Editing Order of precedence in Scotland (section)

====Royal family====
Precedence is accorded to spouses, children and grandchildren of the reigning sovereign, as well as children and grandchildren of former sovereigns.
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! Position !! Holder !! Ref
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| The sovereign (regardless of gender)
| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of the United Kingdom (in Scotland).svg}} [[Charles III]]
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| [[Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]]<br /> {{efn|Only while the Assembly is meeting, during which they are treated as a [[regent]] and addressed as [[His Grace|'Your Grace']]}}
| [[Elish Angiolini|Lady Elish Angiolini]]
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| rowspan=2|Sons of the sovereign
| {{flagicon image|Personal Banner of the Duke of Rothesay.svg}} [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William, Duke of Rothesay]]
| rowspan=2|<ref name="1539Act4">[[House of Lords Precedence Act 1539]]–[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/31/10/section/IV House of Lords Precedence Act (31 Hen. 8. c. 10), Section 4]</ref>
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| {{flagicon image|Royal_Standard_of_Prince_Harry,_Earl_of_Dumbarton.svg}} [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]
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| rowspan=3|Grandsons of the sovereign
| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of members of the British Royal Family_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince George of Wales]]
| rowspan=3|<ref name="primogeniture">Ordered according to the rules of [[primogeniture]]</ref>{{#tag:ref |"From [1726] onwards it has been the settled practice to place the male members of the Royal Family in the following order: the Sovereign's son, grandsons, brothers, uncles and nephews"<ref name="squibbA">{{cite book | title=Order of Precedence in England and Wales | publisher=Clarendon Press | author=[[George Drewry Squibb|Squibb, G.D.]] | chapter=General Precedence among Men since 1534 | year=1981 | location=Oxford, England | page=28}}</ref> |group=nb}}
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| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of members of the British Royal Family_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Louis of Wales]]
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| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of members of the British Royal Family_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Archie of Sussex]]
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| rowspan=2|Brothers of the sovereign
| {{flagicon image|Royal_Standard_of_Prince_Andrew,_Earl_of_Inverness.svg}} [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York]]
| rowspan=2|<ref name="1539Act4"/><ref name="Heraldica">{{Cite web |url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/order_precedence.htm |title=Order of Precedence in England and Wales |year=2001 |publisher=Heraldica |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref>
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| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (in Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
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| Uncles of the sovereign
| ''none at present''
| <ref name="1539Act4"/>
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| rowspan=2|Nephews of the sovereign
| {{flagicon image|Royal Standard of members of the British Royal Family_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[James, Earl of Wessex]]<ref>Legally HRH Prince James of Edinburgh according to the 1917 Letters Patent as a male-line grandchild of a monarch, but styled as the duke's son per his parents' wishes on their [[Wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones|wedding day]] and the will of the Queen.</ref>
| rowspan=2|<ref name="1539Act4"/>
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| [[Peter Phillips]]
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| rowspan=2|Grandsons of former<br>sovereigns who are dukes
| {{flagicon image|Royal_Standard_of_Prince_Richard,_Duke_of_Gloucester_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
| rowspan=2|<ref name="Heraldica"/>{{#tag:ref |"in the outcome [in 1850] The Duke of Cambridge was not only placed in Garter's Roll above all the other dukes, but also above the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor, despite his not falling within the ambit of s. 4 of the [[House of Lords Precedence Act 1539|Act of 1539]]. This precedent has been followed in all subsequent similar cases."<ref name="squibbB">{{cite book | title=Order of Precedence in England and Wales | publisher=Clarendon Press | author=[[George Drewry Squibb|Squibb, G.D.]] | chapter=General Precedence among Men since 1534 | year=1981 | location=Oxford, England | page=29}}</ref> |group=nb}}
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| {{flagicon image|Royal_Standard_of_Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]
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| rowspan=2|Grandsons of former<br>sovereigns who are not dukes
| [[David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon]]
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| {{flagicon image|Royal_Standard_of_Prince_Michael_of_Kent_(in_Scotland).svg}} [[Prince Michael of Kent]]
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