The Queen has not "skipped" Charles. She is his mother and became Queen immediately on the death of her beloved father. Prince Charles will become King immediately on the death of his beloved mother at which point she has no say in the matte...
Even if she had desired to skip her eldest son, Charles, in favour of her grandson, William, she did not have the power to choose her successor on a whim.
Even if the Queen wanted to change her successor, she doesn't have the power to do so. It's against the law, specifically the 1701 Act of Settlement, which requires that a monarch's heir must be a direct successor and a Protestant. Prince Charles fits the bill on both accounts.
Does Queen Elizabeth II have the authority to skip over Prince Charles and name Prince William as her successor? The answer is NO. The succession to the throne is laid down in the Succession to the Throne law, which would require another act of Parliament to change it.
Prince William
The current Prince of Wales is first in line for the throne. He will succeed his father, Charles III, as king.
The 1701 Act of Settlement is the act of Parliament that determines the succession to the throne and requires that a monarch's heir must be his or her direct successor (and a Protestant). That's Charles, not William.
Equally now, if Prince William dies before King Charles, William's son Prince George of Cambridge, will be next in line to the throne, not Prince Charles' second son Prince Harry.
Under British laws established in the late 1600s and early 1700s, the succession to the throne can be regulated by Parliament, which can remove monarchs for "misgovernment," according to the royal family's website.
If the king died, then William would inherit his throne. If both Charles and William were to die then the throne would be inherited by William's son, Prince George, but while he is under the age of 18 (until July 22, 2031), a regent would need to be appointed by law.
Anne is 16th in line to the throne – even though she is the second of the late queen's four children. That's because she was born before a new law was passed in 2013, changing the rules for the succession so that it is based on birth order, not gender, known as male primogeniture.
Kate will instead be a queen consort, the wife of a reigning king (William, of course). In the role, she will support her husband in his duties, attend engagements, and help with charitable organizations that resonate with her.
William certainly has the option of choosing a new regnal name when he becomes King (perhaps one of his middle names: Arthur, Philip, or Louis, or George, like his great-grandfather), but if he keeps William, he would be known as King William V.
He is also the father of Queen Elizabeth's great-grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. So what will Prince William inherit from Queen Elizabeth? After Queen Elizabeth's death, Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall, a private estate worth around $1.2 billion.
While Buckingham Palace has long denied claims that the Queen planned to step down, it was possible that Her Majesty could one day hand power over to Prince Charles, the first in line to the throne.
If William abdicated then George would be King and a Regent would need to be found to cover the next 10 years.
King Charles III will be crowned with St Edward's Crown, which has traditionally been used as the coronation crown since the 17th century (Queen Elizabeth II was crowned with this very headpiece during her 1953 coronation).
Princess Charlotte
She would become Queen only if Prince George predeceased her without having any living children.
Both of them are married or partners of the next in line to the throne. This means that neither Camilla nor Kate will ever be known as Queen, only as Queen Consort. When William becomes king, that will be the title that awaits her.
If Britain ever did decide to get rid of the monarchy, it would be a constitutional matter requiring legislation from parliament. Even before that, it would need to be endorsed by the British public through a referendum, which would have to be called for by the government (just as the Brexit referendum was).
You couldn't abolish the monarchy without a referendum. Any referendum, at the moment, would be incredibly divisive. And all those people who felt that they were cut out by the so-called Westminster elites in the past will feel it even more so on this subject.
"The Queen has no power to change the line of succession. Only Parliament can do that, as it did in the 2013 Act. "So if Harry were to be removed from the line of succession, it would require legislation through an Act of Parliament."
He is the third King Charles (the last died in 1685), and his wife Camilla will be known as Queen after the coronation. Charles's eldest son, now the Prince of Wales, is next in line and - if he takes his first name - will eventually be King William V.
If Prince George becomes king as expected, he will trade "His Royal Highness" for "His Majesty." Prince William and Princess Kate's three children experienced a title change in September when their great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth died and their grandfather King Charles acceded the throne.
In the event that Prince William dies before the King, his eldest son Prince George will become next in line to the throne. As Prince George does not have children, if something were to happen to him as well his younger sister Princess Charlotte would be next in line, followed by their youngest sibling Prince Louis.
' Prince Charles told to step aside and let Prince William become King” Independent: “Almost half of British public want Prince Charles to give throne to William upon Queen's death, survey finds”