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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Lord Louis Mountbatten relatedTo British royal family
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Queen Mary in "The King’s Speech" relatedTo British royal family
subject surface form: Queen Mary (The King’s Speech)
this entity surface form: British royal family (The King’s Speech)
abdication crisis of 1936 relatedTo British royal family
Moderator of the General Assembly representsTo British royal family
this entity surface form: British Royal Family
Francis, Duke of Teck royal house by marriage British royal family
Princess Mary of Great Britain royalHouse British royal family
Medical Household serves British royal family
Royal Household Catering Department serves British royal family
Royal Household Press Office serves British royal family
Cowes Week traditionalPatron British royal family
Balmoral Castle usedBy British royal family
Earl of Merioneth usedBy British royal family
Fort Belvedere, Surrey usedBy British royal family
Friary Court usedBy British royal family
Home Park usedBy British royal family
Osborne House estate usedBy British royal family
this entity surface form: the British royal family
Royal Family Order of George VI usedBy British royal family
Royal Yacht Britannia usedBy British royal family
this entity surface form: British Royal Family
White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England usedBy British royal family
Windsor Castle usedBy British royal family