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 members

This is a list of current members of the royal family, as taken from the British government's homepage on the Royal Family.

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• HM The Queen
• HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Queen's husband)
• TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (The Queen's eldest son and his wife)
• HRH Prince William of Wales (The Prince of Wales's elder son)
• HRH Prince Harry of Wales (The Prince of Wales's younger son)
• HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's second son)
• HRH Princess Beatrice of York (The Duke of York's elder daughter)
• HRH Princess Eugenie of York (The Duke of York's younger daughter)
• TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's youngest son and his wife)
• The Lady Louise Windsor (The Earl of Wessex's daughter)
• HRH The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter)
• TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
• TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
• TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (The Queen's cousin and his wife)
• HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilviy (The Queen's cousin)

Recently deceased members of the family are:

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• HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's aunt),
• HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (The Queen's mother),
• HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (The Queen's sister)
• Diana, Princess of Wales (The Prince of Wales's former wife)