British royal family succession? Can Queen Elizabeth pick Prince William as her successor?

Question

Could she pick Prince William to become king, (while she's alive) and skip over Prince Charles?

Answer 1

No, Queen Elizabeth II does not have any power to change the succession law. She does not have absolute power meaning that she and her family must obey every common law and statue created by the British Parliament.

The line of succession to the British Throne is an ordered list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, which limits it to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:

- A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her "line"). Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).

- The monarch must be a Protestant at time of accession, and enter into communion with the Church of England after accession.

- Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession.

- A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this.

Answer 2

Why would she want to do that?   Whatever your feelings are about Prince Charles he has been prepared for his role as Monarch from childhood.  Prince William has very little experience and a great deal left to learn.

   I believe the Queen realises this and has a great deal of faith in her son to be a good Monarch.   Just because things didn't work out with Diana is not a good reason for anyone to decide he could not and should not be the King, he seems happier now in his personal life than he has been for years, and that can only be a good thing for everyone concerned

Answer 3

I don't think so. I believe it's law, established or, at least, upheld, by Parliament that says who can succeed the monarch. Further, there can be no King until the Queen is dead unless she abdicates the thrown in favor of it, which she has already said she will not do.

Answer 4

No, she can not decide who will succeed her. Only if the Prince of Wales dies, or abdicates will Prince William jump his father in the succession. A special  ruling from the Parliament could also bar Charles from the throne, however that is highly unlikely to happen.

Answer 5

No.To do so would require an act of Parliament.It would also require that Charles do something so horrendous and illegal,or simply just change his religion to Catholicism or some other non-Protestant based sect, that he'd have to be removed from the line of succession.Queen Elizabeth II lived through the abdication crisis caused by another Royal's shirking off  duties to simply just skip the line of succession to appoint anyone she wants as heir.She knows that Parliament would have to be involved,that she does not hold absolute power to do anything she wishes.From http://www.royal.gov/uk

"The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by Parliamentary statute.

The order of succession is the sequence of members of the Royal Family in the order in which they stand in line to the throne.

The basis for the succession was determined in the constitutional developments of the seventeenth century, which culminated in the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701).

When James II fled the country in 1688, Parliament held that he had 'abdicated the government' and that the throne was vacant. The throne was then offered, not to James's young son, but to his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, as joint rulers.

It therefore came to be established not only that the Sovereign rules through Parliament, but that the succession to the throne can be regulated by Parliament, and that a Sovereign can be deprived of his title through misgovernment.

The succession to the throne is regulated not only through descent, but also by statute; the Act of Settlement confirmed that it was for Parliament to determine the title to the throne.

The Act laid down that only Protestant descendants of Princess Sophia - the Electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I - are eligible to succeed. Subsequent Acts have confirmed this.

Parliament, under the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, also laid down various conditions which the Sovereign must meet. A Roman Catholic is specifically excluded from succession to the throne; nor may the Sovereign marry a Roman Catholic.

The Sovereign must, in addition, be in communion with the Church of England and must swear to preserve the established Church of England and the established Church of Scotland. The Sovereign must also promise to uphold the Protestant succession."

Answer 6

Yes, with the blessing of parliment she could.

Answer 7

It is highly unlikely since the line of succession in the UNited Kingdom is, more or less, set.  Elizabeth > Charles > William.

Answer 8

No, because of the Constitution, and Charles is her bloodline, her only surviving heir, and then it would be Andrew, Edward, but she changed it so that William is 3rd in succession, because she loves him so much.

Do you know little Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are 7th and 8th in Procession?

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Answer 9

no i think old big ears has to step aside for william ,i think william would do a better job

Answer 10

No. she can't. The laws of succession state that the eldest son (or eldest daughter if no sons) will inherit the throne unless they die before their parents. The Queen cannot designate her heir (as is possible in an absolute monarchy).

Answer 11

She would not do that.  Charles must commit a horrific crime in order for the Queen to bypass Charles and pick William.  Even so, it would be extremely scandalous, embarrassing and complicated situation for the royal family and England.