British Royal Family

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 http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/britfaq.html#p2-2, and different lists will include different people, those carrying the style His or Her Majesty (HM) or His or Her Royal Highness (HRH) are generally accepted as being members. Usually this equates to the following people being considered to be a member:

List of extended members

A list of extended relations of the British Royal Family might include:

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• Rear Admiral Timothy Laurence (The Princess Royal's husband)
• Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips (The Princess Royal's son and daughter)
• Viscount Linley (The late Princess Margaret's son), his wife, and their children
• The Lady Sarah Chatto (The late Princess Margaret's daughter), her husband, and children
• Earl and Countess of Ulster (The Duke of Gloucester's son and daughter-in-law)
• The Lady Davina Lewis and Mr Gary Lewis (The Duke of Gloucester's daughter and her husband)
• The Lady Rose Windsor (The Duke of Gloucester's daughter)
• Earl and Countess of St Andrews (The Duke of Kent's son and daughter-in-law) and their children
• The Lady Helen Taylor (The Duke of Kent's daughter), her husband and children
• The Lord Nicholas Windsor (The Duke of Kent's younger son)
• The Lord Frederick Windsor and The Lady Gabriella Windsor (Prince Michael of Kent's son and daughter)
• Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy (Princess Alexandra's son and daughter-in-law) and their children (Alexander Charles and Flora Alexandra)
• Mrs Marina Ogilvy (Princess Alexandra's daughter) and her children (Christian Mowatt and Zenouska Mowatt by her former husband)
• The Earl of Harewood (grandson of King George V through his daughter Mary, Princess Royal), his second wife, and their children
• The Honourable Mrs. Gerald Lascelles (widow of The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, maternal grandson of George V), and her children
• The Duke of Fife (female-line great-grandson of King Edward VII) and his children
• The Lady Saltoun (widow of Alexander Ramsay of Mar, a female-line grandson of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria), and her children
• The Countess Mountbatten of Burma (elder daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh), her husband, and children

None of these persons holds royal titles, carries out official duties on behalf of the Queen, or receives any monies from the Privy Purse. However, the Queen does invite them to private family functions and to participate in official royal occasions, such as the Trooping of the Colour, the Golden Jubilee celebrations, and ceremonial or state funerals.

Related Topics:
Privy Purse - Trooping of the Colour - Golden Jubilee

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There are three living former spouses of members of the British Royal Family:

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• Sarah, Duchess of York (the former wife of the Duke of York),
• Captain Mark Phillips (the first husband of the Princess Royal), and
• The Earl of Snowdon (the former husband of the late Princess Margaret).