James Like all the best families, we Edward 9 Viscount Severn It’s easy to see a royal family as just the kings, queens, princes and princesses, but in reality 8 Earl of Wessex Born 2007 “ have our share of the system is a lot more complicated. The “Royal Family” includes people who get certain Born 1964 ALL IN THE Married 1999 titles depending on their lineage and their marital status. Recent laws and decisions made eccentricities, of impetuous by the Royal Family have impacted the titles and statuses of many members of the family.

10 Louise Sophie Rhys-Jones Lady Mountbatten-Windsor and wayward youngsters and Countess of Wessex Born 2003 Members of the Royal Family Titles of Royal Family members FAMILY Born 1965 of family disagreements. Quoted in the Daily Mail, October 1989 ” Members of the current Royal Family Her or His Majesty (HM) is the title used by a PASSING DOWN THE CROWN belong to the , either by king, a queen regnant (a female monarch reign-

7 Eugenie birth or marriage. ing in her own right), a queen consort (the wife he British Royal Andrew Princess of York There is no speci c legal de nition of of a reigning king), and the Queen Mother (the 5 Born 1990 family has had a Duke of York Married 1986 who falls under the title the Royal Family, widow of a previous king). Born 1960 Divorced 1996 How to read the chart busy two years, but in general, the children, grandchildren In 1917, King George V issued a legal order T and great-grandchildren of a monarch, as de ning the speci c uses for certain titles. Her with the Queen well as their spouses, are included. First or His (HRH) is used by the celebrating her 60th Sarah Ferguson # Commonly known as, cousins of the monarch, widows of previous monarch’s children and grandchildren, as well anniversary as mon- Duchess of York Beatrice 6 in line of O cial title Divorced Born 1959 Princess of York monarchs, and the spouses and widows of a as the eldest living son of the eldest son of the arch in May 2012 and succession Year of birth the recent announce- Born 1988 monarch's and previous monarch's sons Prince of Wales (the monarch’s great- ment that the Duke and male-line grandsons, may also be grandchild). The title of Prince or Princess is and Duchess of Cam- included on some lists. used as a pre x or with other titles. All other great-grandchildren of the monarch bridge are expecting Sir Timothy Laurence have the and title of the children of dukes. their first child a year Vice Admiral Zara Phillips Married 1992 Born 1955 Michael Tindall Family members can decide if they want to hold and a half after their 13 Mrs. Michael Tindall Born 1978 a title. Princess Anne decided that her children marriage. Born 1981 15 Succession vs. precedence Married 2011 would not have titles. Upon the marriage of As the family 11 Anne Miss Isla Phillips Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones, it was prepares for the future Married 1973 Born 2012 Born 1950 Divorced 1992 The order of succession is the sequence announced that their children would not have monarch, the question of Family members who stand in line for the the title of HRH and instead would receive the of how the crown will throne. Precedence determines the senior- titles of the children of an earl. be passed down comes Mr. Peter Phillips Autumn Kelly 12 ity of members at ocial events. Descent In 1996, Queen Elizabeth II issued a legal into play in the British Born 1977 Mrs. Peter Phillips Born 1948 Born 1921 14 and parliamentary statutes determine order declaring that a former wife (other than a realm and the rest of Miss Savannah Phillips succession while laws and traditions deter- widow until she remarries) of a son of a mon- the world. Married 2008 Born 2010 mine precedence. arch, of a grandson of a monarch and of the Precedence does not follow succession, eldest great-grandson of a monarch, shall not as the Queen’s husband, the Duke of Edin- be entitled to hold the style, title or attribute of Camilla burgh, is not in line for the crown, but Royal Highness. This may have been in Married 1947 Married 2005 Duchess of Cornwall follows immediately after the Queen in response to three of her children getting Born 1947 Prince Harry order of precedence. divorced in the 1990s. 4 Prince Henry of Wales In October 2011, succession laws were Titles are received after birth, when a certain 1 Charles Born 1984 Prince of Wales changed to make the rst-born child of the age has been reached or are given upon mar- Married 1981 Prince Philip Born 1948 monarch, regardless of gender, the next in riage. After their weddings, Prince William Divorced 1996 3 Duke of line for the throne. This law applies to the became the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Born 1921 The expected baby will be 3rd in Prince of Wales’ line of descent and will not Edward became the Earl of Essex. Edward was Catherine line and will have the title of Prince MARK LENNIHAN, JOEL RYAN, CHRIS ISON, TIM HALES, STEVE PARSONS, DYLAN MARTINEZ, SANG TAN, ALASTAIR GRANT, MAX NASH, SETH WENIG, TOBY MELVILLE, TIM CHONG, ED WRAY, Prince William be applied retroactively. So no matter the the rst prince in centuries to be titled an Earl Lady Diana Spencer 2 Duchess of Cambridge or Princess. If the Duchess has Duke of Cambridge gender of the expected child of the Duke instead of a Duke, although he will eventually Princess of Wales Born 1982 twins, the second child will become Born 1982 and Duchess of Cambridge, he or she will be given the Dukedom of Edinburgh, which is Queen Elizabeth II 1961-1997 4th in line, bumping everyone Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the of Great Britain and Northern Married 2011 beneath him or her down one spot. become and stay third in line to throne. currently held by his father. Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith Born 1926, Coronation 1953 JOHN STILLWELL, ROSS SETFORD, MATT GRAYSON, MYKOLA LAZARENKO, NEWS BBC WAYNE DROUGHT; ROYAL.GOV.UK; SOURCES: AP PHOTOS: AP SOURCES: 33 32 33 33

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