Prince William is heir apparent, not heir presumptive, no birth can displace him in the line of succession.
There are only three heirs apparent at the moment, the line of succession is currently as follows: .Charles (heir apparent)William (heir apparent)George (heir apparent)Charlotte (heir presumptive)Harry (heir presumptive)Charles, William and George are all heirs apparent because their position in the line of succession cannot be displaced or changed by a person with a better claim.However, Charlotte's succession can be displaced when George has children, therefore she is heir presumptive, not heir apparent. Likewise, Harry is currently fifth in line but he can be displaced if William has any more children or when George or Charlotte have children, therefore he is also heir presumptive.
No, his Father Prince Charles is Heir to the Throne, and William is Charles' Heir, when Queen Elizabeth II dies Prince William will become Heir to the Throne or is Prince Charles dies before his Mother Queen Elizabeth II William will become Heir.
The heir to the throne in the UK is Charles The Prince of Wales.
Prince William
A Prince, usually. There isn't a special title they gain from being second in line to the throne, unlike the terms 'heir apparant' and 'heir presumptive'.
Prince William Windsor goes by Wills, and The Heir.
Because he was born from the heir to the throne
Assuming the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's first-born child is male he will be a prince, and will be 3rd in line to the throne, after Prince Charles, the heir apparant, and Prince William, the heir presumptive. However, under the proposed changes to the Act of Succession agreed last October at a Commonwealth Summit in Perth, Australia, but which have still to be ratified by allthe 16 nations of which the Monarch is Head of State, the primogeniture principle will in future decide the future monarch. Thus, if William and Catherine produce a daughter first, she will be heir presumptive, even if their subsequent offspring are male.
His son, Prince George. After George is William's daughter, Princess Charlotte, and after HER is William's uncle, Prince Harry.
Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II was Duke of Cornwall and Heir Presumptive as a child. In 1958 he was named Prince of Wales but this was not formalised until 1969, at his Investiture at Caernarfon Castle when he became formally the Heir Apparent to the throne.
There's a chance he might do so directly. Prince William is second in line to the throne, after his father, Prince Charles. When Queen Elizabeth II passes on the crown, by death or voluntary act, one of the following will happen. 1 - Prince Charles takes the throne as King Charles III. Prince William is therefore the heir apparant, the next in line. Barring his own death or other exceptional circumstances, he will eventually become King. 2 - Prince Charles refuses the crown, allowing William to directly succeed from Queen Elizabeth II.
He was Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne