The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December to declare that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour.
Members and relatives of the British royal family historically represented the monarch in various places throughout the British Empire , sometimes for extended periods as viceroys , or for specific ceremonies or events.
Today, they often perform ceremonial and social duties throughout the United Kingdom and abroad on behalf of the United Kingdom.
Aside from the monarch, their only constitutional role in the affairs of government is to serve, if eligible and when appointed by letters patent, as a Counsellor of State , two or more of whom exercise the authority of the Crown within stipulated limits if the monarch is indisposed or abroad.
In the other countries of the Commonwealth royalty do not serve as Counsellors of State, although they may perform ceremonial and social duties on behalf of individual states or the organisation.
As of [update] , members of the royal family are:. There are a few immediate family members a spouse and the children and grandchildren of its current full or deceased members using no royal style who sometimes appear in listings: As the royal family is shared by other Commonwealth realms , its members will often also conduct official and non-official duties outside the United Kingdom, on behalf of the relevant state.
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List of members of the House of Windsor. Family tree of the British royal family. They had divorced in She lost the style of Royal Highness but remained a member of the royal family to reflect the fact she was the mother of the second and third in line to the throne, Prince William and Prince Harry.
However, when the Earl and Countess married, the Queen, via a Buckingham Palace press release, announced that their children would be styled as the children of an earl, rather than as princes or princesses.
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Monarchs of England and Scotland after the Union of the Crowns from British monarchs after the Acts of Union The generations indicate descent from George I , who formalised the use of the titles prince and princess for members of the British royal family.
Where a princess may have been or is descended from George I more than once, her most senior descent, by which she bore or bears her title, is used.
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The members of a royal family may or may not have a surname or dynastic name see Royal House. In a constitutional monarchy, when the monarch dies, there is always a law or tradition of succession to the throne that either specifies a formula for identifying the precise order of succession among family members in line to the throne or specifies a process by which a family member is chosen to inherit the crown.
Usually in the former case the exact line of hereditary succession among royal individuals may be identified at any given moment during prior reigns e.
United Kingdom , Sark , Nizari Ismailis , Japan , Balobedus , Sweden , Kingdom of Benin whereas in the latter case the next sovereign may be selected or changed only during the reign or shortly after the demise of the immediately preceding monarch e.
Some monarchies employ a mix of these selection processes Malaysia , Monaco , Tonga , Jordan , Morocco , providing for both an identifiable line of succession as well as authority for the monarch, dynasty or other institution to alter the line in specific instances without changing the general law of succession.
Some countries have abolished royalty altogether, as in post-revolutionary France finally in and Russia Whilst mediatization occurred in other countries such as France , Italy and Russia , only the certain houses within the former Holy Roman Empire are collectively called the Mediatized Houses.
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