European royalty is entering uncharted waters - the more so as widespread legal changes mean that in the majority of countries, girls are now entitled to inherit the crown.
Today, they are children and teenagers. But they carry a burden shared by few others because in due course they will be on the throne of their respective nations.
The next two British kings are set to be men. But elsewhere, the royal future looks female. Here are the young women who set to rule the Europe of the future.