Media reported about the preparation of the transfer of the English throne Prince Charles
Queen Elizabeth II intends to abdicate in favor of his eldest son, Prince Charles. This is with reference to a source in the Royal family told the newspaper the Mirror.
Daily Mail, citing a senior courtiers also reports that the Queen plans to abdicate in 95 years of age. As the successor is also named her eldest son. “Her Majesty takes into account your age and wants to be confident that when the time comes for this, the transfer of the crown will be seamless,” said one of the sources.
Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1953. Today she is the reigning monarch of Europe.
In 2014, the king of Spain Juan Carlos I, who at that time was 77, abdicated in favor of his son Felipe. A year earlier a similar decision was made by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Her heir was the eldest son, Willem-Alexander.
The previous English monarch abdicated, was the uncle of the current Queen Edward VIII. He renounced the throne for himself and his descendants in 1936 for marriage to twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.