ABSTRACT
Succession to the Crown traditionally devolves according to the principles of primogeniture, that is to say that male heirs, and their children (irrespective of sex), take precedence over female heirs. Again, this matter is said to be under current discussion with a view to reform. Because of primogeniture, the current line of succession is Prince Charles, his sons Prince William and Prince Henry, Andrew, Duke of York, his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, Prince Edward, his children, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, and then her children, Peter and Zara Phillips, and thereafter to other members of the Royal Family in a predetermined line of succession.
