When Queen Elizabeth II dies, she will be succeeded by her son Charles, Prince of Wales as king. His wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will not assume the title of queen though, but be instead styled...
Upon her birth in 1926, she was not the heir to the throne. However, after he grandfather died (George V) in 1936 and her uncle (Edward VIII) abdicated after only 8 months as King she became the heir...
Monarchs are known and counted by their first names, not by family or dynasty. The present Queen of the United Kingdom is Elizabeth II because she is the second person named Elizabeth to ever to be...