The position of the Duchess of, York's laby daughter is quite ditferent from that of Princess Mary's Ste is born a Princes¥ of the! United Kingdom anda Reysl High-nee, while Princess Mary's sons aré'sict' princes and not royal high-'
The young Princes is ct present in the direct line of succession to the Throne, although her right will be postponed if the Fi of Wales marries and has children, the Dake and Duchess of York have a son, The heir to the Throne is the Prince of Wales, next. comes the Duke of York, and then the rew Princess. After her at present stand Prince Henry, Prince George, Princess Mary and her two fons, and then the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Fife, and the Earl of Macduff.
It is a point of law which has} never yet arisen, and has never} been settled whether the Princess Royal, Princess Victoria, and the Queen of Norway would succeed in that order, or whether the Crown would fall into abeyance between them, The fact has happened twi When Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth were ce-heirs of Henry, VIII, the case was dealt with by special statute, and when Queen Mary LI and Queen Anne were the ce-heirs of Jamey I by the acceptance of William IL. As the youngest Princess stands so near to the Throne, it is to hoped that she will' not be called Princess (whatever her name may) be) "of York." It is quite incorrect to do so although a similar practice has been followed habitual. ly in recent generations of the Royal Family.
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