Heir Presumptive - Example in Film

Example in Film

In the Disney animated film The Lion King, Scar is the heir presumptive of the Pride Lands, his inheritance being displaced by the birth of Simba, the heir apparent, thus sparking the entire plot of the film.

In the television series Downton Abbey, much of the drama centres on the arrival of Matthew Crawley, the new heir presumptive to the current Earl of Grantham, following the death of two closer cousins.

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