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This is the '''list of currents [[Heir apparent|heirs apparent]]''' to the [[List of current sovereign monarchs|thrones of the world]] as of {{dateonly}}.

==List of heirs apparent ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:9em"|Country
! class="unsortable"|Picture
!Coat of arms
! style="width:7em" |Name of heir apparent
! style="width:12em"|Title(s)
! style="width:11em"|Date of birth (age)
! style="width:11em"|Became heir apparent
! style="width:10em"|Relation to the monarch
|-
| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}<br />{{flag|Australia}}<br />{{flag|The Bahamas}}<br />{{flag|Belize}}<br />{{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|Grenada}}<br />{{flag|Jamaica}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand}}<br />{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}<br />{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}<br />{{flag|Saint Lucia}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}}}<br />{{flag|Solomon Islands}}<br />{{flag|Tuvalu}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}
| [[File:Prince of Wales in Normandy 2024.jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales.svg|frameless|72x72px]][[File:Coat of Arms of the Duke of Rothesay.svg|frameless|65x65px]]
| [[William, Prince of Wales|William]]
| [[Prince of Wales]],<br />[[Duke of Cornwall]],<br />[[Duke of Rothesay]],<br />[[Earl of Chester]],<br />[[Earl of Carrick]],<br />[[Baron of Renfrew (title)|Baron of Renfrew]],<br />[[Lord of the Isles]], and<br />[[Prince and Great Steward of Scotland]]<br><br>(The current holder is also [[Duke of Cambridge]], [[Earl of Strathearn]] and [[Baron Carrickfergus]].)
| {{Birth date and age|1982|6|21|df=y}}
| align="center" | 8 September 2022
| Elder son of King [[Charles III]]
|-
| {{flag|Bahrain}}
| [[File:Kingdom of Bahrain Crown Prince and Prime Minister, His Royal Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa) participates in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon on September 14, 2023 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa|Salman]]
|Crown Prince of Bahrain,<br />[[Prime Minister of Bahrain|Prime Minister]]
|{{Birth date and age|1969|10|21|df=y}}
|align="center"| 6 March 1999
| Eldest son of King [[Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa]]
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| [[File:2023 Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (cropped)01.JPG|60px]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of the Duchess of Brabant.svg|frameless|70x70px]]
|[[Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant|Elisabeth]]
|Princess of Belgium,<br />[[Duke of Brabant|Duchess of Brabant]]
|{{Birth date and age|2001|10|25|df=y}}
|align="center"| 21 July 2013
| Eldest child of King [[Philippe of Belgium|Philippe]]
|-
| {{Flag|Bhutan}}
|[[File:Royal Prince of Bhutan (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck]]
|Dragon Prince of Bhutan,<br />Druk Gyalsey of Bhutan
|{{birth date and age|2016|2|5|df=y}}
|align="center"| 5 February 2016
| Elder son of King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]
|-
| {{flag|Brunei}}
|[[File:Al-Muhtadee_Billah_(2023).jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Al-Muhtadee Billah]]
| Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam
|{{birth date and age|1974|2|17|df=y}}
|align="center"| 17 February 1974
| Eldest son of Sultan [[Hassanal Bolkiah]]
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| [[File:Prins Christian til Danmark 2021.JPG|60px]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of the Crown Prince of Denmark (2025).svg|frameless|73x73px]]
|[[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Christian]]
|Crown Prince of Denmark,<br />[[Count of Monpezat]]
|{{birth date and age|2005|10|15|df=y}}
|align="center"| 14 January 2024
| Eldest child of King [[Frederik X]]
|-
| {{flag|Jordan}}
| [[File:Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan cropped.jpeg|60px]]
|
|[[Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan|Hussein]]
|[[Crown Prince of Jordan]]
|{{Birth date and age|1994|6|28|df=y}}
|align="center"| 28 November 2004
| Elder son of King [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Abdullah II]]
|-
| {{flag|Kuwait}}
|[[File:Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah 2014 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Emblem of Kuwait.svg|frameless|72x72px]]
| [[Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah]]
| [[Crown Prince of Kuwait]],<br />[[Sheikh]]
| {{birth date and age|1953|3|3|df=y}}
| align="center"| 2 June 2024
| Second cousin of Emir [[Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], maternal half-nephew
|-
| {{flag|Lesotho}}
|
|
|[[Prince Lerotholi Seeiso|Lerotholi Seeiso]]
|Crown Prince of Lesotho
|{{birth date and age|2007|04|18|df=y}}
|align="center"| 18 April 2007
| Only son of King [[Letsie III]]
|-
| {{flag|Liechtenstein}}
| [[File:Prince Alois of Liechtenstein 2024 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Staatswappen-Liechtensteins.svg|frameless|74x74px]]
|[[Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein|Alois]]
|Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein,<br />[[County of Rietberg|Count of Rietberg]]
|{{birth date and age|1968|6|11|df=y}}
|align="center"| 13 November 1989
| Eldest son of Prince [[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Hans-Adam II]]
|-
| {{flag|Luxembourg}}
| [[File:Prince Charles of Luxembourg 2025.jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Greater coat of arms of the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000).svg|frameless|70x70px]]
|[[Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)|Charles]]
|Prince Charles of Luxembourg
|{{birth date and age|2020|05|10|df=y}}
|align="center"| 3 October 2025
| Elder son of Grand Duke [[Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume V]]
|-
|{{flag|Monaco}}
|
|
|[[Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco|Jacques]]
|[[Hereditary Prince of Monaco]], [[Marquis of Baux]]
|{{birth date and age|2014|12|10|df=y}}
|align="center"| 10 December 2014
|Only legitimate son of Prince [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Albert II]]
|-
| {{flag|Morocco}}
||[[File:Moulay Hassan in 2018.jpg|89x89px]]
|
|[[Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco|Moulay Hassan]]
|[[Crown Prince of Morocco]]
|{{Birth date and age|2003|5|8|df=y}}
|align="center"| 8 May 2003
| Only son of [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]]
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
|[[File:2023 Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of the children of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.svg|frameless|71x71px]]
|[[Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange|Catharina-Amalia]]
|[[Prince of Orange|Princess of Orange]]
|{{Birth date and age|2003|12|7|df=y}}
|align="center"| 30 April 2013
| Eldest child of King [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]]
|-
| {{flag|Norway}}
| [[File:Crown Prince Haakon of Norway 2012-03-26 001.jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Norway.svg|frameless|67x67px]]
|[[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Haakon]]
|Crown Prince of Norway
|{{birth date and age|1973|7|20|df=y}}
|align="center"| 17 January 1991
| Only son of King [[Harald V]]
|-
| {{flag|Oman}}
| [[File:Theyazin bin Haitham (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[File:National emblem of Oman.svg|frameless|64x64px]]
|[[Theyazin bin Haitham|Theyazin]]
|[[Sayyid]],<br />[[Crown Prince of Oman]]
|{{birth date and age|1990|8|21|df=y}}
|align="center"| 12 January 2021
| Elder son of Sultan [[Haitham bin Tariq]]
|-
| {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|[[File:Mohammad bin Salman October 2019 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Mohammed bin Salman|Mohammed]]
|[[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia]],<br />[[Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia|Prime Minister]]
|{{birth date and age|1985|8|31|df=y}}
|align="center"| 21 June 2017
| Son of King [[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}
||[[File:Princess Victoria in February 2023.jpg|60px]]
|[[File:Blason de Victoria de Suède.svg|frameless|65x65px]]
|[[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Victoria]]
|[[List of heirs to the Swedish throne|Crown Princess of Sweden]],<br />[[Duchess of Västergötland]]
|{{birth date and age|1977|7|14|df=y}}
|align="center"| 1 January 1980
| Eldest child of King [[Carl XVI Gustaf]]
|-
| {{flag|Tonga}}
| [[File:Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala 2022.jpg|60px]]
|
|[[Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala]]
|[[Crown Prince of Tonga]]
|{{birth date and age|1985|9|17|df=y}}
|align="center"| 18 March 2012
| Eldest son of King [[Tupou VI]]
|-
| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| [[File:Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan.jpg|60px]]
|
| [[Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan|Khaled]]
| [[House of Al Nahyan|Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi]]
|{{birth date and age|1982|1|8|df=y}}
|align="center"| 29 March 2023
| Eldest son of [[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
|}

==In federal monarchies==
===Malaysia===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:9em"|State
! class="unsortable"|Image
! Style
! Current heir apparent
! Date of birth (age)
! Relationship with current monarch
|-
| {{flag|Johor}}
| [[File:Tunku Ismail in 2024 (cropped).jpg|60px]] 
| Tunku Mahkota
| [[Tunku Ismail Idris]]
| {{Birth date and age|1984|6|30|df=y}}
| Eldest son of Sultan [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim]]
|-
| {{flag|Kedah}}
| [[File:Tunku sarafudin (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| Raja Muda
| [[Tengku Sarafudin Badlishah]]
| {{Birth date and age|1967|3|2|df=y}}
| Eldest son of Sultan [[Sallehuddin of Kedah|Sallehuddin]]
|-
| {{flag|Pahang}}
| [[File:Hassanal Ibrahim 200120022 (cropped).jpg|80x80px]]
| Tengku Mahkota
| [[Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah]]
| {{Birth date and age|1995|9|17|df=y}}
| Eldest surviving son of Al-Sultan [[Abdullah of Pahang|Abdullah]]
|-
| {{flag|Perak}}
| [[File:Raja Jaafar ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa.jpg|60px]]
| Raja Muda
| [[Raja Jaafar|Raja Ja'afar]]
| {{Birth date and age|1941|9|26|df=y}}
| Fourth cousin once removed of Sultan [[Nazrin Shah of Perak|Nazrin Shah]]
|-
| {{flag|Perlis}}
| [[File:Coat of arms of Perlis.svg|60px]]
| Raja Muda
| [[Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail]]
| {{Birth date and age|1967|12|30|df=y}}
| Eldest son of [[Sirajuddin of Perlis|Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]]
|-
| {{flag|Selangor}} 
| [[File:Tengku Amir Shah (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| Raja Muda
| [[Tengku Amir Shah]]
| {{Birth date and age|1990|12|12|df=y}}
| Eldest son of Sultan [[Sharafuddin of Selangor|Sharafuddin Idris Shah]]
|-
| {{flag|Terengganu}}
| [[File:Raja Permaisuri Agong 2023 - 52783571823.jpg|60px]]
|  Yang di-Pertuan Muda
| [[Tengku Muhammad Ismail]]
| {{Birth date and age|1998|3|1|df=y}}
| Eldest son of Sultan [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]]
|}

===United Arab Emirates===
{| class="wikitable"
! Emirate
! Image
! Heir apparent
! Relationship to<br />the monarch
|-
| {{flag|Abu Dhabi}}
| [[File:Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan.jpg|60px]]
| [[Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan|Khaled]]
| Eldest son of [[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
|-
| {{flag|Ajman}}
| [[File:Eau_ajman-escut.png|60px]]
| [[Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi|Ammar]]
| Eldest son of [[Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III]]
|-
| {{flag|Dubai}}
| [[File:H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Summit on the Global Agenda.jpg|60px]]
| [[Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum|Hamdan]]
| Third son of [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
|-
| {{flag|Fujairah}}
| [[File:Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, 2012.jpg|60px]]
| [[Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi|Mohammed]]
| Eldest son of [[Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi]]
|-
| {{flag|Ras al-Khaimah}}
| [[File:H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah presiding over the award panel (8268136566) (cropped).jpg|79x79px]]
| [[Mohammed bin Saud Al Qasimi|Mohammed]]<ref>[http://rak.ae/en/web/rakportal/facts Rak]</ref>
| Eldest son of [[Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi]]
|-
| {{flag|Sharjah}}
| 
| Sultan<ref name=sfd.gov.ae>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfd.gov.ae/En/SitePages/Home.aspx|title=Home}}</ref><ref name="Sharjah Crown Prince">{{Cite web|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/Sharjah_Crown_Prince_Honours_Winners_of_GCA_2015_-ZAWYA20150406101327/|title = Sharjah Crown Prince Honours Winners of GCA 2015}}</ref><ref name=asaninst/>
| Cousin once removed of [[Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi]];<ref name=asaninst>[http://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/action/dl.php?id=35298 Twenty thirteen]asaninst.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312191443/http://en.asaninst.org/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/action/dl.php?id=35298 |date=12 March 2023 }}</ref> Wife's brother<ref name=sfd.gov.ae/><ref name="Sharjah Crown Prince"/>
|-
| {{flag|Umm al-Quwain}}
| [[File:Ae uaq-escudo.png|60px]]
| Rashid
| Son of [[Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla]]
|}

==Current sovereign monarchs without an heir apparent==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Current monarch
! Reason for no heir apparent
!Coat of arms
! Image
! Current heir presumptive
! Relationship
|-
| rowspan=2|{{flag|Andorra}}
| Co-prince [[Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat]]
| ''Ex officio'' as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell|Bishop of Urgell]]; successor must be appointed by the [[Pope]].
| colspan="4" |None
|-
| Co-prince [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| ''Ex officio'' as [[President of France]]; successor must be [[Presidential elections in France|elected]] by the French citizenry.
| colspan="4" |None
|-
| {{flag|Cambodia}}
| King [[Norodom Sihamoni]]
| New monarch will be [[Elective monarchy|elected]].
| colspan="4" |None
|-
| {{flag|Eswatini}}
| King [[Mswati III]]
| [[Succession to the Swazi throne|Successor must be elected]].
| colspan="4" |None
|-
| {{flag|Japan}}
| Emperor [[Naruhito]]
| The Emperor has no sons.
|[[File:Japanese Crest of Akisino no miya.svg|frameless|65x65px]]
| [[File:Prince Fumihito Rome 2016 (4).jpg|100px]]
| [[Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan|Fumihito]]
| Younger brother of Emperor [[Naruhito]]
|-
| {{flag|Malaysia}}
| Yang di-Pertuan Agong [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim Iskandar]]
| New monarch will be [[Elective monarchy|elected]].
|
| [[File:Nazrin Shah of Perak in 2019.jpg|100px]]
| [[Nazrin Shah of Perak|Nazrin Shah]]
| Next in line in the ''de facto ''order of rotation
|-
| {{flag|Qatar}}
| Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]]
| [[List of emirs of Qatar#Succession|Successor must be appointed]].
|
| [[File:Sheikh abdualla althani.jpg|100px]]
| [[Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah]]
| Half-brother of Emir [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]]
|-
| {{flag|Spain}}
| King [[Felipe VI]]
| The King has no sons.
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Leonor, Princess of Asturias.svg|frameless|99x99px]]
| [[File:Leonor de Borbón en 2023 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Leonor, Princess of Asturias|Leonor]]
| Elder daughter of King [[Felipe VI]]
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| King [[Vajiralongkorn]]
| The King has several children, but none named as crown prince.
|
| [[File:Dipangkorn Rasmijoti 2019.jpg|100px]]
| [[Dipangkorn Rasmijoti]]
| Legitimate son of King [[Vajiralongkorn]]
|-
| {{flag|Vatican City}}
| [[Pope Leo XIV]]
| [[Papal conclave|Successor must be elected in Papal conclave.]]
| colspan="4" |None
|}

==Current federal monarchs without an heir apparent==
{| class="wikitable"
! Sovereign
! Current monarch
! Reason for no heir apparent
! Image
! Current heir presumptive
! Relationship
|-
| {{flag|Kelantan}}
| [[Muhammad V of Kelantan|Muhammad V]]
| The Sultan has no legitimate children.
| [[File:YTM Tengku Mahkota Kelantan 2024 official portrait.jpg|100px]]
| [[Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra]]
| Youngest brother of Sultan [[Muhammad V of Kelantan|Muhammad V]]
|-
| {{flag|Negeri Sembilan}}
| [[Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan|Tuanku Muhriz]]
| [[Yamtuan Besar#Election of Yang di-Pertuan Besar|Successor must be elected]].
| colspan="3"|None
|}

==See also==
* [[List of current monarchs of sovereign states]]
* [[List of current heads of state and government]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Current heirs of monarchies}}

[[Category:Heirs apparent|*]]
[[Category:Lists of heirs|apparent]]
[[Category:Lists of living royalty|Heirs apparent]]