Princess Charlotte was the first young royal to be impacted by a change to a famous rule that has affected many female heirs to the throne - including Princess Anne
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the country does not look set to have another Queen Regnant for many years as the next two heirs to the throne are male. The first female in the queue is eight-year-old Princess Charlotte who sits in third place behind her father and elder brother.
Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana was born on May 2, 2015, at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington and lives with her family at Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor Estate. The reason for this is a historic rule known as primogeniture that unseats any female heir if a younger brother is born. The rules of primogeniture were altered in the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, meaning that any younger brother born after this date can no longer leapfrog an older sister.
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