The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday set off a shift in the line of succession to the throne, starting with her oldest son, now King Charles III. Thanks to a rule created by King George in 1917, the Queen’s death also means Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, the children of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, now technically hold the titles and ranks of prince and princess.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday set off a shift in the line of succession to the throne, starting with her oldest son, now King Charles III, and ending 15 positions down.
The rule is known as the George V Convention, or the 1917 Letters Patent. It stipulates that the children of the Sovereign – the king or queen – can be called princes and princesses, as can children whose fathers are sons of the Sovereign, explained law professor Craig Prescott in“Under the 1917 Letters Patent, will become prince and princess respectively when Prince Charles becomes King, as their father is then a ‘son of the Sovereign,’” Prescott wrote in 2021.
Other members of the Royal Family have also assumed new titles, ranks and roles with the death of Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles’ wife, Camilla, the former Duchess of Cornwall, is now Queen Consort.
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