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The couple were married the same year at Westminster Abbey, and have four children together. Currently in her 90s, she is both the longest-reigning and the longest-living British monarch in history, having reigned for more than 65 years. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was born into British nobility, the 9th of 10 siblings. In 1923, she married Prince Albert, the Duke of York, having turned down several previous proposals because she had misgivings about royal life. When her brother-in-law abdicated in 1936, Albert became King George VI and Elizabeth became the Queen consort of the United Kingdom.
Prince William, Kate Middleton share birthday photo of Prince Louis
Archie's surname of Mountbatten-Windsor is a combination of Queen Elizabeth II's surname of Windsor and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's adopted surname of Mountbatten. Archie inherited that surname as a descendant of the queen without the title of prince or the style of His Royal Highness. After his birth and name were announced, Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement that Archie will not carry a courtesy title "at this time." Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1981, Meghan Markle became a member of the British royal family and was made a duchess upon her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018. Born into an upper middle class family in Reading in 1982, Catherine "Kate" Middleton became a member of the British royal family and was made a duchess upon her marriage to Prince William in 2011.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

It is the literal translation of the German Battenberg, which refers to Battenberg, a small town in Hesse. The elder child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Lady Louise is the youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth. She and her brother James embarked on their first royal engagement in 2015, accompanying their parents to South Africa. You might also recognize her as one of the bridesmaids from Will and Kate’s royal wedding in 2011. Diana Spencer was born on July 1, 1961 into British nobility, as the third John Spencer, Viscount Althorp and Frances Roche’s four children.
Prince George, Duke of Kent, 1902-1942
Lili was born in Santa Barbara, California, following the decision of her parents to step back from royal life in the UK and move to the US. Kate has a master’s degree in art history from the University of St. Andrews — where she met her husband-to-be. She is a keen sportswoman, playing tennis and hockey as well as sailing. Catherine Elizabeth Middleton married Prince William in 2011 and became the Duchess of Cambridge.
Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997
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He and his wife live on the grounds of Kensington Palace in the royal residence Wren House. Born in London in 1977, Peter is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He did not inherit an official royal title at birth nor was he given a courtesy title. Hereditary titles are traditionally passed down through male heirs, and Peter's father does not possess one. The princess and her husband at the time were said to have declined an offer from the queen to give both her children courtesy titles.
Princess Lilibet
After the queen's death in 2022, Charles took the throne while William and Catherine became known as the Prince and Princess of Wales. Charles became king after his mother, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Sept. 8, 2022. Elizabeth's death came just over a year after her husband died at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle in the English county of Berkshire on April 9, 2021.
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1900 - 2002
In 1973, Camilla married her first husband Andrew Parker Bowles, and the couple had two children, Tom and Lisa, before divorcing in 1995. In 2005, Camilla married then-Prince Charles in a civil ceremony, and she became the Duchess of Cornwall. In 2022, upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, she took on the title Queen Consort. Born third in the line of succession, Elizabeth became the presumptive heir to the throne in 1936, following the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII and the ascension of her father, George VI.
Zara Tindall
I was an actor in the US legal drama “Suits.” Since stepping back from the royal family, my husband and I started a production company. She met her future husband, rugby player Mike Tindall, during the 2003 Rugby World Cup when he was playing for England. They married in July 2011, three months after Prince William married Kate Middleton.
His father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was Queen Victoria’s great-granddaughter. In 1981, Charles married Diana Spencer, and the couple had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, before divorcing in 1996. Having held the title since 1958, Charles was the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history before he ascended the throne following his mother’s death in 2022. Charles is the current King of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth.
King Charles's great-grandmother Queen Mary was royal by birth (her great-grandfather was King George III). The eldest child of Prince George, the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, Prince Edward is directly related to both Prince Philip and the Queen. As a grandchild of George V and Queen Mary, he is the Queen’s first cousin, and since his mother was a first cousin to Prince Philip, Edward is also Philip’s first cousin once removed. Edward inherited the dukedom of Kent following his father’s death in a 1942 military air crash. Now in his 80s, Prince Edward regularly carries out royal duties on behalf of the Queen.
The younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Harry is currently sixth in the line of succession. In May of 2018, Harry married American actress Meghan Markle in a widely-watched royal wedding. The youngest child and third son of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Edward attended Cambridge University and later joined the Royal Marines, but dropped out after four months.
In February of 2021, Princess Eugenie gave birth to a baby son, August Philip Hawke Brooksbank. The eldest child of Queen Elizabeth, and the heir apparent to the British throne, Prince Charles was born in 1948 in Buckingham Palace. He went on to be educated at a number of institutions including Cheam and Gordonstoun Schools (which his father attended before him) and Cambridge University, before serving in the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
He is currently fourth in line to the throne, after his sister, brother and father. Born in London in 2015, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is the second child of William, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales. She is currently third in line to the throne, after her older brother and father. Peter Phillips is the eldest child and only son of Anne, Princess Royal, and her first husband, Capt. Mark Phillips.
After the death of their parents and Charles' ascension to the throne, Edward was named the new Duke of Edinburgh on his 59th birthday in 2023. The couple had two children -- a son and a daughter -- before divorcing in 1995. The queen made Charles the Prince of Wales in 1969, among other royal titles, after he had spent a term at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, where he learned to speak Welsh. Living life in the spotlight and under scrutiny, the British royal family continues to feed the global public's fascination with coronations, royal weddings, birth announcements -- and a few scandals. Prince George, Duke of Kent, and his wife, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, had three children before he was killed in a 1942 military airplane crash.