Who becomes king/queen of England if William doesn't have a son?

Question

If Prince William becomes king but then doesn't have a son will Harry become king or will it go to Williams oldest daughter?

Answer 1

If William has no son's and has daughters the eldest would take the throne but if he has no children then Harry would take the throne or any legitimate children he may have.

  It is Charles

         William

         Harry

          Prince Andrew

          Princess Beatrice

          Princess Eugenie

          Prince Edward

          (His children)

          Peter Phillips ( unless his fiance does not turn away from being a Catholic, if she does not then he will be excluded from the line)

          Zara Phillips

You can go to Royalty.com and see the line of succession there.

Answer 2

If William had any children, male or female, they would succeed him.  If he was childless the line of succession would be as follows:

Henry

Andrew

Beatrice

Eugine

Edward

Louise

James

Anne

Peter

Zara    More is available at this link:

   http://www.etoile.co.uk/Rsucc.html

Answer 3

If Prince William does not have a male heir, his eldest daughter will become "Heiress Presumptive" or "Heiress Apparent" depending if the British line of succession will change its regulation at the time.

An heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne. An heiress apparent cannot be displaced from inheriting and the crown goes to the eldest born despite its gender.

The crown will only go to Prince Harry of Wales, if Prince William died without issue meaning he died without any surviving legitimiate children.

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 4

The eldest daughter becomes Queen,in much the same way, that the current Queen became the monarch!Her father only had daughters,so as the eldest daughter, Elizabeth became the heir to the throne and inherited the title upon his death.

And to correct a wrong answer, Anne,the Princess Royal is still in the line of succession. Here is the current list,from Buckingham Palace's website at http://www.royal.gov/uk

1.   The Prince of Wales

2.   Prince William of Wales

3.   Prince Henry of Wales

4.   The Duke of York

5.   Princess Beatrice of York

6.   Princess Eugenie of York

7.   The Earl of Wessex

8.   Viscount Severn

9.   The Lady Louise Windsor

10. The Princess Royal

11. Mr. Peter Phillips

12. Miss Zara Phillips

13. Viscount Linley

14. The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones

15. The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones

16. The Lady Sarah Chatto

17. Master Samuel Chatto

18. Master Arthur Chatto

19. The Duke of Gloucester

20. Earl of Ulster

21. Lord Culloden

22. The Lady Davina Lewis

23. The Lady Rose Windsor

24. The Duke of Kent

25. The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor

26. The Lady Amelia Windsor

27. The Lady Helen Taylor

28. Master Columbus Taylor

29. Master Cassius Taylor

30. Miss Eloise Taylor

31. Miss Estella Taylor

32. The Lord Frederick Windsor

33. The Lady Gabriella Windsor

34. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy

35. Mr. James Ogilvy

36. Master Alexander Ogilvy

37. Miss Flora Ogilvy

38. Miss Marina Ogilvy

39. Master Christian Mowatt

40. Miss Zenouska Mowatt

When William and Harry marry and have children,their offspring enter the line after their fathers. Males will have precedence over females,because the UK follows the rules of primogeniture.

Answer 5

It would go to William's oldest daughter. It would only go to Harry if William did not have children.

Answer 6

Hewitt's son.

Harry.

Answer 7

All the living descendants of Frederick, Prince of Wales, as well as his sister, Anne, are in line for succession upon Queen Elizabeth's death.  All pretenders take notice: No Stuarts or Roman Catholics need apply:

The Children and Grandchildren of the Queen:

1)     Charles, Prince of Wales

2)     Prince William (and any of his issue)

3)     Prince Harry

4)     Prince Andrew

5)     Princess Beatrice

6)     Princess Eugenie

7)     Earl of Wessex, Edward

8)    James Windsor, Viscount Severn

9)     Louise Windsor

10)   The Princess Royal, Anne

11)   Peter Phillips

12)   Zara Phillips

The Children and Grandchildren of Princess Margaret:

13)   David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

14)   The Honourable Charles Armstrong-Jones

15)    Lady Sarah Chatto

16)    Samuel Chatto

17)    Michael Dwyer

Everyone Else:

62)     King Harold of Norway

85)     Princess Margarita of Romania

94)     Prince Peter of Yugoslavia

111)   Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

187)   King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

216)   Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

229)   Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

288)   Prince Boris of Bulgaria

416)   King Constantine II of Greece

481)   Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh

808)   Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

1346) and last on the list--Franziska Wassmann (b. 1986)

Answer 8

IF william ever marries and has a daughter, she'll be next in line.  If not, then it goes to Harry.

I'm pretty sure that right now, the line of succession is:

Charles

William

Harry

Andrew

Edward

The duchesses Beatrice and whatever her sister's name is, it isn't coming to me, and I'm not sure which one is older.

I'm not sure what the status is on Edward's children.

Anne opted out of the whole line when she married Mark Phillips, and she opted out for her children, too, so I'm pretty sure the next would be Margaret's son, who used to be known as the Viscount Linley, but I think he's now the Lord Snowdon, since papa died.  Someone help me out, here.

Did I pass?

:)