Royalty 101: Line of Succession to the British Throne 2022 

CORRECTIONS: Senna and Tane Mahuta Lewis (35 and 36 in the succession) are half Māori and are of Polynesian decent (Not Asian). Prince Edward is labeled Duke of Cambridge. That should read Earl of Wessex.

you should do a series about european nobilities that technically aren’t part of their countries anymore, but the families still exist. an example being princess beatrice’s in-laws being part of italian nobility

UPDATE: *Anne and Edward are now Counsellors of State. Parliament added them at Charles' request. *Edward was granted the Edinburgh title, but only for his lifetime. James is now known as the Earl of Wessex.

Isn’t Princess Beatrice’s husband a count in the Italian nobility? I know they do not have nobility any more but by Italians laws, isn’t Sienna an Italian Countess by that right?

Poor little Sienna had her first birthday the day before her great grandmother’s funeral

Yes, Lady Davina (not Davinia) has two children, whose father is Maori. Senna was the first person whose place in the succession was directly impacted by the change to Absolute Primogeniture; her younger brother Tane was born after her but did not displace her. Senna is Senna Kowhai (pronounced Korf-eye) and Tane is Tane Mahuta (pronounced Tarn-e (with a short 'e' sound) Mahuta (pronounced Mah-hoo-ta). Incidentally a kowhai is a tree with beautiful yellow bell-shaped flowers and Tane Mahuta is the Maori God of the Forest, as well as a specific giant totara tree in the Northland forest in New Zealand. Kia ora!

Fun Fact: Prince William is the first Prince of Wales to not have a ceremony to be Prince of Wales

I may have misunderstood what I heard, but Maori is not Asian. Maori are the native peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand) who are Polynesian. Excellent video though, mahalo!

You commented several times that Princes Beatrice and her husband do not have a titles in the peerage. This is only partially accurate, as her husband holds a title in the Italian aristocracy. Thanks for the update video!

WOW! The more you know...thank you for breaking this down completely in simple terms, for all us commoners!🧐

I don’t know how you keep all of this straight but it is pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Very informative and enlightening. One correction the title Defender of the Faith, was given to Henry V111 by the Pope, for Henry's thesis on religion against Martin Luther. This was before The break with the Roman catholic church

Congratulations on a splendid explanation of the Line of Succession. I wanted to point out two things: (i) The Reformed Succession to the Crown Act 2013 removed the disqualification of Royal Family members marrying Roman Catholics, thus Royals who had married Roman Catholics, but who themselves had not converted to Roman Catholicsm, were reinstated to the Line of Succession eg HRH Prince Michael of Kent. (ii) Prior to her marriage with Peter Phillips (The Late Queen`s first grandson) in 2008, Autumn Kelly converted to the Church of England, ensuring her husband did not lose his place in the Line of Succession. The Reformed Succesion to the Crown Act 2013 was irrelevant in this instance, as it did not exist.

Defender of the Faith was a title Pope Leo X gave to Henry VIII back in 1521 for his defense of the Roman Catholic Church against the threat posed by Martin Luther. It represented Henry's piety and loyalty to the Church. When Henry broke with the Catholic Church and established the Church of England with himself as its head, he kept the title. It has been passed down to every Monarch since 1544.

Henry VII was not illegitimate. He won the monarchy by Richard III'S death in battle. His own lineage was a bit dicey William III was invited to reign alongside his wife

From William I Who conquered the land, To William II - Was that “accident” planned? Henry I Left the succession in doubt, Leaving Stephen and Matilda To battle it out. Henry II Brought justice and law. Richard I Went crusading for war. Then came John, His reign was a shower, Though Henry, his boy, Would cling on to power. Edward I Hammer of the Scots Poor Edward II - That poker looked hot! Edward III, What a chivalrous reign, Besting the French On every campaign! Richard II For his tyranny and sin, Was duly deposed By Henry, his kin. Henry V took England to war, The conqueror! The Victor! Of Agincourt. The wars of the roses Went back and forth ‘Till poor Henry sixth Fell to Edward the fourth. Edward V should have Ascended the throne. But his usurping uncle Took it for his own! Then one day At Bosworth field The mighty Plantagenets, Did finally yield. Uniting the roses Of white and red Henry VII Struck King Richard dead! Henry VIII Took wife after wife Edward and Mary - Religion and strife! Good Queen Bess Brought England her glory, But we must borrow from Scotland To continue the story! James I Ruled Celts and Angles Avoiding the thorniest Of political tangles. With Charles I Defeat did beckon, But it was time to party With Charles II. James II - The last Catholic ever. William and Mary, Took the throne together. After Anne, the Queen (Ignoring Jacobite defectors) We turn to Germany And Hanovers’ electors. George I - Missing in action. The second no better - The head of a faction! The third seized power Whatever the cost. Madness descended! America lost! George IV And a time of disgrace. William the sailor Helped to save face. Queen Victoria, A new age was dawning. But little could amuse An empress in mourning! Edward VII Of gregarious fame. George V Changed the family name. Edward VIII Who followed his heart Burdening a brother Not born for the part. George VI Our strength at war What nobler a servant, Could have served any more? With Elizabeth the great Now Queen in the heavens, We cry, “God Save the King!” And a new reign beckons. (C) Gareth Streeter, September 2022

Henry VII was NOT illegitimate. He came from an illegitimate line. But, he himself, was not illegitimate.

Small note: Queen Victoria had no _full_ siblings, i.e. no siblings who had the same mother (Victoria of Saxe-Coberg-Saalfeld) and father (Edward, Duke of Kent & Strathearn) as she did. She did, however, have two half siblings from her mother's first marriage to Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen, Carl (Prince of Leiningen after his father died in 1814) and Feodora (Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg). Everyone seems to forget about her two (German!) older half siblings, and that she was raised with her first language being German, until John Conroy realised how bad it would look if a future monarch (that they were trying to distance from the licentious, improvident Georgians, aka her grandparents, uncles, &c, who were much hated for being so very German and _"un-English")_ to retain the German-ness, via her accent, that was a calling card of her predecessors. That said, she and Albert preferred to converse in German, as she was very much a native speaker. (People tend to forget that the reason Prussia and all those minor german states and monarchies existed is that Germany is _a lot fekning bigger than the UK,_ especially England alone (because the world seems to forget that Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland are wholeass different countries to England, and "British" is not really an identity-well, it is, but it's like when you realise that "American", whilst usually used to refer to the people of the USA, can technically include any country south of-and including-Canada). Anyway, TL;DR: Victoria wasn't an only child, and please stop claiming she was.

What a great video. Lovely to see someone from the US taking such a detailed interest in the royal family and the traditions that go with it. Also, great that you have clearly done some great research and got it all correct unlike many other videos. Great job, keep the videos coming. Really enjoyed it. 😊

You should do a video about whoever is LAST in the current line of succession.

Small correction, Senna and Tāne aren't of asian descent. Their father is Māori, which is a people who came from the pacific region. Also their names are pronounced "senn-ah" and "tah-nay" You're missing the flat accent (ā) in Tāne's name. Their mother's name is Davina, not Davinia. You've also got Edward listed as Duke of Cambridge for some reason. I thought maybe that was there because HMTQ offered Edward that Dukedome but he wanted Earl of Wessex due to a Shakespear character with the same title. But then you didn't talk about it so maybe not.

A clarification about the accession of Queen Victoria. She was not an only child. She was her mother's third and youngest child; her older brother was the Prince of Leiningen and her older sister the Princess-consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Victoria succeeded because her father the Duke of Kent fathered no legitimate sons.

Kudos for this! You made it interesting and informative at the same time. Thank you so much!

Autumn Kelly converted to Church of England before her marriage to Peter Philips. The Succession to the Crown Act of 2013 is what eliminated the prohibition of marrying a Catholic.

Thank you, youve made a confusing subject easy to understand. Love your content.

👍👍 Great video; thanks for sharing how the Norwegian Royal Family is connected to The British Royal Family.

Master video in which in 25 mims you get every information you need to know if being interested in those things. GREAT JOB!!! 🤗🤗❤️🇬🇧 Rest easy HM The Queen and Long live the once future kings william and george👑🇬🇧❤️

I have always found it interesting that Princess Mary's descendants are excluded from joining their cousins for balcony appearances and so on. I've always wondered if it was because Mary was close to her brother Edward VIII and got frozen out by the Queen Mother over it.

Henry VII himself was not illegitimate. His line or right to the throne came through his mother Margret Beaufort who's line was Illegitimate but was legitimized but barred from the throne.

Overly complicated. And this went on for years....love history but omgosh this video is the best nutshell ever 😀 thank you so much history tea time

This is so well done. Thank you!

We all know about the British crown jewels, but we know nothing about other countries royal regalias so please could you make a video about Royal regalias around the world.... 🙏🥰

I am not over 18 so I cannot be a patron, but of I was, I definitely would be!! I LOVE your videos. History fascinates me.

I love your videos. So eloquent and knowledgable.

Thank you for this. Always appreciated!

Thank you so much, I really enjoyed seeing all this. I will be checking in for more history lessons

I'm trying to find the list that you where showing us the succession list, I saw that a few years back ❤️ Btw I love your channel soooooo much!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️😍

Henry VIII did not create the title “Defender of the Faith” for himself. He was awarded the title in 1521 by Pope Leo X.

5:45 Prince Edward is not the “Duke of Cambridge”. He’s the Earl of Wessex (and Forfar).

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex became Duke of Edinburgh

This was very informative and well presented. Thank you.

This was extremely interesting and explanatory. Thank you.

Beatrice's husband doesn't have an English title. He has a Italian one

Hi, I love how comprehensive your videos are! Can you do a video about the Orders of Precedence in the United Kingdom?

Hopefully Parliament with change the statute to address the "Counsellor of State" problem inherited by the King.

This is the most informative, interesting and unbiased explanation of the line I succession I have seen 👍

Your videos are most appreciated and most fascinated thank you so very much for posting them.

The RU-vid algorithm recommended you to me probably because I was watching a lot of useful charts hahaha however I must say you have a very calm and soothing voice that is perfect for the type of video you make and is excellent for listening to when I don't have to watch the video

I am also a descendant of Edward III through my maternal grandfather (and possibly my maternal grandmother (still digging in that branch)), but my line's too far out there for any actual claim. Plus, my maternal family's catholic, so no chance of getting anywhere. All I can do is pay my respects to my royal ancestors.

Considering William's significant popularity in the UK I don't think Wales is going to vote to bar him from being their prince of Wales and I predict that as long as he behaves himself, and all indications thus far is that he will, George will also not be barred from being Prince of Wales by the Welsh people. Though I think it would help matters if George had some Welsh ancestry. He probably does as most Brits have at least a little Welsh DNA.

This was a great video. Thank you !!

Thank you so much, I am from Phoenix, Az and I really like your post

It would be such a great fun fact if you could say "Yeah, I'm like 4759th in line for the British throne. 💅 LOL

Still rooting for my guy Ralph to get the throne one of these days.

Very informative on the British line of succession. Thank you.

My family have Catholic Royal lines in Spain. My great grandmother's great grandmother was Maria Christina of the Two Siciles. Her son Fernando is my grandmother's great grandpa. He was a Catholic man,but had to apparent illegitimate child named Lucia. Her mother (Alice)was married to a German Ambassador named Christopher,and they lived in Barcelona. Lucia believed Chris was her father,but when she was 15 her mother told her the truth. Lucia asked her mother to leave and never return or she would tell Chris that Alice cheated. However,Lucia wanted to meet her biological father. She went to meet Fernando,but he rejected to see her and asked her to leave. Lucia was upset,and came home to see that Alice lied and said Lucia had planned overthrow the family once she sided with Fernando. Lucia was shocked her mother would lie and her father believed it. She was thrown out the house and the family shipped her off to Marsielle. She decided to cut everything to due eith her family and became Protestant

This would be the premise of King Ralph (1991). Imagine a midwestern truck driver as new king of England?! Tea would be spilled all over the UK! ☕️ 🌬

I read this as "Loyalty 101" and now I'm disappointed.

You are amazing! This is so much easier to understand! Blessings!

Actually Autumn Kelly did convert to Anglicanism from Catholicism when she married Peter. No rules were changed.

The plural of Princess Royal is Princesses Royal. Great stuff, though.

I watched a series on RU-vid recently which you can find by searching "The Father-in-Law of Europe. It follows the line of King Christian IX of Denmark, Queen Margrethe's Great,Great,Grandfather, who's 6 children all married into royal houses all over Europe. It's a fascinating series that follows each of his children's descendants down to the present (or nearly) day. Of course, many of the children's children became Kings or Queens themselves, including Queen Alexandra of UK, Queen Maria Fedorova (Dagmar) of Russia, plus the monarchs of Sweden, Norway, etc. It gets rather confusing, but a genealogical tree, such as you've provided here, would be most helpful. Just an idea for your channel. I've watched the series several times, and it never fails to enthrall, because the descendants tell the family stories in their own words.

You are really good at this. Wonderful video

Fascinating! Cleared up a lot of things for me as an American.

The Duchess of Kent retired from official duties some years ago and then converted to Catholicism, which is probably why her children and some grandchildren are catholic. The Duke of Kent continued to carry out official duties including giving out the Wimbledon trophies until 2021 when Catherine took over as patron to the All England Club. He was the chancellor of the University of Surrey when I was a student there some 20 years ago. The Duke of Gloucester still carries out official duties and he walked behind the Queen’s coffin during the procession to lying to state and the processions for her funeral.

Autumn Kelly converted to anglicanism before marrying Peter Philips (Meghan Markle also converted before her wedding).

This was so interesting thank you!

I'm so impressed about your huge work for this video !

The title "Defender of the Faith" was awarded to Henry VIII by the Pope when Henry wrote a rebuttal to Martin Luther in the 1520s. "Defensor Fidei" was not a title created by Henry VII, he just continued to use it in the Anglican Church and passed it down to protestant rulers.

Hopefully, show George the fifth daughter, Mary, and her descents in an upcoming video.

5:25 - The fact that a Grandson becomes Heir also happend in 1751 when Frederic, Prince of Wales died. Not his younger brother became the new Heir but his Son (later George III.)

Queen Anne to have all of her children die is just sooooooooooo sad and heartbreaking, yet she had to be strong as a Queen. As an Australian, lm not a Royalist but god bless her R.I.P. Plus l have always thought Princess Anne would have been a great Queen like her mother.

Thank you so much for your videos! I would love to learn more about other current queens, like the queen of Denmark. 😊

I hope Charles keeps his mother’s wish to give Edward the title

Wow this is fantastic. Learned a lot. Thank you

Excellent and informative vlog - many thanks.

Only discussing this with my children during QE2 funeral, I've shared with all 5 as a royalist and amateur historian, they should know as I now have grandchildren interested in the subject, but probably won't be taught this at school, and 5 of my 6 grandchildren are welsh, born into my family. Thankyou, very interesting and informative 👍

lindsay! since doing the princess royals video, i've had idea that you should do a video on the different princess of wales now that there's been an addition^^✨

This was amazing & very informative. Thank you 🙏🙏💜💜👏👏🔥🔥💪💪

Great video! I sure will share it :) thank you for sharing 🌺

Was wondering what all of King Charles medals are for. I only recognise one of them, third from the left, awarded to prince Charles in 1963 by Queen Elizabeth for eating all his brussell sprouts and broccoli.

I'm getting dizzy! Lindsay how did you do all that? You must have been up all night!

Wonderful tutorial on this very interesting subject.

Correction... Autumn Kelly while raised Catholic was received into the Church of England before her marriage. So Peter wouldn't have been excluded. The rule of excluding people who married Catholics was changed with the Succession to the Crown Act of 2013.

Lots of English people have some Royal Blood on them. Well, counting how much Charlie #2 and Edward #7 played around, I can believe that. Maybe you should make a video about Charles II and the Girls, and how, even when he didn't have any legitimate children and the crown passed to his brother, his lineage will be reinstated on the throne once William is King as Diana actually descended from one, maybe two, of Charles II's illegitimate lines.

Think you just made Prince Sverre's homework to set his plans in motion a lot easier.

What an interesting video! Thank you

Wow that was a lot of information crazy how it's all kept in order with who is who and who receives a title and who does not.

'Tane' is pronounced 'ta-neh' :) And I don't think it's quite accurate to describe the Maori as Asian - more appropriate would be Polynesian.

I'm a descendant of Edward III as well via Edmund, 1st Duke of York

I doubt very much that Prince Louis will received the traditional title of the second son of a monarch, Duke of York, given Andrew's legacy. But I'd be willing to bet that Charles III's decision to give the title of Duke of Edinburgh to Prince Edward was a clever bit of future planning. Most likely Edward will have passed on by the time Louis would be thinking of getting married, and as the title will not be inherited by Edward's son, James, that title would be available for Louis instead of Duke of York.

Princess Beatrice's husband is a Count which also makes Princess Beatrice a Countess.

This was fun. Thank you! I once found a countess in my ancestry, but I can't remember which monarch the came from. I'm curious to see what titles will be granted from KC3.

Imagine being born as the crown prince damn what a life

New Expungements and Pardons as well no doubt. Im sure he's relieved.

You do great commentary. Your voice is soothing

you should do one for Japan I really want Princess Kako of Akishino to be empress of Japan

Prince Harry had his birthday on 15 September, 1 week after his Grandmothers death-

Defender of the faith, was a title given to Henry viii from the Pope in gratitude for a book he had written regarding religion and the Pope.

I really love your conclusion to this video! There is hope out there for 5,300 people (should there be a catastrophic tragedy).