Royal Baby Boy: Three Kings To Follow Queen

By Jason Farrell, Sky Correspondent

The Queen, it seems, will be succeeded by at least three kings.

The baby Prince of Cambridge is third in line to the throne after his grandfather Charles and father William.

This is only the second time in Royal history that there has been three generations of successors alive at the same time as the reigning monarch.

Queen Victoria's reign was so long her son, who would become Edward VII, was both a father - to the future George V - and grandfather - to the eventual Edward VIII - before her death in January 1901.

Queen Victoria reigned until 1901

Constitutional expert Professor Robert Hazell, from University College London, told Sky News: "Monarchs are living longer, so the successors are starting in the job much later.

"Look at Prince Charles; at his age he should be approaching retirement, but he has been in an apprenticeship his whole adult life.

"The job he was born to do hasn't started yet."

Children born on the same day as the new prince will receive a commemorative Royal Mint penny.

When Charles was born in 1948 children born on the same day were given food parcels.

"It wasn't what you might expect," said Audrey Collins from the National Archive.

"They didn't get medals or china. They got margarine and bacon. It was a time of rationing after the war, so the gift would have been gratefully received by the children's families."

Ahead of the new Royal birth the big issue had been the right of a first-born girl not to lose the succession to a younger brother.

The Succession Act of 2013 still needs to be ratified in some Commonwealth countries, and it is hoped the birth of a boy will not reduce the momentum of this change.

It seems, however, that after the reign of Queen Elizabeth we may have a long wait before there is the chance of another female monarch.

If the Prince of Cambridge lives as long as Her Majesty he could still be king at the turn of the century.

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