Even if the Queen wanted to change her successor, she doesn't have the power to do so. It's against the law, specifically the 1701 Act of Settlement, which requires that a monarch's heir must be a direct successor and a Protestant. Prince Charles fits the bill on both accounts.
Even if she had desired to skip her eldest son, Charles, in favour of her grandson, William, she did not have the power to choose her successor on a whim.
Both of them are married or partners of the next in line to the throne. This means that neither Camilla nor Kate will ever be known as Queen, only as Queen Consort. When William becomes king, that will be the title that awaits her.
According to a report by Cheat Sheet, King Charles could not just leave his royal position. However, if King Charles ever decided to abdicate, the monarch would need the British Parliament to pass an Act of Abdication to make his decision official.
As Camilla is excluded from the Windsor bloodline, she would not be the sole queen in the event that Charles passes away before she does. Rather, Charles's eldest son, William, 41, will take the throne as monarch of the United Kingdom, alongside his wife and the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.
As Charles would become Defender of the Faith when he took the throne, marrying a divorcée was tricky. And Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, disapproved of Camilla's behavior, at one point reportedly calling her "that wicked woman." In addition, the Queen Mother, Charles' grandmother, detested Camilla.
') William certainly has the option of choosing a new regnal name when he becomes King (perhaps one of his middle names: Arthur, Philip, or Louis, or George, like his great-grandfather), but if he keeps William, he would be known as King William V.
Equally now, if Prince William dies before King Charles, William's son Prince George of Cambridge, will be next in line to the throne, not Prince Charles' second son Prince Harry.
With Charles the new king, Prince William (the queen's third-eldest grandchild) will take on new titles, including the traditional styling given to the king-in-waiting. “William becomes Duke of Cornwall when Charles becomes king and will be invested [formally named] as Prince of Wales,” Harris says.
Prince William defied royal protocol at the King's Coronation when he chose not to bow to Queen Camilla at the Coronation Concert. A body language expert claims that the Prince of Wales might have found it strange to perform such a gesture to his stepmother.
In the event of Charles' passing, Camilla's step son Prince William will ascend the throne as King of the United Kingdom and 14 commonwealth realms. Automatically, Camilla's title would change as Kate Middleton would take over the title of Queen.
Princess Charlotte
She would become Queen only if Prince George predeceased her without having any living children.
While Buckingham Palace has long denied claims that the Queen planned to step down, it was possible that Her Majesty could one day hand power over to Prince Charles, the first in line to the throne.
In the opinion of some palace insiders, the public perceives Prince Charles as too old to be king. Whether that is true or fair to say, the bottom line is that had the queen stepped down in favor of her eldest son, it would have had the effect of merely replacing one elderly monarch with another.
King Charles III will be crowned with St Edward's Crown, which has traditionally been used as the coronation crown since the 17th century (Queen Elizabeth II was crowned with this very headpiece during her 1953 coronation).
Yes, Prince Harry could one day be king…but there'd need to be a lot of unfortunate and premature deaths in order for that to happen. And even if it did happen, there's no certainty that the present Duke of Sussex would actually want to take on the role (he could very well choose to abdicate).
The Prince of Wales called his father “Pa”. Was he reverting to code for security reasons? In our 21st-century utopia, who speaks the word “Pa”?
His older brother, Prince William, was (and still is) behind their father. Harry became third in succession to Elizabeth's throne. In the years since, Harry's position in line moved downward with the addition of his niece and two nephews: Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince George of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales.
William, Prince of Wales
Charles's eldest son, Prince William, is now first in line to the throne. Like his father before him, he's been granted the title Prince of Wales, as well as Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, and William's wife Catherine is now Princess of Wales.
If Prince George becomes king as expected, he will trade "His Royal Highness" for "His Majesty." Prince William and Princess Kate's three children experienced a title change in September when their great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth died and their grandfather King Charles acceded the throne.
"The second son is usually called the Duke of York, but (Harry's uncle) Prince Andrew has the Duke of York title for the rest of his life. So if Harry hadn't stepped back and Prince Andrew wasn't alive, then Prince Harry could had been called Duke of York."
'Under common law, Prince Charles will automatically become King the moment the Queen dies. Prince William could only become King if Prince Charles chose to abdicate. That would require legislation, as happened with the Declaration of Abdication Act 1936.
If the king died, then William would inherit his throne. If both Charles and William were to die then the throne would be inherited by William's son, Prince George, but while he is under the age of 18 (until July 22, 2031), a regent would need to be appointed by law.
In the televised broadcast, the new sovereign announced that his son Prince William would be the new Prince of Wales and his daughter-in-law Kate would become the Princess of Wales. However, the royal titles only became official this month, when the Letters Patent passed the Great Seal of the Realm on Feb.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.