from oldest

to

youngest

Children:

Number in the line of succession:

(also see notes below)

Charles, Prince of Wales

born 1948

1.

Princess Anne, Princess Royal

born 1950

16.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York

born 1960

9.

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex & Forfar

born 1964

13.

↓

Grandchildren:

1. Peter Phillips

born 1977

17.

son of Anne. Princess Royal &

Mr. Mark Phillips

2. Zara Tindall (neé Phillips)

born 1981

20.

daughter of Anne. Princess Royal &

Mr. Mark Phillips

3. Prince WIlliam, Duke of Cambridge

born 1982

2.

son of Charles, Prince of Wales & 

Diana, Princess of Wales (née Spencer)

4. Prince Henry, Duke of Susex

born 1984

5.

son of Charles, Prince of Wales & 

Diana, Princess of Wales (née Spencer)

5. Princess Beatrice of York,

Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

born 1988

10.

daughter of Andrew, Duke of York & Sarah, Duchess of York, née Ferguson

6. Princess Eugenie of York,

Mrs. Jack Brooksbank

born 1990

11.

daughter of Andrew, Duke of York & Sarah, Duchess of York, née Ferguson

7. Lady Louise Windsor

born 2003

15.

daughter of Edward, Earl of Wessex &
Sophie, Countess of Wessex, née Rhys-Jones

8. James, Viscount Severn

born 2007

14.

son of Edward, Earl of Wessex &

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, née Rhys-Jones

↓

Great grandchildren:

1. Savannah Phillips

born 2010

18.

daughter of Peter Phillips &

Autumn Phillips (neé Kelly)

2. Isla Phillips

born 2012

19.

daughter of Peter Phillips &

Autumn Phillips (neé Kelly)

3. Prince George of Cambridge

born 2013

3.

son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge &

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (née Middelton)

4. Mia Tindall

born 2014

21.

Daughter of Zara Tindall &

Mr. Mike Tindall

5. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge

born 2015

4.

daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge & Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (née MIddelton)

6. Prince Louis of Cambridge

born 2018

5.

son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge &

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (née Middelton)

7. Lena Tindall

born 2018

22.

Daughter of Zara Tindall &

Mr. Mike Tindall

8. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

born 2019

7.

son of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex &

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (née Markle)

9. August Brooksbank

born 2021

12.

son of Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank &

Mr. Jack Brooksbank

10 Lucas Tindall

born 2021

23.

son of Zara Tindall &

Mr. Mike Tindall

11 girl Mountbatten-Windsor

born 2021

8.

daughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex &

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (née Markle)

Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in "communion with the Church of England".[1] Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded for being Roman Catholics are eligible.[2]

Queen Elizabeth II is the sovereign, and her heir apparent is her eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales. Next in line after him is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales's elder son. Third in line is Prince George, the eldest child of the Duke of Cambridge, followed by his sister, Princess Charlotte and younger brother, Prince Louis. Sixth in line is Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of the Prince of Wales. Any of the first six in line marrying without the sovereign's consent would be disqualified from succession.

The first four individuals in the line of succession who are over 21, and the sovereign's consort, may be appointed Counsellors of State. Counsellors of State perform some of the sovereign's duties in the United Kingdom while he or she is out of the country or temporarily incapacitated. Otherwise, individuals in the line of succession need not have specific legal or official roles.

The United Kingdom is one of the 16 Commonwealth realms. Each of those countries has the same person as monarch and the same order of succession. In 2011, the prime ministers of the realms agreed unanimously to adopt a common approach to amending the rules on the succession to their respective Crowns so that absolute primogeniture would apply for persons born after the date of the agreement, instead of male-preference primogeniture, and the ban on marriages to Roman Catholics would be lifted, but the monarch would still need to be in communion with the Church of England. After the necessary legislation had been enacted in accordance with each realm's constitution, the changes took effect on 26 March 2015