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Queen Elizabeth II
 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth
Alexandra Mary; born 21 April
1926[a]) is the 
constitutional monarch of 16 
sovereign states, known as the 
Commonwealth realms, and
their territories and
dependencies, and head of the
53-member 
Commonwealth of Nations.
She is 
Supreme Governor of the Chur
ch of England
 and, in some of her realms,
carries the title of 
Defender of the Faith as part of
her full title.
 Elizabeth was born in London and educated
privately at home. Her father acceded to the
throne as George VI in 1936 on the abdication
 of his brotherEdward VIII, from which time
she was the heir presumptive. She began to
undertake public duties during the 
Second World War, in which she served in the 
Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, she
married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark,
with whom she has four children: Charles, 
Anne,Andrew, and Edward. Her 
coronation service took place in 1953 and was
the first to be televised.
 The Royal Family
 The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the 
monarch of the United Kingdom. There is no strict legal or formal definition in the UK of
who is or is not a member of the Royal Family, and different lists will include different
people. However, those carrying the style Her or His Majesty (HM), or 
Her or His Royal Highness (HRH) are normally considered members. By this criterion, the
Royal Family will usually include the monarch, the consort of the monarch, the widows and
widowers of previous monarchs, the children of the monarch and of previous monarchs, the
male-line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, and the wives or widows of
a monarch's and previous monarch's sons and male-line grandsons.
 Different terms may be applied to the same or similar group of relatives of the monarch in
his or her role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms. For example, for
Canada the family is known as the Canadian Royal Family.
 Some members of the Royal Family have official residences named as the places from which
announcements are made in the Court Circular about official engagements they have carried
out. The state duties and staff of some members of the Royal Family are funded from a
parliamentary annuity, the amount of which is fully refunded by the Queen to the treasury.[1]
 After 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from 
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, members of the Royal Family belong, either by birth or marriage, to
the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a 
surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor (incorporating Prince Philip's adopted
surname of Mountbatten) has been prescribed as a surname for Queen Elizabeth II's direct
descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and has also sometimes been used when
required for those who do have such titles.
 The current Royal Family
The Queen is supported in her official duties by other working
members of the Royal Family who carry out a wide range of public
engagements. 

In this section, you can learn more about their working lives,
involvement with charities and personal interests.
Thousands of people meet members of the Royal Family each year.
This section includes guidance on greeting a member of the Royal
Family as well as information on how to contact the private offices of
each individual.

You will also find an up-to-date Order of Succession and background

on the Royal family name.
 Members of the British Royal
Family since 1707
The following list includes some of the
persons who have been in the immediate
families of British monarchs from Queen Anne
to George VI. Also listed are some others who
may have been related more distantly, by
blood or by marriage, to one or more of those
monarchs but not necessarily in the same
proximity or kinship as the persons currently
deemed to be members of the present Queen's
Royal Family.
Queen Anne (1665-1714)
King George I (1660–1727)
King George II (1683–1760)
Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751)
King George III (1738–1820)
King George IV (1762–1830)
 Princess Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony
 (1796–1817)
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827)
King William IV (1765–1837)
 Princess Charlotte of Clarence (1819)
 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (1820–1821)
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820)
 Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
 King Edward VII (1841–1910)
 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864–1892)
 King George V (1865–1936)
 King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor (1894–1972)
 King George VI (1895–1952)
 The Earl of Wessex (b. 1964)
 Viscount Severn (b. 2007)
 Lady Louise Windsor (b. 2003)
The Princess Royal (b. 1950)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002)
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)
Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972)
The Duke of Gloucester (b. 1944)
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)
The Duke of Kent (b. 1935)
Prince Michael of Kent (b. 1942)
Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy (b. 1936)
The Prince John (1905–1919)
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965)
Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871)
Princess Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife (1867–1931)
Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife (1891–1959)[N 1]
Princess Maud of Fife, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945)[N 2]
Princess Victoria (1868–1935)
Queen Maud of Norway (1869–1938)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844–1900)
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874–1899)
Queen Marie of Romania (1875–1938)
 Princess Victoria Melita
of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse
and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna of Russia (1876–1936)
Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess of Hohenl
ohe-
Langenburg (1878–1942)
Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Galliera
 (1884–1966)
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942)
Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)
Prince Alastair of Connaught (1914–1943)[N 3]
Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden (1882–1920)
Princess Patricia of Connaught, Lady Patricia Ramsay (1886–1974)
The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853–1884)
Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884–
1953)
Prince John Leopold of Albany, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906–1972)
Prince Hubert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Albany (1909–1943)
Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Albany, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of
Västerbotten (1908–1972)
Princess Caroline Matilda of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Albany (1912–1983)
 Prince Octavius (1779–1783)
Prince Alfred (1780–1782)
Queen Charlotte of Württemberg (1766–1828)
Princess Augusta Sophia (1768–1840)
Landgravine Elizabeth of Hesse-Homburg (1770–1840)
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1857)
Princess Sophia (1777–1848)
Princess Amelia (1783–1810)
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739–1767)
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805)
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1834)
Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773–1844)
Princess Caroline of Gloucester (1774–1775)
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745–1790)
Prince Frederick (1750–1765)
Duchess Augusta of Brunswick (1737–1813)
Princess Elizabeth (1741–1759)
Princess Louisa (1749–1768)
Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark and Norway (1751–1775)
Prince George William (1717–1718)
Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765)
Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange (1709–1759)
Princess Amelia (1711–1786)
Princess Caroline (1713–1757)
Mary, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1723–1772)
Queen Louise of Denmark and Norway (1724–1751)
Queen Sophia Dorothea in Prussia (1687–1757)
 List of members
This is a list of current members of the Royal Family who bear the style of Majesty or 
Royal Highness:
HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Queen's husband)
TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall[5] (The Queen's eldest son and his
second wife)
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales'
elder son and his wife)
HRH Prince George of Cambridge (The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son)
HRH Prince Harry of Wales (The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales' younger son)
HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's second son)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York (The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York's elder daughter)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York (The Duke of York and Sarah, Duchess of York's younger
daughter)
TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's youngest son and his wife)
Viscount Severn (The Earl and Countess of Wessex's son)
Lady Louise Windsor (The Earl and Countess 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 Ogilvy (The Queen's cousin)
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