British royal family

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The British royal family is the reigning monarchy of the United Kingdom, comprising the sovereign and close relatives who undertake official, ceremonial, and charitable duties at home and abroad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchy
royal family
alsoKnownAs House of Windsor
associatedInstitution Crown Estate
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Royal Collection Trust
surface form: Royal Collection
ceremonialEvent Remembrance Sunday national service
surface form: Remembrance Sunday commemorations

State Opening of Parliament
Trooping the Colour
coronations
royal weddings
ceremonialResidence Palace of Holyroodhouse
Windsor Castle
country United Kingdom
currentHead Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: King Charles III
duty ceremonial duties
charitable work
official engagements
state visits abroad
dynasticHouse House of Windsor
establishedAsHouseOfWindsorInYear 1917
founderOfHouseOfWindsor George V
surface form: King George V
fundingSource Sovereign Grant
governedBy British constitution
hasFormerHead Edward VII
surface form: King Edward VII

George V
surface form: King George V

George VI
surface form: King George VI

Elizabeth II
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
hasMember Catherine, Princess of Wales
Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: King Charles III

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince George
surface form: Prince George of Wales

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Prince Louis of Wales
Anne, Princess Royal
surface form: Princess Anne, The Princess Royal

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
surface form: Princess Beatrice

Princess Charlotte of Wales
Princess Eugenie
Camilla, Queen Consort
surface form: Queen Camilla

Sophie, Countess of Wessex (later Duchess of Edinburgh)
surface form: Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

Prince William, Prince of Wales
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
headOfStateRoleIn Commonwealth realms
United Kingdom
jurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
languageOfTitle English
mediaCoverage intense domestic media coverage
significant international media coverage
monarchTitle Defender of the Faith
Head of the Commonwealth
British monarch
surface form: King of the United Kingdom
predecessorHouse House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
primaryResidence Buckingham Palace
privateResidence Balmoral Castle
Sandringham House, Norfolk, England
surface form: Sandringham House
reigningMonarch Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: King Charles III
religionTraditionallyAssociated Church of England
role constitutional monarchy
subjectTo parliamentary democracy
symbolOf continuity of the British state
national identity of the United Kingdom

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Lascelles family connectedTo British royal family
Spencer family connectedTo British royal family
Prince of Wales domain British royal family
Princess of Ireland domain British royal family
A. J. Humbert employer British royal family
Edward Blore employer British royal family
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha hasBranch British royal family
House of Wettin hasCadetBranch British royal family
Lascelles hasCloseConnectionWith British royal family
subject surface form: Lascelles family
Queen’s Royal Hussars hasColonelInChief British royal family
Peerage of England hasLowerRankThan British royal family
this entity surface form: Royal family of England
Peerage of the United Kingdom hasLowerRankThan British royal family
Spencer family hasMemberMarriedInto British royal family
subject surface form: King Edward VII’s Hospital
this entity surface form: Royal Family
Ballater hasRoyalConnection British royal family
Hillsborough, County Down hasRoyalConnection British royal family
The Queen hasSubject British royal family
Windsor houseNameAdoptedBy British royal family
subject surface form: House of Windsor
Duke of Fife linkedTo British royal family
House of Teck linkedTo British royal family
Earl of Chester linkedToInstitution British royal family
Francis, Duke of Teck member of British royal family
Camilla, Queen Consort memberOf British royal family
Diana, Princess of Wales memberOf British royal family
Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott memberOf British royal family
House of Teck memberOf British royal family
subject surface form: Mary of Teck
Mary memberOf British royal family
subject surface form: Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
Prince George, Duke of Kent memberOf British royal family
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex memberOf British royal family
Prince John of the United Kingdom memberOf British royal family
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany memberOf British royal family
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester memberOf British royal family
Duke of Fife nobleFamily British royal family
Royal Yacht Britannia operator British royal family
this entity surface form: British Royal Family
Balmoral Castle ownedBy British royal family
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor ownedBy British royal family
Sandringham Country Park ownedBy British royal family
Sandringham Museum ownedBy British royal family
York Cottage ownedBy British royal family
Louise of Great Britain partOf British royal family
House of Hesse providedConsortTo British royal family
Bulgarian royal family relatedRoyalHouse British royal family
Charter of 1337 relatedTo British royal family