Princess Anne and Zara Tindall's royal status to shift upon arrival of Eugenie's baby
PRINCESS ANNE and her daughter Zara Tindall will undergo a shift in royal status following the birth of Princess Eugenie's first child.
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Princess Anne, 70, is 14th in line to the British throne and despite being one of the hardest-working members of the Royal Family she refused official titles for her children Zara Tindall, 39, and Peter Phillips, 42. Nonetheless Zara and Peter still each have a spot in the line of succession but their position will shift upon the arrival of Princess Eugenie's royal baby.
Princess Eugenie, 30, is Prince Andrew, 60, and Sarah Ferguson's youngest daughter and is 10th in line to the throne.
At the time Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were born, sons were still given precedence in the line of succession over daughters.
This meant that despite being the Queen and Prince Philip's second child, Anne was overtaken in the line of succession by her two younger brothers.
When Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's first child arrives they will automatically take 11th place in the line of succession and all the royals below them will shift down a place.
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Princess Anne will move to 15th in line to the throne.
Her son Peter Phillips will become 16th in line to the throne and his two daughters Savannah and Isla will move to 17th and 18th place.
This means that Anne's daughter Zara Tindall will be 19th in line to the throne.
While her daughters Mia and Lena will move to 20th and 21st place.
Will Princess Eugenie's child take a royal title?
Princess Eugenie's child will not automatically inherit a royal title at birth.
However, if the Queen chose to do so she could issue a new Letters Patent to give her 9th great-grandchild a title.
While the Queen did this for Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's children the Cambridges are much higher up in the line of succession than Eugenie.
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Kate and William's eldest child Prince George is heir to the throne and it may have been seen as important that he was not born a commoner.
Eugenie, however, is expected to refuse a royal title for her child on the grounds they can be 'a blessing and a curse'.
A royal insider told Vanity Fair: "Eugenie knows that a title can be a curse as well as a blessing and she and Jack want their child to live an ordinary life and eventually work to earn a living."
If Princess Eugenie's big sister Princess Beatrice one day has a son then there is a chance it could inherit Prince Andrew's dukedom of York title.
However, given that the dukedom is traditionally granted to the second son of British monarchs, the title could also end up going to Prince Louis when William is king.
When is Princess Eugenie's due date?
According to bookmakers Ladbrokes, February is the favourite month for the royal baby to arrive.
The latest Ladbrokes odds on Princess Eugenie's due date are:
Jan - 6/4
Feb - Evens
March - 5/1
April - 8/1
May - 33/1