Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 in Balmoral, Scotland.

Elizabeth II was 25 years old when she became queen in February 1952 and has been on the throne for 75 years,

skynews

reports .

Now her successor is Prince Charles, who is the new King of the United Kingdom.

He will be known as Charles III.

This has also affected William and Kate Middleton.

The Twitter account for William and Kate now refers to the couple as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge.

They were previously known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but now appear to have taken on the titles once reserved for Charles and Camilla.

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Otherwise, the successor to the British throne is determined by descent, gender, legitimacy and religion.

At common law, the crown is inherited by the sovereign's children or the nearest collateral line of the childless sovereign.

/Telegraph/

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