Queen Elizabeth's successor

[CumbrianLefty]

Her health has visibly deteriorated rapidly since she lost her husband of seven decades last year.* She has lost a lot of weight, her colour isn't good and she can't manage public events longer than about an hour or so, even sitting down. It isn't entirely clear what the issue (or issues) are because The Palace is notoriously opaque about the health of senior Royals (last year they were insisting that Philip was fine, really, when it was extremely obvious that he was dying), but she's not a well old lady and people need to be realistic.

_{*This is a really common thing to happen, of course.}

You think this is (maybe) her last year among the living? 

I think she makes it to the 70th anniversary of her coronation (a year from now) but not a lot more.

A few years ago it looked very possible she might outlive her mum, not so much now.

[CumbrianLefty]

Elizabeth II today becomes officially the second longest reigning monarch ever. This is limited to "fully sovereign" countries, and those whose tenure can be precisely dated - still impressive.

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Of course not, though its still not confirmed what his regnal name will actually be.

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Also made a point of mentioning his younger son and his spouse.

He isn't likely to disown them however much many in our media desire it.

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Well, since this thread was started, QE2 was succeeded by President Sandra Mason of Barbados.

As was announced would happen a year or two ago.

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Why is there a 'Prince and Princess of Wales' royal title (and designated heir to the throne), but not an equivalent for Scotland?  I know 'Prince and Princess of Scotland' sounds strange at first, but I am sure it that novelty will wear off over time. 

As Lord Halifax notes, Wales was a principality, and so was ruled by a Prince. After England and Wales were unified into a single kingdom, the title of Prince of Wales was revived as a title subservient to the King of England & Wales.

When the England and Scottish crowns were unified, the two kingdoms were ruled as one. William, as heir to the British crown, does hold the title of Prince and Steward of Scotland, but this is subsidiary to his other Scottish titles, most notably Duke of Rothesay, and the much cooler Lord of the Isles, which comes from a 12th-15th century domain comprised of the Hebridean Isles, that mostly fell under the MacDonald lordship:

And in some respects, the present day IoM is the final remnant of this.

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The Tudors were Welsh? Who knew?

I met a history teacher who once said  “Aye a penny pinching miserable excuse of a man was Henry Tudor - and I’m Welsh!”

He referred to the man commonly known as Henry VII, but as with most devout Ricardians he only named him Henry Tudor.

those people still exist?

Most certainly. There are still some self-declared Jacobites too.