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Lady Louise Windsor, 16, is said to be one of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite grandchildren. She is the eldest child of the Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of

Wessex. Edward and Sophie also have a son James, Viscount Severn, 12, who looks likely to inherit one royal title over his big sister. When Prince Philip, 98, the Duke of Edinburgh dies it

is expected that his dukedom will pass to his youngest son Prince Edward, 56. While dukedoms traditionally go to the eldest son of the titleholder both Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall and

Prince Andrew, Duke of York already have dukedoms so it is expected Edward will be the next Duke of Edinburgh. This means Edward and Sophie are the future Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. The

UK currently has a system of male primogeniture which applies to titles, which means only male family members can inherit them. READ MORE: WILL SOPHIE WESSEX TAKE THIS ROYAL TITLE WHEN

PRINCE PHILIP DIES? So while Lady Louise is Prince Edward’s oldest child she will lose out on his dukedom which will pass to his son James on his death unless the law is changed. There

seemed to be a glimmer of hope for Lady Louise following a call for a change in the law last year. The bill, entitled the Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) bill, would make it possible

for women to succeed hereditary titles and see that they are not exclusively passed down to men. While the bill passed its first stage in Parliament in March 2019 it failed to complete its

passage through Parliament before the end of the session. One Quora user wrote: "The Dukedom of York will be inherited by the oldest legitimate son of the current duke. "Of course,

the current duke has no sons, so unless that situation changes, the title will go extinct and will be available for the monarch at the time to recreate and confer on whoever they want. They

added: "Of course, the title is usually given to the second son of the monarch, so we would need to know who the monarch will be at the time. "Given that Prince Andrew is twelve

years younger than Prince Charles, it seems likely that when Prince Andrew dies and the dukedom becomes available, Prince Charles will have already died and Prince William will be the

king."