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Last Updated: Monday March 16 2009 15:28 GMT

King William?

Prince William attends the Christmas Day Church (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

William is second in line to the throne after his dad, Prince Charles.

Below is a list of members of the Royal Family and the order in which they would become King or Queen if our current Queen, Elizabeth II, died or stepped down.

It is called the line of royal succession.

  • 1. Prince Charles (1948)
  • 2. Prince William (1982)
  • 3. Prince Harry (1984)
  • 4. Prince Andrew (1960)
  • 5. Princess Beatrice (1988)
  • 6. Princess Eugenie (1990)
  • 7. Prince Edward (1964)
  • 8.Lady Louise Windsor (2003)
  • 9. Princess Anne (1950)
  • 10. Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne (1977)
  • 11. Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne (1981)
  • 12 Viscount Linley, son of Princess Margaret (1961)
  • 13. Charles Armstrong Jones, Viscount Linley's son (1999)
  • 14. Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of Princess Margaret (1964)
  • 15. Samuel Chatto, Princess Margaret's grandson (1996)

(Year of birth in brackets)