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Everything Everywhere Daily

The British Line of Succession

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The British Crown is unquestionably the best-known monarchy in the world. As with all monarchies, there is a strict line of succession featuring many names you’ve probably heard of: Prince Charles, Prince William, and little Prince George. However, the rules regarding succession are more elaborate than most people realize, and the number of people in the line of succession now goes into the thousands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The British crown is unquestionably the best known monarchy in the world.

0:04.0

As with all monarchies, there's a strict line of secession featuring many names you've probably heard of,

0:08.0

Prince Charles, Prince William, and Little Prince George.

0:12.0

However, the rules regarding secession are more elaborate

0:14.8

than most people realize, and the number of people in the line of secession now goes

0:18.8

into the thousands. Moreover, the current line of secession isn't the only one out there.

0:24.0

If history had gone down a different path, the current British monarch might very well be someone

0:27.9

else entirely.

0:28.9

Learn more about how they determine who becomes the king or queen of the United Kingdom on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by G Adventures. These are very troubled times. Even though things are starting to get better

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1:45.0

The current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, can trace her roots back over

1:52.4

1200 years to the reign of Alfred the Great, whose

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