# When William assumes the throne - Queen Catherine?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-william-assumes-the-throne-queen-catherine/560993 "2010-11-17T16:53:26Z")\
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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> It seems to me that if he abdicated, that it would prevent his sons from inheriting, since their father would no longer be royal.

I don’t think this is true. William’s status comes from his relationship to the queen (and to the Electress Sophia of Hanover), which will remain the same regardless of Charles’s status.

> [@UK monarch naming/numbering Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-monarch-naming-numbering-q/561425/11):
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> Of course when yo notice how inept the Hanover George’s were (III loses America and goes nuts, IV was a lecherous slime), you wonder how the royal family could keep assigning that name.

I believe George III was popular in England. George IV was unpopular, but labeling him a “lecherous slime” seems to be based on rumour rather than facts.

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