Royal Family - Order of Succession

[Phil]

The present order seems to be as follows:-

1. The Prince of Wales
2. Prince William of Wales
3. Prince Henry (Harry) of Wales
4. The Duke of York
5. Princess Beatrice of York
6. Princess Eugenie of York
7. Prince Edward
8. Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of (7)
9. The Princess Royal
10. Peter Phillips

The question I ask is this. A son was born to Prince Edward & The Countess of Wessex in 2007 who now basks in the title James, Viscount Severn. Why is he not ranked 8th? He appears not to be in the top 25, with individuals like Master Arthur Chatto and his brother Master Samuel Chatto occupying 17th and 16th places respectively.

[annie0000]

Was the baby born with problems? something seems to ring a bell.

[ttfn]

What - apart from his father annie?

[DSJ]

There were problems but he's fine now. He should be there at number 8, above his sister, Louise.

[annie0000]

Then again, perhaps the list is just out of date:

http://wapedia.mobi/e...British_throne?t=2.2.

[woofgang]

This list from the official website,includes him, where did your list come from?
http://www.royal.gov....cession/Overview.aspx

[LoftyLottie]

Found this, which points to him being 8th in Line. Debretts is likely to be correct.

http://www.debretts.c...ts/james-windsor.aspx

[annie0000]

lol ttfn - given the imbreeding, I'm surprised some of them don't have extra limbs never mind dolts as parents.

[ummmm]

I haven't heard of half of them.

[ttfn]

and even less likely to want to meet them ummmm
How can young children be expected to learn arithmatic -
Viscount Severn is No. 8 indeed

[Phil]

Thanks for the answers. I did check wikipedia and see that he is 8th in line.

The information I have is taken from p. 178 of The Penguin Books of Facts ed. David Crystal, reprinted in 2008. This appears to be a mistake then. A bad mistake to make.

Oddly enough, it was a question on a daytime UK TV game show This week "The Chase" which posed the question who is "Who is 11th in line to the British throne?" The correct answer was Zara Phillips. If James, Viscount Severn is 8th, then Zara Phillips will be relegated to 12th in line. So they too were wrong. Perhaps they were using the aforementioned PBOF. I distinctly remember one of the contestants being v. surprised.

[mollykins]

With interbreeding i'm surprised some people aren't on twice from being the child of two people on the list.

If you were the child of two people on the list, where would you go?

[ummmm]

Long live the Queen....lol

I do like Charles though

[ummmm]

They are not that interbred anymore. They've even started marrying commoners..!!

[mollykins]

!!!!!!!!

[Old_Geezer]

Who cares; there's plenty of headroom on the block for all of them.

[Mosaic]

Can I ask a linked question - do we care which of these leeches attaches itself to the title?
Morning Star coverage of Princess Anne's wedding to mark Philips: 'Traffic disrupted in central London'.

[Mosaic]

One good shove at the top of the stairs, and the prerequisite is achieved Steve.

[VHG]

>They've even started marrying commoners..!!

And then divorcing them !

[ummmm]

Do you not think that's more a sign of the times?