Would Harry be regent if William dies?

In the event of Prince William's death occurring before King Charles's, Prince Harry would still not be the next choice for King, instead that honor would move on to Prince William's eldest son, Prince George.

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Who will be regent if William dies?

In the event that Prince William dies before the King, his eldest son Prince George will become next in line to the throne. As Prince George does not have children, if something were to happen to him as well his younger sister Princess Charlotte would be next in line, followed by their youngest sibling Prince Louis.

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Would Harry become king if William abdicated?

Would Prince Harry become king if Prince William abdicates the throne? Okay, so this is a trickier one—if Prince William did decide to abdicate (which seems very unlikely) and Prince George were under the age of 18 at the time, then yes, technically Prince Harry (or another senior royal…

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Could Prince Harry become regent?

So long as Prince George, the person next in line of succession, remains under the age of 18, Prince Harry (as the next adult in the line of succession) would become Regent until Prince George reaches the age of majority.

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Who would be regent for Prince William?

If William becomes king before his children reach adulthood, then, by law, his regent would be Harry, the Duke of Sussex.

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Could Kate Middleton be a regent?

But there are conditions for who can take the role of Regent, including being over 21, a British citizen, and living in the UK. For Kate to assume the Regent role, George's great-grandmother, grandfather, and father, would all have to die in a heart-breaking twist of events before George turns 18.

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Will Kate stay queen if William dies?

The last person to hold the title Queen Consort was the current queen's mother. When her husband King George VI died in 1952 she was officially re-styled Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. If William dies before Kate and their son Prince George becomes king, Kate will then become the Queen Mother.

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Did Harry drop his royal title?

While they are no longer working members of the royal family, Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle still hold the royal titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which were bestowed upon them when they married in 2018.

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Can Harry lose the title of Prince?

Can Harry and Meghan legally lose their Duke and Duchess titles? Legally, the monarch has no powers to remove a family member's royal titles - it would require an act of parliament to actually happen.

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Does Harry keep his royal title?

Harry remained a Prince, and the couple kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as His/Her Royal Highness (HRH). He also gave up his military titles and no longer wears army uniform in public.

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Can the Queen choose William to be King?

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.

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Would Meghan be queen if Harry became King?

Despite the fact that Harry has given up the HRH (His Royal Highness) title he still retains the right to the throne as he was born into the family. This is why Meghan can only become Queen Consort if Harry becomes King because she is not of royal blood.

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Why would William not become King?

The 1701 Act of Settlement is the act of Parliament that determines the succession to the throne, and requires that a monarch's heir must be his or her direct successor (and a Protestant). That's Charles, not William.

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What happens to Kate if King William dies?

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However, that does not change the amount of power she holds, and she is still the queen consort. In the future when Prince William is crowned king following King Charles' death, Kate Middleton will become the new queen consort, Queen Catherine.

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Will William keep his name when he becomes King?

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.

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Will Kate become queen?

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.

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Can Harry & Meghan be stripped of their titles?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are unlikely to have their titles stripped by a "careful" King Charles as it would "light touch paper", a former royal butler has claimed. A new book alleged that the stripping of Harry and Meghan's Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles had been "discussed at the highest level".

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Who can remove Harry and Meghan's titles?

The monarch has no powers to remove titles and this would require an act of parliament.

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Have Harry and Meghan been stripped of their titles?

Though Harry and Meghan maintain their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, in 2021 they were stripped of their honorary military appointments and royal patronages by Her late Majesty, with those appointments and patronages later distributed to other working members of the royal family.

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What is Harry's new title?

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, KCVO (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.

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Why is Harry still in line for the throne?

Harry was born in 1984 when his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was monarch and his father was heir apparent. His older brother, Prince William, was (and still is) behind their father. Harry became third in succession to Elizabeth's throne.

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Why is Meghan Markle still using her title?

These titles were given to them by the Queen on their wedding day, and she's not going to take them away: it would require an Act of Parliament, with a statute passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

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Why was Diana a princess but Kate is not?

Why isn't Kate called Princess? Even though Kate's mother-in-law was legendary 'Princess Diana', she is not a princess just because she married Prince William. To become a Princess, one has to be born into the Royal Family such as Prince William and Kate's daughter, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

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Did Meghan inherit anything from the Queen?

As for why the Queen left Meghan out of her inheritance, Radar Online's source speculated that it could be due to either “practicality” or Harry and Meghan's drama with the British royal family in the years leading up to the Queen's death.

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Will Kate inherit anything from the Queen?

How much did Kate Middleton inherit from Queen Elizabeth II? Radar Online reported in September 2022 that was Kate was expected to inherit $110 million in jewelry from the Queen after her death. The collection includes 300 personal pieces of jewelry that belonged just to the Queen and not the Crown.

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