British Line of Succession on 25 August 1851
 
      Sovereign: Queen Victoria
Age 32
        (born 24 May 1819, will die on 22 January 1901)
        Sovereign since 20 June 1837
        (14 years, 2 months)
      Previous change: 9 July 1850
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          Next change: 19 November 1851
    
          Previous day: 24 August 1851
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          Next day: 26 August 1851
    
- Prince Albert, The Prince of Wales
                (King Edward VII)
                
 Age 9 (born 9 November 1841, will die on 6 May 1910),
 Son of the sovereign
- Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
                
 Age 7 (born 6 August 1844, will die on 30 July 1900),
 Son of the sovereign
- Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
                
 Age 1 (born 1 May 1850, will die on 16 January 1942),
 Son of the sovereign
- Victoria, Princess Royal
                
 Age 10 (born 21 November 1840, will die on 5 August 1901),
 Daughter of the sovereign
- Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
                
 Age 8 (born 25 April 1843, will die on 14 December 1878),
 Daughter of the sovereign
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
                
 Age 5 (born 25 May 1846, will die on 9 June 1923),
 Daughter of the sovereign
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
                
 Age 3 (born 18 March 1848, will die on 3 December 1939),
 Daughter of the sovereign
- Ernest Augustus I of Hanover
                
 Age 80 (born 5 Jun 1771, will die on 18 November 1851),
 Uncle of the sovereign
- George V of Hanover
                
 Age 32 (born 27 May 1819, will die on 12 June 1878),
 First cousin of the sovereign
- Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
                
 Age 5 (born 21 September 1845, will die on 14 November 1923),
 First cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Princess Frederica of Hanover
                
 Age 3 (born 9 January 1848, will die on 16 October 1926),
 First cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Princess Marie of Hanover
                
 Age 1 (born 3 December 1849, will die on 4 June 1904),
 First cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
                
 Age 32 (born 28 Mar 1819, will die on 17 March 1904),
 First cousin of the sovereign
- Princess Augusta of Cambridge
                
 Age 29 (born 19 July 1822, will die on 5 December 1916),
 First cousin of the sovereign
- Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz
                
 Age 3 (born 22 July 1848, will die on 11 June 1914),
 First cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
                
 Age 17 (born 27 November 1833, will die on 27 October 1897),
 First cousin of the sovereign
- Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
                
 Age 75 (born 25 Apr 1776, will die on 30 April 1857),
 Aunt of the sovereign
- Charles II, Duke of Brunswick
                
 Age 46 (born 30 Oct 1804, will die on 18 August 1873),
 Second cousin of the sovereign
- William, Duke of Brunswick
                
 Age 45 (born 25 Apr 1806, will die on 18 October 1884),
 Second cousin of the sovereign
- William I of Württemberg
                
 Age 69 (born 27 Sep 1781, will die on 25 June 1864),
 Second cousin of the sovereign
- Charles I of Württemberg
                
 Age 28 (born 6 March 1823, will die on 6 October 1891),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg
                
 Age 34 (born 30 Oct 1816, will die on 4 January 1887),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Princess Sophie of Württemberg
                
 Age 33 (born 17 Jun 1818, will die on 3 June 1877),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
- William, Prince of Orange
                
 Age 10 (born 4 September 1840, will die on 11 June 1879),
 Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
- Alexander, Prince of Orange
                
 Age 0 months (born 25 August 1851, will die on 21 June 1884),
 Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
- Princess Catherine of Württemberg
                
 Age 30 (born 24 August 1821, will die on 6 December 1898),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
- William II of Württemberg
                
 Age 3 (born 25 February 1848, will die on 2 October 1921),
 Second cousin twice removed of the sovereign
- Princess Augusta of Württemberg
                
 Age 25 (born 4 January 1826, will die on 3 December 1898),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
- Prince Paul of Württemberg
                
 Age 66 (born 19 Jan 1785, will die on 16 April 1852),
 Second cousin of the sovereign
- Frederick Karl August
                
 Age 43 (born 21 Feb 1808, will die on 9 May 1870),
 Second cousin once removed of the sovereign
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25 August 1851
- Alexander, Prince of Orange was born