Each monarchy has different rules regarding the succession. Some have been updated within the last generation to allow gender-blind accession or to limit the people who are qualified. For instance, in Sweden, the succession is limited to the descendants of King Carl XVI Gustaf and just one of his uncles AND it stipulates that the order is determined by birth order rather than male preference. When these guidelines were enacted in the 1970s, infant Prince Carl Philipp lost his place at #1 to be supplanted by his older sister, Crown Princess Victoria. The restrictions mean that there are currently only four people in the Swedish line of succession; the shortest line in Europe. [UPDATE 2025: With the births of King Carl Gustaf's many grandchildren, this line has 11 in it with another birth expected this year.]
The line of succession in Great Britain is determined by legislation and by traditions, some of which seem archaic today. The primary guidelines are determined by:
male preference primogeniture which grants precedence by birth order but places all sons and their descendants ahead of the their sisters;
legitimacy which requires that only individuals born to lawfully wedded couples can be legal heirs;
the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 which bars individuals who do not have the monarch’s permission to marry (or, if over age 25, assent from the Privy Council) as well as the descendants of an unauthorized marriage; and
the Act of Settlement of 1701 which bars all Catholics and any descendants who marry a Catholic and which limits the succession to the descendants of Sophia Electress of Hanover, a granddaughter of King James I.
[UPDATE: The Perth Agreement of 2011 changed succession to follow birth order rather than male preference for those born after Oct. 28, 2011; allowed those who had married Catholics but were not Catholic themselves; and limited the requirement for the monarch's permission to marry to only the first six in the Line of Succession.]
Under these guidelines, there are currently more than 1,800 people eligible to ascend the throne; if Catholics were included, the list would exceed 5,000!
The upcoming marriage of Prince William of Wales has sparked debate about whether these guidelines should be amended to eliminate male-preference primogeniture and remove the ban on Catholics. All this succession talk got me thinking about the fate of princesses under the current guidelines. If a princess was born high in the order of succession, how low might she fall before her death? In my analysis, I focused primarily on people born in the first top 10 spots to see how they moved up and down the line throughout their lives. (For convenience, I considered only the line of succession as it stood on the last day of each year, thereby avoiding the bouncing around caused by individual deaths and births and also overlooking any infants who died quickly after birth. It also means an individual’s rank at death is numbered according to where he or she stood on the last day of the previous year. I have tried to be as accurate and thorough as possible; I welcome any corrections.)
Here are some of my observations:
Four of the nine monarchs (not including George I and George II who were already alive in 1701) were born at #3.
Only three people were born at #1; Vicky is the only one of these who did not ascend the throne.
Four of the eight consorts were also in the line of succession.
There have been several periods where the top ten did not change for more than a decade; the most recent being from the birth of Princess Eugenie in 1990 to the birth of Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor in 2002. The longest period of no change followed the birth of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales in 1796 and lasted until her death in 1817.
Only three monarch’s children were not born into the top ten. These were the three youngest daughters of King George III – Mary, Sophia and Amelia. Because George’s children had very few legitimate children, Mary and Sophia eventually moved up to #9 and #10 respectively but dropped many spots before their deaths. Amelia died fairly young at #14 having dropped only one spot since her birth.
Today’s top two, Charles Prince of Wales and his son William, were both born at #2. [UPDATE: as of 2024, Charles is now King and William is the Prince of Wales.]
Two top ten people were extremely affected: Princess Victoria of Hesse (later Marchioness of Milford Haven) started at #10 and ended at #149 and Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter Princess Beatrice started at #9 and fell to #149. Princess Beatrice’s most “senior” descendent, Mr. Robin Bryan, is now below #520.
Three factors seem to have the greatest impact on how far one can fall during a lifetime. These are:
1. Gender: Being born female or in the female line means that more people can step ahead of you. [UPDATE: This now only applies to people born before Oct. 28, 2011.]
2. Lifespan: The longer you live, the more likely others will be born ahead of you.
3. Large families: If you are born a younger child (or a female) in a large family with siblings who have large families, you will experience a steady decline.
Only a couple of things can help you move up the line;
1. Catholicism: if those above you become Catholic or marry a Catholic, you will move up. Also, their Catholic children cannot push you down the line. [UPDATE: Marrying a Catholic no longer impacts your place, as of 2011.]
2. Death: Each person who dies above you, moves you up. There have been two years in the last three centuries when tragic deaths caused dramatic jumps for those lower in the line: 1918 and 1937. In 1918, the Russian Revolution led to the murders (assassinations and/or martyrdoms, depending on your viewpoint) of eight people in the succession: Empress Alexandra (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) and all five of her children, who had been #101 through #106 as well as Alexandra’s older sister Elizabeth who had married a Russian Grand Duke and who had been #99. The Tsar also was in the line of succession, but he was very, very far down the line.
In 1937, the tragedy was a plane crash that killed Prince Philip’s sister Princess Cecilia of Greece (#134), her husband the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (#117) and their two sons (#118 and #119). Adding to the tragedy, Cecilia’s father-in-law (#116) had died just weeks before; Cecilia had been heavily pregnant and her youngest son was stillborn as a result of the accident; and her only surviving child, who had been left at home, died of meningitis two years later.
UPDATE Jan. 5, 2025:
With the ages of the current British Royal Family, it is unlikely that the first 10 will change within in the next decade unless the King or one of these ten dies.
Below is my attempt to create a Line of Succession using information available to me. For descendants who are not public figures, it is difficult to know details that might eliminate some individuals. These details include religion, illegitimate births, surrogacy, etc. Please feel free to send me updates or corrections.
As of Jan. 5, 2025, the first seven are descendants of King Charles III; the first 24 of Queen Elizabeth II; the first 30 of King George VI; the first 78 of King George V; and the first 120 of King Edward VII. Everyone on this list of 459 is a male-line descendent of Queen Victoria.
1. The Prince of Wales
2. Prince George of Wales
3. Princess Charlotte of Wales
4. Prince Louis of Wales
5. The Duke of Sussex
6. Prince Archie of Sussex
7. Princess Lilibet of Sussex
8. The Duke of York
9. Princess Beatrice, Mrs. Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
10. Miss Sienna Mapelli Mozzi
11. Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank
12. Master August Brooksbank
13. Master Ernest Brooksbank
14. The Duke of Edinburgh
15. James Earl of Wessex
16. Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
17. The Princess Royal
18. Mr. Peter Phillips
19. Miss Savannah Phillips
20. Miss Isla Phillips
21. Mrs. Zara Tindall
22. Miss Mia Tindall
23. Miss Lena Tindall
24. Master Lucas Tindall
25. David Armstrong Jones 2nd Earl of Snowdon
26. Charles Viscount Linley
27. Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones
28. Lady Sarah Chatto
29. Mr. Samuel Chatto
30. Mr. Arthur Chatto
31. The Duke of Gloucester
32. Alexander Earl of Ulster
33. Xan Lord Culloden
34. Lady Cosima Windsor
35. Lady Davina Windsor (formerly Lewis)
36. Miss Senna Lewis*
37. Mr. Tane Lewis
37. Mr. Tane Lewis
38. Lady Rose Gilman
39. Miss Lyla Gilman
40. Master Rufus Gilman
41. The Duke of Kent
42. George Earl of St Andrews
43. Lady Amelia Windsor**
44. Master Louis Windsor
45. Lady Helen Taylor
46. Mister Columbus Taylor
47. Mister Cassius Taylor
48. Miss Eloise Taylor
49. Miss Estella Taylor
50. Prince Michael of Kent***
51. Lord Frederick Windsor
52. Miss Maud Windsor
53. Miss Isabella Windsor
54. Lady Gabriella Windsor
55. Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy
56. Mr. James Ogilvy
57. Mrs. Flora Vesterberg
58. Ms. Marina Ogilvy
59. Mr. Christian Mowatt
60. Miss Zenouska Mowatt
61. David Lascelles 8th Earl of Harewood****
62. Alexander Viscount Lascelles
63. The Hon. Leo Lascelles
64. The Hon. Ivy Lascelles
65. The Hon. Edward Lascelles
66. Master Sebastian Lascelles
67. The Hon. James Lascelles
68. Mr. Rowan Lascelles
69. Mr. Tewa Lascelles
70. Master Fran Lascelles
71. Mrs. Sophie Pearce
72. The Hon. Jeremy Lascelles
73. Mr. Thomas Lascelles
74. Ms. Ellen Lascelles
75. Miss Amy Lascelles
76. Miss Tallulah Lascelles
77. Mr. Henry Lascelles
78. Mr. Maximilian Lascelles
79. David Carnegie 4th Duke of Fife
80. Charles Carnegie Earl of Southesk
81. Lord George Carnegie
82. Lord Hugh Carnegie
83. Lady Alexandra Etherington
84. Miss Amelia Etherington
85. The King of Norway*****
86. The Crown Prince of Norway
87. Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
88. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
89. Princess Martha Louis of Norway
90. Miss Maud Behn
91. Miss Leah Behn
92. Miss Emma Behn
93. Mr. Haakon Lorentzen
94. Mr. Olav Lorentzen
95. Master Salvador Lorentzen
96. Mr. Christian Lorentzen
97. Master Thomas Lorentzen
98. Miss Sophie Lorentzen
99. Mrs. Ingeborg Riberio
100. Mrs. Victoria Falcão
101. Master Frederick Falcão
102. Miss Alice Falcão
103. Mrs. Ragnhild Long
104. Miss Alexandra Long
105. Miss Elizabeth Long
106. Princess Astrid of Norway, Mrs. Ferner
107. Mr. Alexander Ferner
108. Mr. Edward Ferner
109. Miss Stella Ferner
110. Mr. Carl Christian Ferner
111. Miss Fay Ferner
112. Master Fam Ferner
113. Mrs. Cathrine Johansen
114. Mister Sebastien Johansen
115. Miss Nicoline Johansen
116. Mrs. Madeleine Karlsen
117. Miss Hermine Karlsen
118. Ms. Benedikte Ferner
119. Mrs. Elisabeth Beckmann
120. Mr. Benjamin Beckmann
121. Margareta Custodian of the Crown of Romania
122. Princess Elena of Romania, Mrs. Nixon
123. Mr. Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
124. Miss Maria de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
125. Master Mihai de Roumanie Medforth-Mills
126. Mrs. Karina Metcalfe
127. Master Augustus Metcalfe
128. Princess Irina of Romania, Mrs. Walker
129. Mr. Michael Torsten
130. Master Kohen Torsten
131. Ms. Angelica de Roumanie Kreuger
132. Miss Courtney Knight
133. Miss Diana Knight
134. Princess Sophie of Romania
135. Miss Elisabetha de Roumanie Biarneix
136. Princess Maria of Romania
137. Alexander Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
138. Prince Peter of Yugoslavia
139. The Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
140. Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia
141. Princess Marija of Yugoslavia
142. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
143. Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia
144. Princess Marija Yugoslavia
145. Prince George of Yugoslavia
146. Prince Michael of Yugoslavia
147. Princess Natalija of Yugoslavia
148. Princess Isadora of Yugoslavia
147. Princess Natalija of Yugoslavia
148. Princess Isadora of Yugoslavia
149. Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia, Lady de Silva
150. Miss Victoria de Silva
151. Prince Karl Vladimir of Yugoslavia
152. Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia
153. Princess Tania of Yugoslavia, Mrs. Thune-Larsen
154. Miss Sonia Thune-Larsen
155. Miss Olga Thune-Larsen
156. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
157. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia
158. Prince Alexander Georgievich Romanov
159. Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen
160. Prince Emich Albrecht of Leiningen
161. Princess Cecilia of Leiningen, Mrs. Hayek
162. Princess Theresa of Leiningen
163. Andreas 8th Prince of Leiningen
164. Hereditary Prince Ferdinand of Leiningen
165. Princess Alexandra of Leiningen
166. Princess Feodora of Leiningen
167. Prince Hermann of Leiningen
168. Prince Leopold of Leiningen
169. Princess Olga of Leiningen
170. Princess Melita of Leiningen, Mrs. Legrum
171. Prince Boris of Leiningen
172. Prince Nicholas of Leiningen
173. Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen
174. Princess Juliana of Leiningen
175. Prince Hermann of Leiningen
176. Princess Tatiana of Leiningen, Mrs. Reynolds
177. Master August Reynolds Leiningen
178. Miss Celeste Reynolds Leiningen
179. Princess Nadia of Leiningen, Mrs. Baker
180. Master Thomas Baker Leiningen
181. Master Theodore Baker Leiningen
182. Princess Alexandra of Leiningen
183. Mr. Ulf Bauscher
184. Mr. Berthold Bauscher
185. Mister Erik Bauscher
186. Mister Lorenz Bauscher
187. Miss Franka Bauscher
188. Mister Johann Bauscher
189. Prince Philipp von Preussen
190. Prince Paul Wilhelm von Preussen
191. Prince Timotheus Freidrich von Preussen
192. Princess Marie Luise von Preussen
193. Princess Elisabeth Christine von Preussen
194. Princess Anna Sophie von Preussen
195. Princess Johanna Amalie von Preussen
196. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen
197. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen
198. Princess Charlotte von Preussen
199. Prince Joachim von Preussen
200. Princess Georgina von Preussen
201. Prince Caspian von Preussen
202. Princess Viktoria Luise von Preussen, Hereditary Princess of Leiningen
203. Princess Michaela von Preussen, Mrs. Wessoly
204. Mr. Maximilian von Preussen
205. Miss Marie Charlotte von Preussen
206. Princess Nataly von Preussen
207. Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia
208. Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich of Prussia
209. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
210. Princess Emma Marie of Prussia
211. Prince Heinrich Albert of Prussia
212. Princess Cornelie Cecilie of Prussia
213. Prince Christian Sigismund von Preussen
214. Prince Christian of Prussia
215, Princess Isabelle Alexandra von Preussen
216. Princess Irina von Preussen
217. Princess Marie Cecile of Prussia, Duchess of Oldenburg
218. Duke Paul-Wladimir of Oldenburg
219. Duke Kirill of Oldenburg
220. Duke Carlos of Oldenburg
221. Mrs. Kira Marine von Bismarck
222. Miss Luise von Bismarck
223. Mr. Patrick Lithander
224. Master Pius Lithander
225. Master Hugo Lithander
226. Master Karl Lithander
227. Miss Merle Lithander
228. Mr. Wilhelm Lithander
229. Master Steen Edvard Lithander
230. Philipp Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg
231. Max Leopold Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg
232. Prince Gustav of Hohenlohe Langenburg
233. Princess Marita of Hohenlohe Langenburg
234. Princess Cecile of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
235. Princess Xenia of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Mrs. Soltmann
236. Master Ferdinand Soltmann
237. Miss Louisa Soltmann
238. Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Hohenlohe Langenburg
239. Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont
240. Princess Laetitia of Waldeck and Pyrmont
241. Princess Alexia of Waldeck and Pyrmont
242. Princess Tatjana of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Mrs. Stephan
243. Master Carl Stephan
244. Master Wolf Stephan
245. Friedrich Ferdinand, 9th Duke of Schleswig Holstein
246. Alfred Hereditary Prince of Schleswig Holstein
247. Prince Albert of Schleswig Holstein
248. Prince Constantin of Schleswig Holstein
249. Prince Tassilo of Schleswig Holstein
250. Prince Leopold of Schleswig Holstein
251. Princess Sophie of Schleswig Holstein Sonderborg Glucksburg, Mrs. Wahlquist
252. Master Cecil Wahlquist
253. Miss Sirai Wahlquist
254. Prince Alexander of Schleswig Holstein Sonderborg Glucksburg
255. Prince Julian of Schleswig Holstein Sonderborg Glucksburg
256. Princess Marita of Schleswig Holstein Sonderborg Glucksburg, Baroness von Plotho
257. Baron Christoph von Plotho
258. Baron Antonius von Plotho
259. Baroness Irina von Lotho von Bethmann Hollweg
260. Master Nikoli von Bethmann Hollweg
261. Miss Emilia von Bethman Hollweg
262. Princess Ingeborg of Schleswig Holstein Sonderborg Glucksburg, Mrs. Broschek
263. Master Alexis Broschek
264. Master Felix Henderson-Stewart
265. Master Louis Henderson-Stewart
266. Miss Daria Henderson-Stewart
267. Miss Xenia Henderson-Stewart
268. Master James Henderson-Stewart
269. Master Pedro Henderson-Stewart
270. The King of Sweden
271. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
272. Prince Alexander of Sweden
273. Prince Gabriel of Sweden
274. Prince Julian of Sweden
275. The Crown Princess of Sweden
276. Princess Estelle of Sweden
277. Prince Oscar of Sweden
278. Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Mrs. O'Neill
279. Princess Leonore of Sweden
280. Prince Nicolas of Sweden
281. Princess Adrienne of Sweden
282. Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Mrs. Ambler
283. Mr. Edward Ambler
284. Miss Sienna Ambler
285. Miss India Ambler
286. Mr. James Ambler
287. Master Oscar Ambler
288. Miss Lily Ambler
289. Ms. Sibylla Ambler
290. Baron Sebastian von Dincklage
291. Baroness Madeleine von Dincklage
292. Princess Desiree of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiold
293. Baron Carl Silfverschiold
294. Miss Anna Silfverschiold
295. Baroness Christina Louise de Geer
296. Master Ian de Geer
297. Master Fred de Geer
298. Miss Estelle de Geer
298. Miss Estelle de Geer
299. Baroness Helene Silfverschiold
300. Princess Christina of Sweden, Mrs. Magnuson
301. Mr. Gustaf Magnuson
302. Miss Desiree Magnuson
303. Mr. Oscar Magnuson
304. Master Albert Magnuson
305. Master Henry Magnuson
306. Mr. Victor Magnuson
307. Master Edmund Magnuson
308. Master Sigvard Magnuson
309. Count Michael Bernadotte af Wisborg
310. Countess Kajsa Bernadotte
311. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
312. The King of Denmark
313. The Crown Prince of Denmark
314. Prince Vincent of Denmark
315. Princess Isabella of Denmark
316. Princess Josephine of Denmark
317. Prince Joachim of Denmark
318. Count Nikolai of Monpezat
319. Count Felix of Monpezat
320. Count Henrik of Monpezat
321. Countess Athena of Monpezat
322. Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg
323. Gustav 7th Prince of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg******
324. Princess Alexandra of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg
325. Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
326. Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
327. Princess Nathalie of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg
328. Master Konstantin Johannsmann
329. Miss Louisa Johannsmann
330. Queen Anne Marie of the Hellenes
331. The Crown Prince of the Hellenes
332. Prince Constanine Alexios of Greece
333. Prince Achileas Andreas of Greece
334. Prince Odysseas Kimon of Greece
335. Prince Aristides Stavros of Greece
336. Princess Maria Olympia of Greece
337. Prince Nikolaos of Greece
338. Prince Philippos of Greece
339. Princess Alexia of Greece, Mrs. Morales
340. Master Carlos Morales y de Grecia
341. Miss Arrietta Morales y de Grecia
342. Miss Ana Maria Morales y de Grecia
343. Miss Amelia Morales y de Grecia
344. Princess Theodora of Greece, Mrs. Kumar
345. Katherine Fraser, 23rd Lady Saltoun
346. Hon. Alexander Fraser, Master of Saltoun
347. Hon. Louise Morshead
348. Master Rory Morshead
349. Master Charles Morshead
350. Hon. Juliet Rood
351. Master Albert Rood
352. Hon. Alice Ramsay of Mar
353. Mr. Alexander Ramsey
354. Mr. George Ramsey
355. Mr. Oliver Ramsey
356. Miss Victoria Ramsey
357. Hon. Elizabeth Ramsay of Mar
358. Mr. Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
359. Mr. Sebastian Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
360. Miss Sophie Prinzessin von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
361. Mr. Carl Eduard Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
362. Miss Emilia Prinzessin von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
363. Miss Johanna Prinzessin von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
364. Mr. Ferdinand Christian Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
365. Ms. Viktoria Prinzessin von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
366. Mr. Falk Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
367. Mrs. Alice Sybilla Reiser
368. Mr. Peter Albert Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
369. Mr. Peter Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
370. Mr. Malte Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
371. Mrs. Caroline Mathilde Nielsen
372. Miss Margarethe Birgitte Nielsen
373. Miss Renate Nielsen
374. The Duke of Saxony
375. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
376. Princess Katharina of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
377. Prince Philipp of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
378. Princess Madeleine of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
379. Prince Alexander of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
380. Princess Stephanie of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Mrs. Stahl
381. Prince Adrian of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
382. Mr. Simon Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
383. Mr. Daniel Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
384. Master Chadwick Prinz von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
385. Miss Chloe Prinzessin von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
386. Princess Claudia of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Mrs. Schafer
387. Mrs. Cristina Martens
388. Mr. Gian Martens
389. Master Louis Martens
390. Miss Aimee Martens
391. Mrs. Gianetta Bitsche
392. Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Princess of Saxe Meiningen
393. Prince Constantin of Saxe Meiningen
394. Prince Michael of Saxe Meiningen
395. Princess Marie Alexandra of Saxe Meiningen, Mr. Widmer
396. Count Dominik of Castell Rudenhausen
397. Count Michael of Castell Rudenhausen
398. Count Carl Eduard of Castell Rudenhausen
399. Count Markus of Castell Rudenhausen
400. Countess Sarah of Castell Rudenhausen
401. Countess Anne Charlotte Rappu
402. Mr. Patrick Rappu
403. Mr. Richard Rappu
404. Mr. Fredrick Rappu
405. Mr. Robin Rappu
406. Countess Viktoria Adelheid of Castell Rudenhausen, Lady Huntingson Whiteley
407. Sir Leopold Huntington Whitely, Baronet
408. Mrs. Louise Sewell
409. Mr. Henry Sewell
410. Master Jonah Sewell
411. Mr. Benjamin Sewell
412. Miss Heidi Sewell
413. Mrs. Beatrice Grant
414. Mr. Frederik Grant
415. Mr. Ludovic Grant
416. Mrs. Calma Cook
417. Mr.. Tristan Berger
418. Master Fritz Berger
419. Master Zane Berger
420. Mr. Richard Darrell Berger
421. Mr. Richard Jonathan Berger
422. Miss Rachael Berger
423. Miss Riley Berger
424. Mr. Victor Berger
425. Mrs. Mary Katherine Morgan
426. Miss Autumn Jacobs
427. Master Avi Morgan
428. Miss Rachel Morgan
429. Mr. Samuel Berger
430. Mr. Wesley Berger
431. Mr. Maximilian Berger
432. Mr. David Cook
433. Mrs Sibylla Schal
434. Miss Valesca Walz
435. Mrs. Larissa Evangellatos
436. Miss Amilia Evangellatos
437. Mrs. Katherine Beaumont
438. Mr. George Beaumont
439. Mr. Richard Beaumont
440. Mr. Michael Beaumont
441. Amelia, Baroness Murray of Blidworth
442. Hon. Matilda Murray
443. Hon. Archibald Murray
445.. Mrs. Anne Abel Smith
446. Mr. Ian Liddell Grainger
447. Mr. Peter Liddell Grainger
448. Miss Sophie Liddell Grainger
449. Miss May Liddell Grainger
450. Mr. Charles Liddell Grainger
451. Mr. Simon Rupert Liddell Grainger
452. Mr. Simon Alexander Liddell Grainger
453. Mr. Matthew Liddell Grainger
454. Mr. Malcolm Liddell Grainger
455. Mr. Cameron Liddell Grainger
456. Mrs. Alice Panaggio
457. Mr. Danilo Panaggio
458. Miss Jessica Panaggio
459. Mrs. Elizabeth Wise
* In 2012, Senna Lewis and her cousin Lyla Gilman became the first females not to have her place changed by the birth of a younger brother.
** Due to being Catholics, Lady Amelia's older siblings are not in the Line ahead of her and her uncle Lord Nicholas Windsor does not follow her although his three sons remain as they have not been confirmed as Catholic. These Windsors are the first of many people to be excluded from the Line of Succession due to their Catholic fate.
*** Prince Michael of Kent was the first person restored to the Line of Succession when the ban against marrying Catholics was dropped. His children have always been in line as they were raised Church of England.
**** The first two children of the 8th Earl of Harewood are ineligible because they were born before their parents' marriage. There are numerous Lascelles descendants who are not in the Line due to "illegitimate" birth.
***** King Harald of Norway is currently the first foreign monarch in the Line; his father Olav previously held that distinction from the time of his accession in 1957 until his death in 1991.
****** The Prince of Sayn Wittgenstein Berleburg's children are not included because they were born via surrogacy.
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