and Prince William. The publication seized on the opportunity to make up the unfounded claim after Prince Charles, the legal heir to the throne, joined the queen in opening Parliament earlier this month. Prince Charles, the Prince Of Wales, is Queen Elizabeth’s heir, and she cannot change that. The line of succession to the throne is determined by the laws of Parliament, not the sovereign herself.
In the story, the tabloid quoted a so-called “palace insider” as saying the queen told her son just before they arrived at Parliament that she was changing the line of succession. Aspointed out, if the outlet’s source was truly a royal insider, as it claims, the source would have known that the queen does not have to power to make that decision. In fact, the queen has no constitutional power whatsoever, so the story was just false.