Here’s Who Will Take Queen Elizabeth’s Place on the Throne How Soon It Could Happen

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Scroll To See More Images <?xml encoding="utf-8" ?> Royal followers have been curious to know who will take over after Queen Elizabeth for years.

The monarch, who ascended to the throne in 1952, continues to rule today—but her successor has already been determined. The British royal line of succession is based on the order of the Queen’s descendants and a series of legislative rules passed by Parliament.

These include the U.K.’s Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement (which was later restated by the Acts of Union), which generally dictated that an exiting monarch’s eldest son would be first in line for the throne.

The Succession Crown Act of 2013, however, reversed this rule for future heirs “to make succession to the Crown not depend on