The government is considering removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession – a largely symbolic move, as Andrew is eighth in line to the throne and unlikely to get close to it.<\/p>\n
Here is an overview of who is in front of him.<\/p>\n
The King – Reigning monarch<\/p>\n
Before he became king, Charles III had been the longest-serving heir apparent, having been next in line since the age of three.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2022, at the age of 73, he was also the oldest monarch to ever ascend to the throne following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n
Prince William (Prince of Wales) – Heir<\/p>\n
Charles’s eldest son, William, is first in line to the throne and is expected to become the UK’s next monarch. If he takes his first name, he will be King William V.<\/p>\n
However, British monarchs can choose a regnal name, or “reign name”, when they ascend to the throne.<\/p>\n
Those who have chosen to do so have tended to use one of their given names, with Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor having a number of options to choose from.<\/p>\n
Prince George – second in line<\/p>\n
William’s eldest child, George Alexander Louis, was born on 22 July 2013 and is one day set to become king, after his father and grandfather.<\/p>\n
If George goes on to have children, they would bump his siblings – and Andrew – further down the line of succession.<\/p>\n
Princess Charlotte – third in line<\/p>\n
The princess is now third in line, but there was a time when her younger sibling, Prince Louis, would have jumped ahead of her.<\/p>\n
However, the succession law was changed so that – for children born after 28 October 2011 – a younger brother can no longer displace an older sister.<\/p>\n
Prince Louis – fourth in line<\/p>\n
Louis Arthur Charles is William and Catherine’s youngest child, born on 23 April 2018.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry (Duke of Sussex) – fifth in line<\/p>\n
Once third in line to the throne, the Duke of Sussex was moved further down the order, under the succession rules, by his older brother’s children.<\/p>\n
Harry and his wife, Meghan, live in California and quit as senior working royals in 2020.<\/p>\n
Prince Archie of Sussex – sixth in line<\/p>\n
Harry and Meghan’s son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on 6 May 2019 in London.<\/p>\n
In March 2023, the Buckingham Palace website was updated to include Archie’s title – which he gained once the King acceded to the throne.<\/p>\n
Princess Lilibet of Sussex – seventh in line<\/p>\n
The Sussexes’ daughter was born in California and is named after the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n
Her full name is Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor – a tribute to Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana.<\/p>\n
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex first used the princess title for her christening in Los Angeles in March 2023.<\/p>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor –\u00a0eighth in line<\/p>\n
Queen Elizabeth II’s third child stepped back from public duties in November 2019, amid allegations he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was 17.<\/p>\n
The King stripped his younger brother of his remaining titles and honours, including ‘prince’, and asked him to vacate his Royal Lodge home on 30 October last year.<\/p>\n
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
Despite Princess Anne (the Princess Royal) being older than Andrew, she is behind him in the order of succession due to the historic system previously used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government is considering removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession – a largely symbolic move,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-481801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}