Royals

[hugoboss]

What do people think about the heir to the throne? I know Prince C is next in line, but serously, how old is he going to be when the Queen eventually gives up the trone? Is there any change Wills could skip his Dad, or will Charles just have to be king for a short period of time, then hand over to Wills?

[brionon]

Get rid of the lot of 'em, painlessly, of course.

[Loosehead]

Well if his mum lives as long as his gran then he'll be in his 70's. There are only a few ways Charles will not be the next King:

1. He dies before the Queen

2. He adbicates his sucession rights

3. The monarchy is abolished

4. We are invaded by a forigen power and their system imposed on us, similar to what the EU are doing now!

There is a lot of romantic bull being talked about William leapfrogging Charles but constitutionally it is very unlikely. Charles has been prepared all of his life for the role and barring the above he will be the next monarch.

[jake-the-peg]

You missed one Loosehead!

5. Chales holds a press conference and says "One had decided to embrace the Catholic faith"

[dothawkes]

Some years ago, many actually I think, I was told that the Queen is the heir to the throne and Charles is her heir. Have I got that wrong?

[maggie01]

what about when a pope is elected they are much older than prince charles will be. Would anyone really wish that on prince William at such a young age.

[jno]

dot, was that in 1950? It was true then.

[dothawkes]

Noooo, it was this decade! It is one of those trivia things that clever people try to throw u on.

[Loosehead]

Dot, the Queen is the throne encumbant, Prince Charles is the heir thereof.

Jake, I think 5 is another form of 2!

[Octavius]

The question of who becomes heir apparent is usually decided either by custom, convention, or by law. Monarchies traditionally gave male children (and their children) precedence on the order of succession ahead of female children, with the oldest male child becoming heir apparent. Hence in the United Kingdom, though she is Queen Elizabeth II's second oldest child, Princess Anne is the lowest ranking in the order of succession of the Queen's children, behind Princes Charles, Andrew, Edward and their children.

In primogeniture, the position of Heir Apparent does not descend to each of the monarch's children in turn, but through the direct, legal line from the initial heir apparent. So for example, were the current British heir apparent, Charles, Prince of Wales either to die before becoming monarch, or become legally debarred, his oldest son, William, would become heir apparent.

Prince Charles, of Wales (Duke of Rothesay in Scotland) is the heir-apparent to the Thrones of the United Kingdom and of fifteen other Commonwealth Realms.  A change in succession needs the assent of all Commonwealth members.

Queen Mary I said no good would come of a King named Charles sighting King Charles I who was responsible for the countries Civil War and was executed. His son, Charles II, was a closet Catholic who spent the first 11 years of his reign following his father�s execution in exile; he practiced subterfuge and �converted� to Catholicism with his last breath.  Charles II asked Lord Rochester to write his epitaph and here�s what Rochester came up with, "Here lies our sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one." Queen Mary had a point.

The Prince of Wales will be King Charles III of England, unless he changes his name.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page389.asp

[Loosehead]

I read somewhere that Charles is planning to use one of his middle names intead of being Charles III, in fact this might be worth a separate Q

[hopalong]

They are ALL a bunch of parsites they are usless and don't give a hoot about the rest of us