Queen Elizabeth became heir presumptive since she had no brothers. If her parents had a later son, he would have been heir apparent and would have come before her in the line of succession, which was decided at the time by male-preference primogeniture.
In September 2015, Elizabeth broke Queen Victoria’s (her great-great-grandmother’s) record of 63 years and 216 days on the throne to become the longest-reigning British monarch in history.
Who is Queen Elizabeth’s favorite grandchild Lady Louise?
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mountbatten-Windsor is the oldest daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the Queen’s granddaughter and 16th in line to the throne. She was born on November 8, 2003, and has an older brother, James, Viscount Severn, who is 13 years her senior.
Lady Louise Windsor, 18, drove her late husband Prince Philip’s carriage in a moving homage as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee festivities as part of the Fell Pony Society centennial procession.
Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee in February 2022, signifying seven decades of service to the Commonwealth.
