Queen gives royal assent to same-sex marriage legislation; gay marriage now legal in England/Wales

[Le Taz Hot]

10. It was never intended that Eliabeth take the throne;

however, since her uncle David (Edward VIII) abdicated (to marry an American divorcee), the succession went to Elizabeth's father, George (can't remember the number). Since Edward took himself out of the line of succession and had no male heirs, the next in line after Elizabeth's father was Elizabeth, followed by her sister. If Elizabeth's father and mother would have had a son, even if he was much younger, he would have taken the throne ahead of Elizabeth.

By the old rules, if Kate and William's first child is a girl, she will be first in line of succession unless and until a male is born, then he knocks her to #2. It's that question that I was asking.