In this case, would this Princess become heir apparent in the United Kingdom?

Question

Let's fast forward awhile and say that Prince William of Wales has ascended the throne as King William V. Let's say that he has a son named Prince X who he creates the Prince of Wales. Then let's say that Prince X has a daughter Princess A. Prince X dies the day of his daughter's birth with no other children. Since she is the first and only child of the deceased Prince of Wales she can not be displaced in the line of succession. Will she now be called heir apparent since she's first in line to the throne and can not be bumped down by a future birth? Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes that GIRL would become the next QUEEN of England if William son and William was to die

Answer 2

Succession to the British Throne is governed both by common law and statute. Under common law the crown is passed on by male-preference primogeniture (Cognatic primogeniture). In other words, an individual's male children are preferred over his or her female children, and an older child is preferred over a younger child of the same gender, with children representing their deceased ancestors.

Like Queen Elizabeth II, although she was obviously the heiress to the British throne after her father, she was still "Heiress Presumptive" rather than a "Heiress Apparent" simply because thats how the common law was laid down.

The only solution for a Royal Princess (who is first in line) to be acknowledged as the "Heiress Apparent" is by having the Parliament overrule its current succession law to "Equal  primogeniture".  Equal primogeniture is inheritance by the oldest surviving child without regard to gender. It is also known as (full) cognatic primogeniture today.

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland  is the heiress apparent to the Swedish throne. She is currently the world's only female heir apparent to a royal throne. Her younger brother, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland is the second child of three children and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Born Crown Prince of Sweden, he retained his title and first place in succession for seven months until 1 January 1980. On that date, he was stripped of both due to a change in the Act of Succession to introduce equal primogeniture. Since then, Prince Carl Philip has been second in the line of succession, after his elder sister, Crown Princess Victoria. However, in the line of succession to the British throne, Prince Carl Philip is ahead of his elder sister due to the UK still operating male primogeniture.

Answer 3

The UK has male precedence to become king. A younger brother takes precedence over an older sister. A male in line for the throne is the heir apparent. A female in line for the throne is the heir presumptive. If the king, William in this case, has more children then any males will take precedence over his granddaughter.  

William's queen might die or he could divorce her and marry again. Any male children by the second marriage would take precedence over daughters from the first.

The precedent was set by Henry VIII. His son, Edward VI,  by his third wife  took precedence over the daughter, Mary I, of his divorced first wife and the daughter, Elizabeth I, of his executed second wife.

Answer 4

The current Queen Elizabeth II was always referred to as the "heir presumptive", because there was always a chance (that became increasingly small, but it is assumed that where there is a man and a woman, there is a chance) that her mother and father would have a boy. In the case you describe, there would be no further opportunities for more children, and I suppose she could legitimately be styled as the "Heir Apparent", since she could not be displaced from inheriting.  A "heir presumptive" can be displaced at any time, no matter how small the chance.  The heir apparant is the undisputed heir to the throne.

Answer 5

If William has no other children then yes she would become queen,however,if William were to have another son then he would be heir to the throne and Princess A would move down the list.

The easiest way to explain this is to look at the current line of succession.

If the Queen were to die tomorrow,Charles would become King.When he dies the title will pass to William.

If William has no children then Harry will become King.

If Harry has no children and is survived by Andrew then Andrew becomes King.

Andrew has 2 daughters but in the curren line of succession,Edward would become King after Andrew.

Answer 6

Females are called "heir presumptives," a hold over from the times when baby boys were always hoped for. But the girl would be next in line of succession;she automatically entered the line of succession at birth,right after her father. Since her father would no longer have any more children,her place is set.