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Great things lie ahead for them, because one day not too far away they will be queen or king, prince or grand duke of their country.
1 / 22Royal House of NorwayThe current regents are King Harald V (front left) and Queen Sonja (front right).
The couple has been married since 1968 and has two children: Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon (back middle), who is married to Crown Princess Mette-Marit (back, 2nd from left), and their son Marius Borge Høiby (back, right). the marriage brought, has two children together: daughter Ingrid Alexandra (front, middle) and joker Sverre Magnus (back, 2nd from r.). Also in the picture: Mette-Marit's mother Marit Tjessem (back, left) © Lise Åserud /dpa
2 / 22Crown Prince Haakon has been married to his wife Mette-Marit since 2001.
Although he is younger than his sister Märtha Louise, according to the law in force at the time of his birth, he is the legal successor to King Harald V. In the 1990s, the law was changed, which is why the firstborn will head the royal house in the future .
© Lise Åserud/dpa
3 / 22She inherits Norway's throne: Princess Ingrid Alexandra celebrates her 19th birthday on January 21, 2023.
The young royal has graduated from school and is currently making plans for the future: First, she wants to work at the Uranienborg School as a school assistant and environmental helper.
© Ida Bjørvik/dpa
4 / 22Royal House of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix handed over the office in 2013 to her first-born son with Claus von Amsberg, Willem-Alexander, who has three daughters with Queen Máxima (wedding: 2002), Ariane (l.), Amalia (2nd from r.) and Alexia got.
He is the first male ruler of the Netherlands after 123 years.
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5 / 22Willem-Alexander's eldest is heir to the throne: Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands. Since 2022, Amalia has been studying the interdisciplinary bachelor's degree in politics, psychology, law and economics at the University of Amsterdam.
In October 2022 it became known that she had to stop her student life in Amsterdam and move back to her parents' palace in The Hague due to a threat from the Dutch drug mafia.
© Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/dpa
6 / 22Royal House of DenmarkThe photo from 2016 shows the Danish Queen Margrethe II (2nd from right), her husband Prince Henrik (3rd from left), their son Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Crown Princess Mary with their children Prince Vincent (lr), Princess Josephine, Prince Christian and Princess Isabella.
The picture was taken while Henrik was still alive (died in 2018), the children have now grown up.
© Patrick van Katwijk/dpa
7 / 22Voila: Denmark's Prince Vincent (from left to right), Prince Christian, Princess Josephine and Princess Isabella pose with their medals on the square at Amalienborg Palace after taking part in the "Royal Run", which dad Crown Prince Frederik initiated.
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Ida Marie Odgaard
8 / 22Prince Christian of Denmark will come of age in October 2023.
In second place after Frederik in the line of succession to the throne, the prince has been attending the Herlufsholm high school and boarding school in Næstved since August 2021, but has also taken on public tasks.
© Keld Navntoft/dpa
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9 / 22Royal House of SpainSince 2014, King Felipe VI.
and his wife Letizia, the heads of the Spanish monarchy.
The Spanish crown is likely to be passed on to Princess Leonor (right), the first-born daughter.
Her sister Infanta Sofia is next in line to the throne.
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10 / 22 Princess Leonor can't be entirely sure, if Felipe and Letizia had another son together, he would be crown prince and Princess Leonor (pictured) and her sister would each slide down one place.
© Raúl Terrel/dpa
11 / 22Royal House of SwedenCrown Princess Victoria and her husband Daniel are already supporting her father, King Carl XVI.
Gustaf ready.
However, Queen Sylvia and Carl Gustaf have three children together, including a son.
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12 / 22In the line of succession to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria is the eldest daughter of King Carl XVI.
Gustaf comes first, followed by her daughter Estelle and her son Oscar.
Only then come her brother, Prince Carl Philip (l.), and her sister, Princess Madeleine (r.). In 1980, Carl Philip had to hand over the inheritance to his first-born sister due to a change in the succession law.
© Jonas Ekströmer/Imago
13 / 22Princess Estelle is second in line to the Swedish throne.
She is followed by her brother Prince Oscar.
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14 / 22The Royal House of Great BritainKing Charles (2nd from right) had to be patient for a long time until he got the crown and made Camilla (right) queen.
Son Prince William (back, middle) moved up to first place in line to the throne. Together with his wife, Princess Catherine, he has three children: Firstborn Prince George (l.) is on the list as the future heir to the throne.
© Victoria Jones/dpa
15 / 22In the United Kingdom, the first-born rule applies.
Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis therefore end up in the reserve places.
© Alastair Grant/dpa
16 / 22He is the Prince of Monaco: Albert II has been in power since the death of his father, Rainier III.
In 2005 at the head of the dwarf state.
Still a bachelor at the time, he found his princess in the swimmer Charlène Wittstock - the couple married in 2011. © Alexander Neis/Imago
17 / 22The successor was secured with the birth of twins Jacques and Gabriella in Monaco in 2014.
Although Jacques was born second, male children have priority.
Children born out of wedlock have no claim to the throne.
© Niviere David / Imago
18 / 22Royal House of BelgiumPrince Gabriel (rl), Crown Princess Elisabeth, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, Prince Emmanuel and Princess Eleonore stand next to each other after the Te Deum mass in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula on the occasion of the Belgian national holiday. Also in Belgium A woman will rule in the next generation: Princess Elisabeth, the couple's eldest child, was born in 2001.
© Zheng Huansong/dpa
19 / 22As the first-born child, Princess Elisabeth is heir to the throne. Since the change to the throne on July 21, 2013, Elisabeth has held the title of Duchess of Brabant.
This title is reserved for the Crown Prince or Princess. On July 3, 2013, King Albert II abdicated in favor of his son Prince Philippe.
© Frederic Sierakowski/dpa
20 / 22Royal House of LuxembourgGrand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (2nd row lr), King Philippe of Belgium, Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg (1st row lr), Queen Mathilde of Belgium and Countess Stephanie de Lannoy of Belgium together before a state banquet.
The Belgian royal couple came to Luxembourg in 2019 for a three-day state visit. During his studies, Henri met his wife Maria Teresa Mestre, whom he married on February 14, 1981.
Together they produced a wealth of power for the throne in the form of their five children, sons Guillaume, Felix, Louis and Sebastian, and a daughter, Alexandra.
© Dirk Waem/dpa
21 / 22 Grand Duke Henri also had the law changed in 2010 so that the first-born becomes heir to the throne, regardless of gender.
Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie is the reigning Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and has been married to Stéphanie de Lannoy since 2012.
The couple now has two sons: Charles and, since March 2023, François.
© Albert Nieboer/dpa
22 / 22Rare photo: Princess Estelle of Sweden (front left), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway and Prince Charles of Luxembourg, as well as Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (back left) and Princess Elisabeth of Belgium pose in Oslo Castle on the occasion of the Ingrid Alexandra's coming of age for a photo.
© Lise Åserud/dpa
Llantwit Major - They are still going to elite schools, doing military training, completing their studies at renowned universities or even have their degrees in their pockets: Europe's heirs to the throne are everywhere getting ready to take up their royal inheritance in order to one day rule their country.
The new generation of nobility is young, well educated, pretty and clever.
The royal offspring is getting ready: The young generation of nobility is growing up in Europe's royal families: Who is who when the thrones change?
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There are still a total of twelve monarchies within Europe, including Vatican City with its absolute elective monarchy with its head Pope Francis (86) and Andorra with the co-princes Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (73, Bishop of Urgell) and Emmanuel Macron (45, Head of State of France).
Seven of these monarchies have a king or queen in the classical sense.
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