A touching gesture from the late Queen Elizabeth II ensured that her great-granddaughter, Princess Charlotte, will be protected from an unfair shift in royal status. The seven-year-old daughter of William and Kate, the new Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, is expected to one day inherit her great-aunt Princess Anne's prestigious Princess Royal title.
But a law still in force at the time of Princess Anne's birth meant that her younger brothers would eventually take precedence over her in terms of who was next in the line of succession. But a new act issued by the Queen made sure that the same will not happen to Princess Charlotte, the Express reports.
When Princess Anne, 72, was born, she was second in line to the throne after her older brother Charles, 73. However, sons took precedence over daughters in the line of succession at the time which meant that Anne was bumped down upon the arrival of her two younger brothers - Prince Andrew (born 1960) and Prince Edward (born 1964).
