How does the line of succession work in England?
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England hasn’t had its own monarchy since 1707 so I’ll assume you mean the British monarchy.
In the UK’s system, the crown passes to the eldest child. So when King Charles dies, the crown will pass to his oldest child, William. After William – or if William had died before his father – comes William’s oldest child, George. After George come William’s other children in birth order, Charlotte then Louis. If, somehow, William’s whole branch of the family were to suddenly die then the crown would go to Charles’s second son, Harry, and then to Harry’s children, and so on.
Before 2011, male heirs took precedence over female ones, so despite Queen Elizabeth’s daughter Anne being the second-oldest child, she is last in the order of succession behind all her brothers.
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