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The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. Although there is no strict legal definition of who is or is not a member of the royal family[1], and different lists will include different people, those carrying the title HM or HRH are generally accepted as being memebers of the Royal Family. Usually this equates to the following people being considered to be a member: the British Sovereign; the consort of the Sovereign; the widowed consorts of previous Sovereign; the children of the Sovereign; the grandchildren of the Sovereign in the male line; and the spouses of a Sovereign's children and male-line grandchildren. Prior to 1917, great grandchildren in the male line would also be considered to be royal.1 List of members
A list of members of the royal family taken from an overview on the family's official website is as follows [2]:-
- HM The Queen
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Queen's husband)
- HRH The Prince of Wales (The Queen's eldest son)
- HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's second son)
- TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's youngest son and his wife)
- HRH The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter)
- TRH The Duke and Duchess of GloucesterHer Royal Highness The Princess Richard, Duchess of Gloucester (Birgitte Eva Windsor, nee van Deurs), styled HRH The Duchess of Gloucester (born June 20, 1947), is a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
- TRH The DukeThis article is about the present Duke of Kent. For Queen Victoria's father, see Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Edward George Nicholas Patrick Windsor), styled HRH The Duke of Kent (born 9 October and Duchess of KentHer Royal Highness The Princess Edward, Duchess of Kent (Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor, formerly Worsley), styled HRH The Duchess of Kent is a member of the British Royal Family through her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin to the Quee (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
- TRH PrinceHis Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent (Michael George Charles Franklin Windsor) ( 4 July 1942-) is a member of the British Royal Family. He is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and first cousin once removed of her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Ed and Princess Michael of KentHer Royal Highness The Princess Michael of Kent (Marie-Christine Anne Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor, nee von Reibnitz) (born June 15, 1945), is a member of the British Royal Family through her marriage to His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent. Marie-Christ (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
- HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (The Queen's cousin)
Recently deceased members of the family include:
- HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of GloucesterHer Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (Alice Christabel Windsor, formerly Montagu-Douglas-Scott) ( December 25, 1901 October 29, 2004) was the wife of the Duke of Gloucester the third son of King George V and Queen Mary and the mother o (The Queen's aunt),
- HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen MotherHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth (nee The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ( 4 August 1900 30 March 2002) was the Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom. She is the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, the current British monarch. After her husband's death s (The Queen's mother),
- HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (The Queen's sister) and
- Diana, Princess of Wales (The Prince of Wales's former wife).