British Royal Family
The British royal family is a group of people, which is closely related to the British monarch. Although there is no strict legal definition of who is a member of the royal family and who is not, are commonly reckoned those persons who the title of " His Majesty " or " Her Majesty " (His Majesty or Her Majesty, HM ), or either bear the title "His Royal Highness " or "Your Royal Highness " (His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness, HRH ).
Under these conditions include the following persons to the royal family:
- The British King or Queen of England
- His or her spouse / Spouse
- The widowed spouses of former monarchs
- The children of the monarch
- The spouses and widowed spouses of the sons of the monarch
- The grandson of the monarch in the male line ( and their spouses and widowed spouses)
- All the children of the eldest son of "Prince of Wales " ( until 1917 included all the great-grandson in the male line of the royal family)
Closer family
Currently, the following persons are counted for the narrow circles of the British royal family:
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband of Queen )
- Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall ( eldest son of Queen and his second wife) Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge ( elder son of the Prince of Wales and his first wife ) Prince George of Cambridge ( the son of the Duke of Cambridge )
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York (second son of Queen ) Princess Beatrice of York ( elder daughter of the Duke of York)
- Princess Eugenie of York (younger daughter of the Duke of York)
- James Mountbatten -Windsor, Viscount Severn (son of the Earl of Wessex )
- Lady Louise Mountbatten -Windsor ( daughter of the Earl of Wessex )
Former members of the royal family
In recent years, deceased members of the royal family:
- Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ( aunt of Queen )
- Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother ( the Queen Mother )
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon ( sister of Queen )
- Diana, Princess of Wales ( daughter of the queen and first wife of the Prince of Wales)
Divorced spouses of members of the royal family ( not members of the official royal family):
- Sarah, Duchess of York (the former wife of the Duke of York)
- Mark Phillips (former husband of the Princess Royal)
- Antony Armstrong - Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (former husband of Princess Margaret )