The king is dead, long live the king! term—here—of "dignitas") was transferred from the defunct sovereign to the new one. In the United Kingdom and other realms which permit female succession to the throne, the phrase can be altered to accommodate succession between monarchs of different sexes, e.g. "The King is dead, long live The Queen!", as happened in 1952, when King George VI died and was succeeded by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, or "The Queen is dead, long live The King!" as happened in 1901, when Queen Victoria was succeeded by her son, King Edward VII. "The King is dead, long live The King!" was last
Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Beatrice → Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (Queen of Spain) → Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona → King Juan Carlos I → King Felipe VI Due to anti-German feeling during the First World War, the members of the Battenberg family who were British citizens relinquished their titles of "Prince and Princess of Battenberg" and the styles of "Highness" and "Serene Highness". Under Royal Warrant, they instead took the surname "Mountbatten", an Anglicised form of Battenberg. Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha This is a list of the 42 grandchildren of the British Queen Victoria (1819–1901,