S/O Prince George 4 generation photo - a question!

Will is second in line, Charlotte is 4th.

All four previous would have to die/abdicate before Harry could take the throne. If William abdicated before George reached majority, there would likely be a regency.

ETA- George and Charlotte take precedence, as do their offspring. When G&C have children, that would push Harry and his issue further down (as well as others in the line of succession.)

George and Charlotte before Harry

According to a Royal website, the lineage is Charles,William, George, Charlotte, Harry , Andrew, Beatrice, Eugenie, Edward, James, Louise and Anne. 

Harry is 5th after William's Children. You can see how people get bumped down the line as the heirs have children.
It's from here.

Regardless of age, they would follow the succession. There will be no abdication (I get so sick of people saying that so and so should abdicate for the next in line) due to what happened with the Queen's Uncle. Because he had not married or had heirs, the next in line was his brother and ultimately Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth, just as it was before Prince William married and had children.

I don't think anyone expects the current Queen to step aside.  I hear people blather about Charles stepping aside for his more popular son.  I sort of understand as I've never really felt the same about him after the Camille tape reveal... way too much tmi there.  But eh - not my circus, not my monkeys.

Here is a family tree (with pictures) discussing succession that the Telegraph published after Charlotte was born.

I think you sort of answered your own question.

Females "now" have their place.

But the law changing the order of succession doesn't apply retroactively.

No, they have always been before Edward because they are Andrew's children and Andrew is before Edward. The male/female precedence has only changed between siblings.  If Andrew were to have another child now, they would bump Edward (and everyone after him) further down the list. The only difference is that previously if that child were a boy he would also have bumped Beatrice and Eugenie down, but under the new rules he would slot in straight after them. 

It always goes down (children) as far as possible before it ever goes across (siblings). If it can't go down any further, it goes across at the lowest level possible, and then goes down again. 


ETA I'm not sure if this will help (or if the attachment will work) but I drew a rather messy flow chart. Every time you get to someone in a box they become Person A and you start again to find the next person in line. Also for the purposes of determining the line of succession it doesn't matter whether anyone is alive or dead at the time! (although obviously if they are dead they don't get a place themselves)

We don't have the death penalty over here no matter how heinous the crime.

No, that's not how it works.

They are before Edward regardless of gender bc of their line.

It's totally a conversation I could see happening in my house too!  We're all twisted here, LOL

I didn't go do any searching on it, but I did kinda think about the "Harry throne plot" all night.     I'm American, so I don't know anything about British laws, but I didn't think they use the death penalty anymore.  BUT, in the case of someone, murdering the Queen and also the next 3-4 heirs to the throne, is the death penalty still legal there, and would it apply?  Even if that someone was another heir, so obviously, a member of the royal family?  IF the death penalty would apply, would it be a more modern method, or stick with tradition, and go with a good 'ol fashion beheading?

I am fascinated with the British Royal family.  Love them.  Well, most of them.  I was a kid when Charles & Diana got married, and I fell in love with her along with the rest of the world.  I watched the wedding.  I followed her through the years.  I cried when she died.  I watched her funeral, crying.  I don't like Charles, and can't stand Camilla.  He did seem to step up for William & Harry after they lost their Mother though, and they seem to have a really good relationship with their Father, so he obviously did something right.  Harry, he seems like he's a great guy.  Fun, and sweet and "real".  I want him to get married!  I love Will & Kate too.  They seem so happy, and everything I read about them, it sounds like they are really nice, warm, funny people.  They have the beautiful babies too!  George is the cutest little boy, I can just imagine his adorable accent!  Charlotte is a doll.  I always look forward to more pictures of them being released.