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Succession is a very important matter
in the royal family.
The line of succession delegates who will inherit the throne
and become the next king or queen of Great Britain.
I think he will be very much a king
who knows his own mind.
A line that has changed.
A line that is determined by descent, gender,
legitimacy, and religion.
On the 2nd of June, 1953,
the world rejoiced on the coronation of a new queen.
Seven decades on, it's almost impossible to imagine
that there was a time when she may have not even taken up
the mantle of monarch.
The coronation of the queen was a huge
and very significant affair.
It was a three hour ceremony.
It was everybody recalls the coldest June day
that had ever happened, and it was pouring with rain.
The army was enormous.
Every sort of foot or two feet along the pavement,
there was what they called street liners,
which were soldiers.
And they were all really cold
and they were given sugar lumps infused with brandy to sort
of keep them going.
And the ceremony itself was very, very serious
and very religious and very dramatic.
We won't ever have a ceremony quite like that again.
She never intended to become queen,
but everything changed from the age of 10
when her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated
and created the greatest British crisis in centuries.
I don't believe that Princess Elizabeth was really aware
of what it meant when her uncle,
uncle David she called him, abdicated.
She knew something happened
because everyone was in a terrible state
and she knew eventually that they would have to move house.
And she knew that her father would be king
and her mother would be queen.
But I don't think the actual, real sort of dimensions
of her situation, she was too young to understand that.
The line of succession to the throne
was then taken by King George VI, Elizabeth's father.
Her father reigned for 15 years,
then died in 1952,
7 years after the end of World War II.
They maintained an extremely close relationship.
And this was a perfect example of a happy childhood.
Princess Elizabeth was very close
to her father, always was.
I mean, he absolutely adored Margot, Princess Margaret.
And Margaret made him laugh,
but he was very proud of Elizabeth.
And he saw that sense of duty.
He spotted it very early on,
and he knew that she would be just the sort of queen
that the country needed.
And he tried to do as much with her as he could
because of course there was the war years,
took up a great chunk of her so-called childhood.
He didn't actually spend a huge amount of his life
with his daughters, but whenever he could, he did.
And he taught her to shoot.
He took her duck flighting.
He did kind of boyish things with her
because he only had two daughters
and he was just so proud of her.
So I think they were, especially for the time,
they were a very close family.
We may not think that now viewing them from our era,
but then they were a close family.
She was very much an unlikely queen.
Neither father nor daughter were
prepared to become the monarch.
She went from an aristocratic life
to suddenly being put in the spotlight.
She was very, very shy.
She wasn't a great conversationalist.
In fact, she didn't really have the necessary attributes
to enter this, you know, world of men.
But she had this extraordinary dedication to duty.
She was determined that she was going to do it right
and she had no training.
She just did what her father did.
And that kind of, in a way suited her character
because she could learn as she went along,
but without doing anything extraordinary.
So she just did dutifully really
what she was told most of her life.
And I think it was really only in her latter years
that we saw the essence of the queen's character.
We saw her humor, we saw her laughter,
we saw her acerbic wit, it was always there.
But she belonged to an era where public persona
had to be completely straight.
So we never saw that side of her.
So we assumed that she was very dull and boring,
but she wasn't.
But she was very shy.
And it had been drilled into her
that you mustn't show emotion in public.
It is important to note that at this time,
if Elizabeth had a brother,
he would've taken up the throne before Elizabeth.
Before 2013, the succession rules
followed male preference primogenitor,
which meant that sons have priority over daughters.
But from 2013, this was now made
to be absolute primogenitor,
which now simply follows birth order.
Elizabeth was only 25 years of age when she came
to the throne upon the death of her father in 1952.
When Princess Elizabeth received the news of the death
of our father, she went into shock, as you would.
I mean, she was shocked by his death
because she thought he was getting better.
Everybody within the family thought
the king was getting better.
He was at Sandringham, he'd been out shooting.
He'd had a wonderful day. He was with friends.
And as Princess Margaret said, much, much later
in an interview, "He died just as he was getting well."
But of course, he wasn't really getting well.
They thought he was.
So, it was a huge shock to her
and it meant the end of her life as she knew it.
She had two little children, a naval husband.
They just started out really on their married life.
And they just moved into Clarence House,
which was their first real home.
He was going to be posted to Malta.
Their life looked really rosy
and suddenly basically it ended.
She reigned over England
for a record breaking 70 years and 214 days.
Officially the longest reigning monarch in British history
and saw massive change to the world.
She married Philip Mountbatten in 1947.
Together they had four children, Charles, Anne,
Andrew, and Edward.
She became Queen regnant of 32 sovereign states
during her lifetime and only 15 at the time of her death.
Elizabeth was served by more than 170 prime ministers.
She has been on many historic visits and meetings
that have included state visits
to China in 1986 to Russia in 1994
and to the Republic of Ireland in 2011.
She also had meetings with five popes.
Her coronation took place in 1953.
She has lived on to celebrate her silver, golden, diamond
and platinum jubilees in 1977, 2002,
2012, and 2022.
Though Queen Elizabeth II was
the perfect example of a role model.
Her husband, Philip,
shed a keen interest in voluntary services
and in the Royal Navy.
This meant that as their four children grew,
they had extremely loving parents
throughout their childhood.
She very rarely confided in anybody.
She was a very complete person.
So let me just now repeat
that statement from the royal household,
which we have received in the last few minutes.
It reads, "The Queen died peacefully
at Balmoral this afternoon.
The king and the queen consort will remain at Balmoral
this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
And so the reign of Elizabeth II comes to a close
after 70 years at the age of 96,
her son Charles, is now king.
I think that probably the shock of
his mother's very sudden death and him being becoming king.
When these things happen, you go into slight shock.
So you act quite mechanically.
It sort of protects you in a way.
So I think he wouldn't have been overwhelmed at that moment.
He would've been very emotional,
but he would've kept it all in check.
So I think he dealt with it on a very professional level,
which would be really the only way to deal with something
of that enormity happening to you.
On behalf of all my family, I can only offer
the most sincere and heartfelt thanks
for your condolences and support.
They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express.
And to my darling, Mama,
as you begin your last great journey
to join my dear late Papa,
I want simply to say this, thank you.
When I first met Prince Charles,
I remember thinking, "Wow".
He was wonderful, really charming, really, really just
made you feel so relaxed and comfortable
and so quick upon your ease.
I mean, even though you're nervous and worried,
he suddenly makes you feel not worried.
You feel that you can have a conversation
with in reason, anything.
Prince Charles, obviously he's got his humor,
but he's also got a compassionate side.
He wants everyone to be happy.
He wants everyone to enjoy what they're doing.
And the fact that he worries
about the little things is amazing.
Well, I always thought that Charles would make
a wonderful king because he cares so much.
He cares about his country, he cares about its heritage,
he cares about the planet and he cares about the people.
And I think that's really the attributes you need
for a king, he is perfect.
He has been called a visionary in his creative
and forward thinking ideas.
He grew up becoming passionate about the environment
for architecture and for medicine.
The Monarch is head of the armed forces,
and it has always been a tradition of the royal family
that each and every member should engage in active service
and lead by example, playing more than just a symbolic role.
As a result, he is president to over 400 charities
and organizations and known as one
of the most hardworking royals,
alongside his sister Anne, the Princess Royal.
As the longest serving heir
to the throne in British history, Charles has had plenty
of time to build and develop the role of Prince of Wales.
Throughout his life, he has faced many challenges.
The reporting of the media chose to focus on the ups
and downs of Charles's personal and romantic life.
His marriage to Lady Diana Spencer was just the fairytale
the world had been waiting for,
a dashing prince with his blushing bride.
They kindled a family unit together
with sons William and Harry.
However, the relationship between Charles and Diana
was simply not built to last.
They divorced in 1996
and Diana died in a car crash in 1997.
Charles had always considered Camilla dear,
prior to meeting Diana.
He reignited a flame
with his long-term friend after Diana's death
and the two went on to marry in 2005.
By this time William and Harry were 23 and 20.
Camilla is now beside Charles as Queen consort.
As per the wishes of Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles and Camilla's relationship continues
to remain strong and this translates into their boys
who grow up working towards the role of Monarch.
Although this family unit continues to build,
William and Harry have made it clear
that Camilla will never fill the spot
that their dear mother, Diana left behind.
What he would want to do is be
complimentary to his mother.
So his reign will be complimentary to hers.
In a way, he's the sandwich between his mother and his son.
And William represents the future,
and Charles represents the present.
She'd never say, "Oh, it should been different."
Because if it was, we wouldn't have William and Harry.
And obviously William is so important
to the future of the monarchy.
I think when William becomes king, you know,
God willing that he does become king,
he will be very much more modern than
his grandmother or or his father.
And I think he'll be much more the people's king.
He will be very hands on.
He'll be very, very much more informal,
which will be in keeping with the age.
Because I don't suppose William's gonna be king
for at least another 10 years.
And you know, life will have
changed a great deal by then.
William was set to start his royal career
from a very early age,
being schooled in that sense of duty.
He was educated at Weatherbee School,
Ludgrove School and Eaton College.
He had been a very outgoing little boy.
At his first school, he was known
as Basher Wills, or Basher Wales,
'cause he was, you know, quite stroppy and confident.
William's education was at Eaton College.
Eaton College is probably the leading public school
in England, and its very traditional.
William's mother, Diana Princess of Wales,
insisted that he went to Eaton, as did her father
and her younger brother, Charles.
Prince Charles exceeded to this.
He went to Gordons Stone where he was thoroughly miserable
and cried almost every time he had to go back to to school,
even as a teenager.
And he allowed his sons both to go to a very elitist school.
It's very elite, it's very expensive,
it's very posh, if you will.
But it also has a degree of freedom for the pupils.
They are encouraged to be self-confident
and to find themselves.
And when William came there after being at Ludgrove,
the prep school, people realized
as he had to sign in every pupil signs into the book
when they come, that he was left-handed.
First time people realized it, he was a south paw.
And he was there and he did very well.
Neither he nor his brother could say
that there were great academic shapes, they weren't.
Eaton was right for William, he enjoyed the sports.
He enjoyed swimming, water polo.
He loved playing football, soccer.
He took a gap year in which
he visited Belize and Chile
before earning a Scottish Master of Arts degree
in geography at the University of St. Andrews.
It is clear for William
that royalty is not just a privilege,
but a duty one that he would take very seriously.
I wanted to do something constructive in my gap year
rather than, I mean, I could do quite a lot of work,
but I thought this was a bit more of a way of
trying to help people out and meet a whole range
of other different people from different countries,
and at the same time, helping people
in remote areas of Chile.
I think we are very much seeing a royal
for the new century.
Very relaxed, not stage managed, happy to josh a bit
with his father in an informal way,
but not scared to say exactly what he's feeling
and certainly not prepared to dodge the difficult issues.
There was no question in any of the gap year actually,
that he was a prince and treated differently.
He mucked in, he slept in sleeping bags, you know,
he cooked food around a campfire.
He did everything that everyone else did.
Given the example that Charles had
as an upbringing from an early age, like his mother,
Queen Elizabeth II, joining the ATS from the age of 18,
it was clear that Charles is to lead an example for William
for when he becomes king.
For my father, I learned how central charity
was to his life and his sense of purpose.
The Prince's Trust is not an arm's length organization
for my father.
He cares deeply about the Prince's Trust
because it is a living projection of his values.
As a young child, I recall evening after evening,
my father's diligence
and compassion as he applied himself to answering thousands
of letters and reading endless reports in order
to stay on top of his ambition to do all he could
to help the underprivileged.
Whit out my realizing it,
what my parents were doing was instilling in me
and Harry a lifelong habits
to put charity at the heart of our lives.
Taking from his father's hardworking nature.
He trained at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst
and graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell,
joining RAF Search and Rescue Force in early 2009.
He was a full-time pilot
with the East Anglin Air Ambulance from July, 2015
for two years and performs official duties
on behalf of his father, King Charles.
William threw himself enthusiastically into school life,
but he also felt that sports would be an area
where he could devote his energies.
He has been a fan of sport all his life
and has attended numerous big events over the years.
William, I think that time, those years,
as a search and rescue pilot, he really felt
that he did achieve something.
It was a real job.
There were no concessions for who he was.
He wasn't wrapped up in cotton wool.
But the time came where the tour of duty came to an end,
and I think he left probably with quite a heavy heart,
but he'd had a very, very good time there.
And I think, you know, he'd absolutely achieved
what he set out to achieve.
Well, when you're flying along at night
and snow down, you're in another mountains
and you've got 40 knot winds, the cloud's down
to about 200 feet and you're trying to get through
to find someone who's either broken the leg
or is lost on the hill, it gets quite interesting.
You have to use all four of you,
put your brain power together and your skill
and basically hope that, you know,
you can actually get there and help.
He's friendly, he's funny, he's, you know,
always sort of joking and bantering,
particularly with other men and with colleagues.
And I think that was how he managed to be accepted
so readily by colleagues both in the armed forces
and in the air ambulance.
And in all the charities
that he works for as well.
They really love him.
Like his father's passion
for the environment and arts,
he holds patronages with over 30 charitable
and military organizations.
He undertakes projects through the Royal Foundation
with his work surrounding mental health, conservation,
and emergency workers.
He built his life in the honor of being an icon
that many can look up to, just like his father Charles,
in the hope that his work would always one day help
and inspire someone to feel better.
He took the title of Prince of Wales
after his father ascended to the throne in 2022.
Prince William is involved with quite a few charities.
One in particular. He's been involved in AIDS work
and AIDS charities since he was very young.
And of course that came from a deep commitment
that his mother Diana had to the cause.
Prince William is also involved in several charities
related to Africa.
You know, Africa was very much a part of his experience
between high school and university.
And he went out there and had a gap year, as they call it,
and really fell in love with the country.
So he and Harry both actually have been involved
in several charities in Africa as well.
William is also involved very much so
with a charity called Centerpoint, which is an organization
that works to help the homeless.
You know, Princess Diana originally kind of got
both William and Harry interested in this subject
by introducing them and taking them out to meet
and talk to homeless people.
She always wanted them to see there was another side
to their very gilded life in the palace.
And since her untimely death, William has continued
to be active and involved in Centerpoint.
He's even spent the night out on the streets
with homeless people just within the past few years.
That's something that he's passionate about,
that he cares about.
I think it helps to give him perspective in the midst
of his oftentimes very glamorous life.
There was a key moment in his life.
It was in 2011,
there had been a huge devastating earthquake in New Zealand.
And William said to his private secretary,
"Is anyone from the royal family going down to New Zealand?
Because if they're not, I would like to go."
And his private says, "You can't possibly do this,
you know, you haven't got time.
How are you gonna work out?
You know, you've got these number of shifts
you've got to do with search and rescue."
He said, "It's all right, I've sorted all of that.
Just find out whether whether I can go,
whether anyone else is going."
So he did, and he went
and he stood side by side
with people who'd lost loved ones, homes, businesses,
you know, the scenes there were absolutely devastating.
And that was the point at which I think William went
from being a young man to a future king.
William continues to become a man
that he hopes the public would proudly hold as king.
As a result, it is important that his future children
follow the role in which their father would set for them.
William met his bride to-be Kate Middleton in 2001
at St. Andrew's University in Scotland.
After seven years of dating,
family life beckon for William and Kate.
And it was expected that the couple of eventually marry.
It was at St. Andrew's where that friendship,
because it was initially a friendship flourished.
William and Kate were at the same halls of residence
at St. Salvador's.
They were on the same course in the same year.
I mean, some people say,
"Wasn't that just too much of a coincidence?"
But it was how things worked out.
And they spent the first year
as undergraduates really getting to know each other.
The people of St. Andrews are a very close-knit
sort of society.
And they welcomed William with open arms
and they were very protective of him.
And as a result, you know, he spent life,
he spent four years there as a pretty normal student.
I think the wonderful thing about St. Andrew's was it
was a bubble away from reality.
It was a life that Prince William
had never been able to enjoy.
Whether it was going to the local shops,
going to a local bar, going for his morning swim,
he could get on with his life
and his relationship in private.
And I think the pair of them absolutely loved those years.
They look upon those St. Andrew's years with great fondness,
and they are patrons of St. Andrew's University
because they feel such a strong connection to that place.
In his own words,
it is time now for the big wide world.
But today, William's family, like any other,
well almost came to say a proud farewell to a place
that has allowed him a more normal life than
any royal in history.
That he is deeply grateful, is not in doubt.
And partly of course, it's been about this woman.
They've been allowed to develop a relationship
without front page scrutiny, and it's helped.
Catherine Middleton.
Jeremiah Pasdida.
If she looked confident,
he appeared nervous.
William said he was thrilled
his granny came despite being ill.
And whilst his grandfather studied the form,
she didn't look too impressed.
But it was a different story when her boy
stepped up to the plate.
William Wales.
* God save the gracious Queen
* Long live our noble Queen
* God save the Queen
I Catherine Elizabeth,
Take the William Arthur Philip Louis,
Take the William Arthur Philip Louis
to my wedded husband.
To my wedded husband.
To have and to hold from this day forward.
For better, for worse.
For better for worse,
For richer, for poorer.
In sickness and in health.
To love and to cherish.
To love, and to cherish.
Till death us part part.
Till death do us part.
According to God's holy law.
And thereto, I give thee my truth.
And thereto I give thee my truth.
Not only did Kate have
this amazing persona about her,
but like her husband William,
she was also actively interested in campaigns
to help the people around her.
Together, they initiated
the mental health awareness campaign Heads Together
to encourage people to open up
about their mental health issues.
Mental health matters to each and every one of us.
It matters just as much as our physical health.
As William has said, we have heard time and time again
in the course of our work,
how talking can help heal hidden challenges
that we can't deal with alone.
We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing
with a mental health problem.
They are loved by millions around the globe
and dedicate their lives to the royal family,
all while raising their own three young children,
George, Charlotte, and Louis,
who are all in line to the throne.
Well, William and Kate are determined
to build a very happy home life for their children.
I think that is of paramount importance to both of them.
Prince William is a very loving, warm individual,
and he and Kate have a very solid
and affectionate relationship.
They want that to translate to their children.
His boy, his son, his daughter,
they may grow up to be princes and kings and queens,
but he wants them to have a great relationship
with their parents and with each other.
That's first and foremost going to be part
of their royal upbringing.
Their relationship has grown out of being
just William and Kate.
And I think that that's something
that throughout their married life as much as they can,
they will try and retain.
The United Kingdom follows a hereditary system
known as primogeniture,
which means that the throne always passes
from firstborn to firstborn,
not from sibling to sibling.
This means that the next person in line to the throne
after William would be his son, George,
rather than William's brother Harry.
I think he will very much a king
who knows his own mind.
William is a very determined man.
I think he's mindful of history
and won't do anything extraordinary,
but I think he's also very much, much more a man
of the modern age and of the people than
any previous monarchs.
George is the eldest son
and child of William and Kate.
Making him second in line to the throne after his father.
Raising a future king is a huge task,
and it is therefore expected
that he receives the best care possible for this to happen.
I think it's very much a sure thing
that whatever sons William has will
almost certainly join the army.
That has been a royal tradition going back centuries
as something that both William and Harry loved
and seemed to get a lot out of.
One tradition that may not continue though
however, is boarding school.
You know, William and Harry were sent off at a very young
age to Eaton, although they probably will send George
or their other children away to Eaton,
I doubt very much it will be at such a young tender age.
Bearing in mind that Kate Middleton did not grow up
in a royal household or in a family
where children were sent away at six to boarding school.
I think Kate Middleton is gonna find
that particular royal tradition a very
difficult one to follow.
George was born on the 22nd of July, 2013
at St. Mary's Hospital in London.
His birth was widely celebrated due to the expectation
that he will one day become king.
21 gun salutes signal the birth in Bermuda and New Zealand.
The bells of Westminster Abbey
and many other churches were rung.
The landmarks were illuminated in many colors,
especially blue, to signify the birth of a boy.
Kate was forced to announce prior
to being 12 weeks pregnant that she was in fact expecting
because she was hospitalized
for very, very severe morning sickness.
She suffers for something called hyperemesis gravidarum,
which is a very somewhat rare form
of extreme morning sickness.
This goes way beyond the typical nausea
and discomfort that most women feel.
This is very extreme, where the mother to be is unable
to keep down any solids or even sometimes liquids.
It can be quite serious, both for mother and baby.
So women who have this condition, if they're not able to eat
and drink, are oftentimes hospitalized
and put on an IV to make sure
that their health is maintained.
Obviously there've been an awful lot of anticipation
as when Kate was gonna announce that she was pregnant.
I mean, in fact, I think the announcement was suggested
for about six months beforehand.
Everyone was writing in the papers that she was pregnant.
The palace had put out the official announcement
as she was on route to the hospital
because she'd had problems with the pregnancy
and it was felt that William and Kate didn't want
to even tell the Queen or Prince Charles
that she was pregnant
until they were absolutely certain everything was okay.
So that's what happened.
The actual announcement happened
because she was feeling unwell and was taken to hospital.
William and Kate had talked at length about
how they wanted to make this announcement to the world,
and it certainly wasn't going to be this way
and at that stage in the pregnancy.
Most celebrities, particularly Royals, wait until
that first trimester is finished
before they make any happy announcements.
They were holding the baby and they just looked
so beautiful and happy.
It was really stunning. Yeah, I'll never forget it.
Well, the birth of Prince George was really like
a national celebration.
It felt like a national holiday.
There was excitement in the air all around the country.
It very much reminded me of the feeling
of the royal wedding day when William and Kate got married.
Everyone was universally happy.
Everyone was constantly checking the news feeds
on their phone and on the television in order to see,
waiting for William and Kate to come out from the hospital
for the first time holding the new baby prince.
There was huge celebration
over the birth of Prince George.
I remember broadcasting for numerous international networks
outside Buckingham Palace.
Of course, it was the great Kate wait,
I mean, we didn't know when this
little baby was coming along.
Well, actually, I've covered the royal family
for 25 years,
and the excitement around the birth of Prince George
is surpassed most of the things I'd covered,
actually, even the royal wedding.
It was a huge bum fight, if you like, outside
the Lindo Wing of the St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
There were hundreds of journalists there,
as well as camera crews and members of the public.
I have several friends actually, with news organizations
who were standing outside the hospital that day,
waiting hours after hour for William and Kate to come out.
And actually, they came out quite a bit later than expected
because typical William and Kate strategy, fashion,
they were greeting and thanking every single member
of staff at the hospital personally
for the very smooth birth.
They wanted to make sure they thanked everyone
from the cleaner to the midwife,
to the surgeon to say thank you very much.
So they did actually take a long time to emerge.
When they did, Kate was roundly praised in the press
for her choice of dress.
You know, a lot of women when they first have a baby are
very self-conscious about the fact
that they oftentimes still look pregnant.
They still have a very swollen stomach.
Kate was not at all ashamed of this.
In fact, wore a dress which highlighted the fact
that she still had a very rounded tummy
and a lot of women praised her for this
said that it made a difference
because it kind of just emphasized the fact
that women don't need to be ashamed
of their bodies when they've had a baby.
And it was really a lovely thing that she did.
She came out, she was absolutely beautiful and radiant.
I'm sure she had some help with makeup and hair.
In fact, we saw some of her stylists
coming into the hospital before she emerged.
So we know that she had a little help,
but she did look fantastic,
and they looked absolutely in love.
As William and Kate were leaving their press call
when they came out with a baby,
he was seen to be very affectionate with her.
He had his hand on the small of her back
and he called her Poppet.
So we now know one of his sweet names
of endearment for his lovely wife.
- Very emotional. - Yeah, it's very emotional.
It's such a special time.
I think any parents, I think probably sort of know
what this feeling feels like.
It's very special.
Well, he's got a good pair of lungs on him, that's for sure.
He's a big boy, he's quite heavy,
but we're still working on a name.
So we'll have that as soon as we can.
But it's the first time we've seen him really.
So having a proper chance to catch up on...
George's education began in January, 2016.
At the age of two, he attended
the West Acre Montessori School Nursery.
Given the nature of his parents' very stable relationship,
it is important that George be raised in the same
affectionate passion of his father.
He attended his first day of primary school
on the 7th of September, 2017
at the Thomas's School in Battersea
and attended school under the name George Cambridge.
Even for a little boy
who's used to the cameras, this was a step into the unknown.
With Mum Kate,
again, struggling with morning sickness back home.
At least Prince William was there to hold his hand
and carry his bag.
Looking rather nervous, Prince George managed a handshake
with one of his teachers
who stepped in with some polite, small talk,
probably to help reassure dad.
For a 4-year-old who's already started
learning the royal ropes,
those who know their London schools think Thomas'
is a good fit for him and the rest of the family.
His son seemed less sure, a little boy
who already has his future mapped out
before he's even stepped into the classroom.
Two years later,
a little sister was born for George.
Charlotte is the second child
and only daughter of William and Kate.
She's third in line to the throne.
However, as under the hereditary system,
should Prince George have children off his own,
they will overtake his sister in the line of succession.
Charlotte was born on the 2nd of May, 2015
at St. Mary's Hospital in London.
Her announcement didn't go to plan
as Kate suffered from severe morning sickness
and was forced to cancel a number of public engagements.
Having said this, the world stood as happiest
as ever over the monarchy with the prospect
of a baby sister for their son.
Again, you know, it's not what William and Kate wanted.
They very much wanted the pregnancy to kind
of go a little bit farther along
before they confirmed to the world.
But again, their hand was forced
because of Kate's morning sickness.
Congratulations, congratulations.
How's Catherine feeling?
She's feeling okay, thanks.
It's been a tricky few days, a week or so,
but obviously we're immensely thrilled.
It's great news early days,
but I'm hoping we just, things settled down
and she feels a bit better.
But it's important we all focus on the big news
and the big international and domestic things
that are going on at the moment.
So that's what my sort thoughts are at the moment.
I get back and look after it now.
It's early days, but you must be very excited.
Some women get morning sickness, not until, you know,
six or seven weeks in, but Kate seems
to get it almost immediately and to a very great degree.
So the fact that she was forced
to start canceling appearances meant
that the palace was forced
to confirm the second baby was on the way.
The nation rejoiced.
Everybody's happy and delighted
to see this beautiful young family grow and expand,
and they seem to be very loving
and caring and beautiful parents.
Kate certainly looks as good or better as she ever did
before she had her first baby.
So it doesn't seem to be taking any kind of a toll
and everybody's really just happy for them.
Well, I think when it was announced
that they'd had a little girl,
it was a great cause of national celebration.
Of course, a little sister for Prince George,
the daughter that Prince William had always wanted,
the granddaughter that Charles had always wanted,
but actually historically, a really important little girl
because she will hold her place
in the lineage of succession.
Her name has been officially announced
as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana,
honoring her grandfather, Charles,
great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II,
and her grandmother, Diana.
She started her education at the Wilcox Nursery School
and also joined her brother at Thomas's school in Battersea,
where she was known as Charlotte Cambridge.
Charlotte's birth certainly does herald the dawn
of a new era for girl power in
that we have a girl in a prominent position
at the senior end of the royal family.
Obviously, we've been used to the Queen,
the ultimate exponent of girl power on the throne,
but we face the prospect now of three kings in line,
so we're not gonna see another woman on the throne
for many, many, many years.
So how lovely to have Charlotte in this role
bringing up the rear.
She's rather unkindly called the spare to the heir
as Prince Harry is.
But as he has proved himself,
it's a role that you can make your own,
and I'm sure all eyes will be on Charlotte.
In fact, there'll probably be even more scrutiny
on her because she's female.
I mean, how great to have the pitter-patter
of pink feet in the royal line of succession.
William's got the princess he always wanted,
Diana wanted a princess in the family,
and she's got her wish.
He's got his, and Diana's been remembered in the process,
so it really completes it.
They've ticked all the boxes.
And the other thing about Charlotte
is it's the female of Charles,
so they've really done everything.
Then came a little brother
for the two royal children, Louis.
William took his two children
to the hospital when their brother was born.
Born on April the 23rd, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital,
he is fourth in line to the throne.
On the 27th of April, 2018,
it was announced that his official name is
Louis Arthur Charles,
honoring his paternal great-great-great uncle
and his paternal grandfather, Charles III.
The line of succession is a matter not taken lightly.
It is therefore expected that those in line
to the throne stand a good public eye.
Queen Elizabeth II has died
and with Charles as our new king,
the future is looking bright
given the nature of our future kings of Britain.
The monarchy has evolved
and has undergone a huge deal of change
over the last thousand years.
The line of succession is one that is looking sharp,
but is also one that is bound to change.
The examples of the previous monarchs continue
to build strong relationships for the generations
of monarchs to come, when the time comes.