Why isn Prince Charles of Wales a King ?
No, when the Queen dies, Charles will ascend the throne. The queen won’t abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales. She vowed in a radio Christmas message when she was 20 that whether her life was long or short, she would faithfully serve her subjects. Plus, unlike other royal heads of state who ascended the thrones of their countries after their parents (Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands ascended the throne after her mother Queen Juliana abdicated in favor of her in 1981 and 7 yrs ago, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg ascended the throne when his father stepped down), the British monarchy and people don’t have fond memories of a monarch abdicating. Her uncle King Edward VIII created a scandal and became the blacksheep of the family when he married American divorcee Wallis Simpson and gave up the throne. Matt Lauer’s Dateline NBC and Today show interview with Princes William and Harry referred to William as the future king of England because one day he will be. Despite his father being div
You misheard, Prince William will be the next Prince of Wales–not King of Wales. When a British monarch dies, his or her son ordinarily succeeds him or her, according to the law of cognatic (or male preference) primogeniture*, which allows a female to succeed to the Throne if she doesn’t have any living brothers or living nephews or nieces. If a king or queen dies without any living sons, then his or her oldest daughter is next in line for the Crown. When George VI died, he had no sons, only daughters–the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Accordingly, Princess Elizabeth as the oldest daughter became Queen. —— *Royalty inherits in Denmark, Monaco, Spain and the United Kingdom according to cognatic (or male preference) primogeniture. Austria Hungary, Russia, and Luxembourg practiced agnatic-cognatic primogeniture, meaning that a female could inherit the Crown only if all eligible (legitimate) male lines were extinct. Sweden (as of 1980) and Nepal (as of 2006) practice absolute, eq
If the King has no son and only daughters then his oldest daughter will be king and her son will succeed her. Prince Charles was the Grandson of George VI. The Queen is the Monarch until she dies or abdicates (extremely unlikely). Upon her death or abdication, Prince Charles (if he is still alive) will succeed and Prince William will become Heir to the Throne and automatically become Duke of Cornwall, it is up to his father to create him Prince of Wales if he decided to.
Ok, a lot of people have made really good points but there is also a lot of mistaken information, so to clarify: When the Queen dies, Charles will become king automatically. The laws of the UK do noot allow a monarch to choose a successor or to skip people. The one and only way that this will not happen is if Charles decides to abdicate or give up his right, which he has said he will not do. Therefore, Charles will be the next king, and William will follow him. Britain no longer has male-only succession; however boys are prefered, so if William and Harry had an older sister, she would still be after the two of them in the line of succession. However, if Charles only had a daughter, the throne would go to her. I hate to have to disagree with fellow posters, but Danielle and Keesey are mistaken about Harry’s future title. While it is likely he will be given a Royal Dukedom, he will not be Duke of York. The title HRH the Duke of York belongs to Prince Andrew, and will remain his title unt
