Press speculation ran Patrick Jenkin as Howe's likeliest heir and not without reason.

Duncan had ordered the assassination in the process of removing other likely heirs to the throne of Scotland to secure his own succession.

Their deaths stripped the movement of likely heirs to Mr. Arafat.

Then again, he had to be; as the likeliest heirs to the thrones, he and his brother perforce spent a lot of time in learning governance.

He cannot seriously be considered a likely heir to the throne in the event that Verity's line should fail.

Anne M. Mulcahy, 47, head of the company's general markets organization, became president and is seen as the likely heir apparent.

At birth George was the likely or possible heir to a large estate.

This comes to pass: the death of the Captain's cousin, the heir to the family's baronetcy, makes him the likely eventual heir.

Through his abilities as a scholar and teacher, he became the likely heir to Ibrahim na Kabara.

Don's death made John, despite his troubles, the most likely heir to the throne.