London) - king of England in 1461-1470 and 1471-1483, a representative of the York Plantagenet line, seized the throne during the Wars of the Roses.
Eldest son of Richard, Duke of York and Cecilia Neville, brother of Richard III. On his father's death in 1460, he inherited his titles as Earl of Cambridge, March and Ulster and Duke of York. In 1461, at the age of eighteen, he ascended the English throne with the support of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
Was married to Elizabeth Woodville (1437-1492), children:
Elizabeth (1466-1503), married to King Henry VII of England,
Maria (1467-1482),
Cecilia (1469-1507),
Edward V (1470-1483?),
Richard (1473-1483?),
Anna (1475-1511),
Catherine (1479-1527),
Bridget (1480-1517).
The king was a great lover of women and, in addition to his official wife, was secretly engaged to one or more women, which later allowed the royal council to declare his son Edward V illegitimate and, together with his other son, imprison him in the Tower.
Edward IV died unexpectedly on April 9, 1483.


Edward V (November 4, 1470(14701104)-1483?) - King of England from April 9 to June 25, 1483, son of Edward IV; not crowned. Deposed by his uncle the Duke of Gloucester, who declared the king and his younger brother Duke Richard of York illegitimate children, and himself became King Richard III. A 12-year-old and a 10-year-old boy were imprisoned in the Tower; their further fate is precisely unknown. The most common point of view is that they were killed on the orders of Richard (this version was official under the Tudors), but various researchers accuse many other figures of that time, including Richard’s successor Henry VII, of the murder of the princes.


Richard III (English: Richard III) (October 2, 1452, Fotheringhay - August 22, 1485, Bosworth) - King of England since 1483, from the York dynasty, the last representative of the Plantagenet male line on the English throne. Brother of Edward IV. He took the throne, removing the young Edward V. At the Battle of Bosworth (1485) he was defeated and killed. One of two kings of England to die in battle (after Harold II, killed at Hastings in 1066).


Henry VII (eng. Henry VII;)

 

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