British royal family - wikipedia British royal family This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 June 2018. show Royal family of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH Prince George of Cambridge HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge HRH Prince Louis of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Sussex HRH The Duchess of Sussex HRH The Princess Royal HRH The Duke of York HRH Princess Beatrice of York HRH Princess Eugenie of York HRH The Earl of Wessex HRH The Countess of Wessex HRH The Duke of Gloucester HRH The Duchess of Gloucester HRH The Duke of Kent HRH The Duchess of Kent HRH Princess Alexandra HRH Prince Michael of Kent HRH Princess Michael of Kent United Kingdom This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the United Kingdom Constitution Constitution Cabinet Manual Erskine May Taxation The Crown British Monarchy Monarch Queen Elizabeth II Heir apparent The Prince of Wales Royal family Succession to the British throne Royal prerogative Executive HM Government Prime Minister Theresa May Cabinet Current ministry Her Majesty 's Civil Service Departments Executive agencies Public bodies Privy Council Crown - in - Council Queen Elizabeth II Legislature Parliament ( 56th Parliament ) Crown - in - Parliament Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Speaker The Lord Fowler House of Commons Speaker John Bercow Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn Her Majesty 's Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet State Opening of Parliament Prime Minister 's Questions Act of Parliament Statutory Instruments Judiciary Supreme Court President The Baroness Hale of Richmond Deputy President The Lord Mance Judges of the Supreme Court Courts of the United Kingdom Courts of England and Wales Courts of Scotland Courts of Northern Ireland Devolution Joint Ministerial Committee Scotland Government Parliament Wales Government National Assembly Northern Ireland Executive Assembly London Executive Mayor Assembly Reserved matters Administrative geography England Subdivisions of England Local government in England Scotland Subdivisions of Scotland Local government in Scotland Wales Local government in Wales Northern Ireland Local government in Northern Ireland Elections Parliament constituencies Political parties Last election Next election Referendums Foreign relations History Foreign policy UK and the United Nations Politics of the European Union Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom portal Other countries Atlas The British royal family comprises Queen Elizabeth II and her close relations. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the British royal family. Those who at the time are entitled to the style His or Her Royal Highness ( HRH ), and any styled His or Her Majesty ( HM ), are normally considered members, including those so styled before the beginning of the current monarch 's reign. By this criterion, a list of the current royal family will usually include the monarch, the children and male - line grandchildren of the monarch and previous monarchs, the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, and all their current or widowed spouses. Some members of the royal family have official residences named as the places from which announcements are made in the Court Circular about official engagements they have carried out. The state duties and staff of some members of the royal family are funded from a parliamentary annuity, the amount of which is fully refunded by the Queen to the Treasury. Since 1917, when King George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe - Coburg and Gotha, members of the royal family belong, either by birth or by marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten - Windsor, incorporating Prince Philip 's adopted surname of Mountbatten, has been prescribed as a surname for Elizabeth II 's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and it has sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles. In 2014 the royal family were regarded as British cultural icons, with young adults from abroad naming the family among a group of people that they most associated with UK culture. Contents 1 Status 2 Members 2.1 Family members not using a royal style 3 Family tree of members 4 In other Commonwealth realms 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Status On 30 November 1917, King George V issued letters patent defining the styles and titles of members of the royal family ; the text of the notice from the London Gazette is : Whitehall, 11th December, 1917. The KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 30th ultimo, to define the styles and titles to be borne henceforth by members of the royal family. It is declared by the Letters Patent that the children of any Sovereign of the United Kingdom and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour ; that save as aforesaid the titles of Royal Highness, Highness or Serene Highness, and the titular dignity of Prince and Princess shall cease except those titles already granted and remaining unrevoked ; and that the grandchildren of the sons of any such Sovereign in the direct male line ( save only the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales ) shall have the style and title enjoyed by the children of Dukes. In 1996 Queen Elizabeth II modified these letters patent, and this Notice appeared in the London Gazette : The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 21st August 1996, to declare that a former wife ( other than a widow until she shall remarry ) of a son of a Sovereign of these Realms, of a son of a son of a Sovereign and of the eldest living son of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales shall not be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness. On 31 December 2012, letters patent were issued to extend a title and a style borne by members of the royal family to additional persons to be born, and this Notice appeared in the London Gazette : The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 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. The Queen, her consort, her children and grandchildren, as well as all former sovereigns ' children and grandchildren, hold places in the first sections of the official orders of precedence in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Wives of the said enjoy their husbands ' precedence, and husbands of princesses are unofficially but habitually placed with their wives as well. However, the Queen changed the private order of precedence in the royal family in favour of Princesses Anne and Alexandra, who henceforth take private precedence over the Duchess of Cornwall, who is otherwise the realm 's highest ranking woman after the Queen herself. She did not alter the relative precedence of other born - princesses, such as the daughters of her younger sons. Members See also : List of members of the House of Windsor The royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the annual Trooping the Colour in 2013 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in December 2017 This is a list of members of the royal family as of 2018 : The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh ( the monarch and her husband ) The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall ( the Queen 's son and daughter - in - law ) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ( the Queen 's grandson and granddaughter - in - law ) Prince George of Cambridge ( the Queen 's great - grandson ) Princess Charlotte of Cambridge ( the Queen 's great - granddaughter ) Prince Louis of Cambridge ( the Queen 's great - grandson ) The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ( the Queen 's grandson and granddaughter - in - law ) The Princess Royal ( the Queen 's daughter ) The Duke of York ( the Queen 's son ) Princess Beatrice of York ( the Queen 's granddaughter ) Princess Eugenie of York ( the Queen 's granddaughter ) The Earl and Countess of Wessex ( the Queen 's son and daughter - in - law ) The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester ( the Queen 's cousin and cousin - in - law ) The Duke and Duchess of Kent ( the Queen 's cousin and cousin - in - law ) Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy ( the Queen 's cousin ) Prince and Princess Michael of Kent ( the Queen 's cousin and cousin - in - law ) Family members not using a royal style 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 : Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn ( the Queen 's grandchildren through her son Prince Edward ) Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence ( the Queen 's son - in - law ) Peter and Autumn Phillips ( the Queen 's grandson and granddaughter - in - law ) Savannah Phillips ( the Queen 's great - granddaughter ) Isla Phillips ( the Queen 's great - granddaughter ) Zara and Mike Tindall ( the Queen 's granddaughter and grandson - in - law ) Mia Tindall ( the Queen 's great - granddaughter ) Unnamed daughter ( the Queen 's great - granddaughter ) The Earl and Countess of Snowdon ( the Queen 's nephew and niece - in - law ) Viscount Linley ( the Queen 's great - nephew ) Lady Margarita Armstrong - Jones ( the Queen 's great - niece ) Lady Sarah and Daniel Chatto ( the Queen 's niece and nephew - in - law ) Samuel Chatto ( the Queen 's great - nephew ) Arthur Chatto ( the Queen 's great - nephew ) Sarah, Duchess of York ( the Queen 's former daughter - in - law ) Family tree of members See also : Family tree of the British royal family show Royal family tree King George V Queen Mary King George VI Queen Elizabeth Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent The Duke of Edinburgh The Queen The Duke of Gloucester The Duchess of Gloucester The Duke of Kent The Duchess of Kent Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy Prince Michael of Kent Princess Michael of Kent Diana, Princess of Wales ( div. 1996 ) The Prince of Wales The Duchess of Cornwall The Princess Royal The Duke of York Sarah, Duchess of York ( div. 1996 ) The Earl of Wessex The Countess of Wessex The Duke of Cambridge The Duchess of Cambridge The Duke of Sussex The Duchess of Sussex Princess Beatrice of York Princess Eugenie of York Lady Louise Windsor Viscount Severn Prince George of Cambridge Princess Charlotte of Cambridge Prince Louis of Cambridge Notes Jump up ^ The Prince of Wales ' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in 1997. They had divorced in 1996. 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. In other Commonwealth realms 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. Further information : Royal family 's role in the realms See also Lists of monarchs in the British Isles British prince British princess Succession to the British throne Royal descent Military service by the members of the British royal family Notes Jump up ^ The Duchess of Cornwall is legally also the Princess of Wales, but does not use this title out of respect for the Prince of Wales ' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. Jump up ^ As male - line grandchildren of the monarch, the children of the Earl and Countess of Wessex are entitled to the style of HRH Prince... and HRH Princess... respectively. 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. References Jump up ^ Sovereign Grant Act : main provisions Jump up ^ `` Culture, attraction and soft power '' ( PDF ). British Council. 12 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` No. 30428 ''. The London Gazette. 14 December 1917. p. 13086. Jump up ^ `` No. 54510 ''. The London Gazette. 30 August 1996. p. 11603. Jump up ^ `` No. 60384 ''. The London Gazette. 8 January 2013. p. 213. Jump up ^ Davies, Caroline ( 24 December 2005 ). `` First royal Sandringham Christmas for Camilla ''. The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 9 January 2013. Jump up ^ Eden, Richard ( 24 June 2012 ). `` The Queen tells the Duchess of Cambridge to curtsy to the ' blood princesses ' ''. The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 9 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lord Chamberlain 's Diamond Jubilee Guidelines '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 16 January 2013. Jump up ^ `` Trade Marks Manual '' ( PDF ). Intellectual Property Office. p. 204. Retrieved 3 December 2016. Jump up ^ UK Government News -- 19th June, 1999 : TITLE OF HRH THE PRINCE EDWARD ( Accessed 18 January 2014 ) Further reading Burke 's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke 's Peerage, 1973. Cannon, John Ashton. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy. Oxford University Press, 1988. Churchill, Randolph S. They Serve the Queen : A New and Authoritative Account of the Royal Household. ( `` Prepared for Coronation Year '' ) Hutchinson, 1953. Fraser, Antonia ( ed ). The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England. Revised & updated edition. University of California Press, 1998. Hayden, Ilse. Symbol and Privilege : The Ritual Context of British Royalty. University of Arizona Press, 1987. Longford, Elizabeth Harman ( Countess of Longford ). The Royal House of Windsor. Revised edition. Crown, 1984. Weir, Alison. Britain 's Royal Families : The Complete Genealogy. Pimlico / Random House, 2002. Royal Family ( 1969 ) is a celebrated and reverential BBC documentary made by Richard Cawston to accompany the investiture of the current Prince of Wales. The documentary is frequently held responsible for the greater press intrusion into the royal family 's private life since its first broadcast. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to British royal family. Official website of the royal family Official YouTube Channel `` House of Windsor Family Tree '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2 December 2010. ( 74.2 KB ) Articles relating to the British royal family English, Scottish and British monarchs Monarchs of England before 1603 Monarchs of Scotland before 1603 Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Æthelstan Edmund I Eadred Eadwig Edgar the Peaceful Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Edmund II Cnut Harold I Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold II Edgar Ætheling William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II Henry the Young King Richard I Henry III Edward I Edward II Edward III Richard II Henry IV Henry V Henry VI Edward IV Edward V Richard III Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Jane Mary I and Philip Elizabeth I Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I Alexander II Alexander III Margaret of Norway First Interregnum John Balliol Second Interregnum Robert I David II Edward Balliol Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI Monarchs of England and Scotland after the Union of the Crowns in 1603 James I & VI Charles I Commonwealth Charles II James II & VII William III & II and Mary II Anne British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707 Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics. British consorts George of Denmark ( 1707 -- 1708 ) Caroline of Ansbach ( 1727 -- 1737 ) Charlotte of Mecklenburg - Strelitz ( 1761 -- 1818 ) Caroline of Brunswick ( 1820 -- 1821 ) Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen ( 1830 -- 1837 ) Albert of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha ( 1840 -- 1861 ) Alexandra of Denmark ( 1901 -- 1910 ) Mary of Teck ( 1910 -- 1936 ) Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon ( 1936 -- 1952 ) Philip of Greece and Denmark ( 1952 -- ) English royal consorts Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury Æthelflæd of Damerham Ælfgifu Ælfthryth Ælfgifu of York Sigrid the Haughty / Świętosława Ealdgyth Emma of Normandy Edith of Wessex Edith of Mercia Matilda of Flanders Matilda of Scotland Adeliza of Louvain Matilda of Boulogne Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou Eleanor of Aquitaine Margaret of France Berengaria of Navarre Isabella of Angoulême Eleanor of Provence Eleanor of Castile Margaret of France Isabella of France Philippa of Hainault Anne of Bohemia Isabella of Valois Joan of Navarre Catherine of Valois Margaret of Anjou Elizabeth Woodville Anne Neville Elizabeth of York Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard Catherine Parr Lord Guildford Dudley Philip II of Spain Anne of Denmark Henrietta Maria of France Catherine of Braganza Mary of Modena George of Denmark Spouses of debatable or disputed rulers are in italics. Scottish royal consorts Gruoch ( c. 1040 -- 1057 ) Ingibiorg Finnsdottir ( 1058 -- 1069 ) Margaret of Wessex ( 1070 -- 1093 ) Ethelreda of Northumbria ( 1093 -- 1094 ) Sybilla of Normandy ( 1107 -- 1122 ) Maud of Northumbria ( 1124 -- 1130 ) Ermengarde de Beaumont ( 1186 -- 1214 ) Joan of England ( 1221 -- 1238 ) Marie de Coucy ( 1239 -- 1249 ) Margaret of England ( 1251 -- 1275 ) Yolande de Dreux ( 1285 -- 1286 ) Elizabeth de Burgh ( 1306 -- 1327 ) Joan of the Tower ( 1329 -- 1362 ) Margaret Drummond ( 1364 -- 1369 ) Euphemia de Ross ( 1371 -- 1386 ) Anabella Drummond ( 1390 -- 1401 ) Joan Beaufort ( 1424 -- 1437 ) Mary of Guelders ( 1449 -- 1460 ) Margaret of Denmark ( 1469 -- 1486 ) Margaret Tudor ( 1503 -- 1513 ) Madeleine of Valois ( 1537 ) Mary of Guise ( 1538 -- 1542 ) Francis II of France ( 1558 -- 1560 ) Henry, Duke of Albany ( 1565 -- 1567 ) James, Earl of Bothwell ( 1567 ) Anne of Denmark ( 1589 -- 1619 ) Henrietta Maria of France ( 1625 -- 1649 ) Catherine of Braganza ( 1662 -- 1685 ) Mary of Modena ( 1685 -- 1688 ) George, Duke of Cumberland ( 1702 -- 1707 ) British princes The generations indicate descent from George I, who formalised the use of the titles prince and princess for members of the British royal family. 1st generation King George II 2nd generation Frederick, Prince of Wales Prince George William Prince William, Duke of Cumberland 3rd generation King George III Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn Prince Frederick 4th generation King George IV Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany King William IV Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn King Ernest Augustus of Hanover Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge Prince Octavius Prince Alfred Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 5th generation Prince Albert King George V of Hanover Prince George, Duke of Cambridge 6th generation King Edward VII Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Prince Ernest Augustus 7th generation Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale King George V Prince Alexander John of Wales Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Prince Arthur of Connaught Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany and of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Prince George William of Hanover Prince Christian of Hanover Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick 8th generation King Edward VIII King George VI Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent Prince John Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Prince Hubertus of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover Prince George William of Hanover 9th generation Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince William of Gloucester Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Prince Michael of Kent 10th generation Charles, Prince of Wales Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 11th generation Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex James, Viscount Severn 12th generation Prince George of Cambridge Prince Louis of Cambridge Not a British prince by birth, but created Prince Consort. Not a British prince by birth, but created a Prince of the United Kingdom. Status debatable ; see his article. British princesses 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. 1st generation Sophia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia 2nd generation Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange Princess Amelia Princess Caroline Mary, Landgravine of Hesse - Kassel Louise, Queen of Denmark and Norway 3rd generation Duchess Augusta of Brunswick Princess Elizabeth Princess Louisa Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway 4th generation Queen Charlotte of Württemberg Princess Augusta Sophia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse - Homburg Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh Princess Sophia Princess Amelia Princess Sophia of Gloucester Princess Caroline of Gloucester 5th generation Princess Charlotte, Princess Leopold of Saxe - Coburg - Saalfeld Princess Elizabeth of Clarence Queen Victoria Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg - Strelitz Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck 6th generation Victoria, German Empress Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig - Holstein Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg Princess Frederica, Baroness von Pawel - Rammingen Princess Marie of Hanover 7th generation Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife Princess Victoria Maud, Queen of Norway Marie, Queen of Romania Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia Princess Alexandra, Princess of Hohenlohe - Langenburg Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden Princess Patricia, Lady Patricia Ramsay Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone Princess Marie Louise, Princess Maximilian of Baden Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg - Schwerin Princess Olga of Hanover 8th generation Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk Princess Sibylla, Duchess of Västerbotten Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha Frederica, Queen of Greece 9th generation Queen Elizabeth II Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy 10th generation Anne, Princess Royal 11th generation Princess Beatrice of York Princess Eugenie of York Lady Louise Windsor 12th generation Princess Charlotte of Cambridge Status debatable ; see her article. British princesses by marriage 1st generation Princess Caroline of Brandenburg - Ansbach 2nd generation Princess Augusta of Saxe - Gotha 3rd generation Maria Waldegrave Anne Horton 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia Princess Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen Princess Victoria of Saxe - Coburg - Saalfeld Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg - Strelitz Princess Augusta of Hesse - Kassel The Princess Mary * 5th generation Princess Marie of Saxe - Altenburg 6th generation Princess Alexandra of Denmark Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Thyra of Denmark 7th generation Princess Mary of Teck Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife * Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig - Holstein Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia 8th generation Lady Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark 9th generation Birgitte van Deurs Katharine Worsley Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz 10th generation Lady Diana Spencer Camilla Parker Bowles Sarah Ferguson Sophie Rhys - Jones 11th generation Catherine Middleton Meghan Markle * also a British princess in her own right European royal families Reigning Belgium Denmark Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden United Kingdom Non reigning pretenders Albania Austria - Hungary Bulgaria Cyprus France Georgia Germany Greece Hanover Italy Lithuania Montenegro Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_royal_family&oldid=846581826 '' Categories : English royal consorts Scottish royal consorts British royal family British culture British monarchy European royal families Hidden categories : CS1 : Julian -- Gregorian uncertainty Wikipedia pending changes protected pages Use dmy dates from October 2013 Use British English from October 2013 Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2018 All articles containing potentially dated statements Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Български Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Magyar Македонски Bahasa Melayu 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Suomi ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 26 more Edit links This page was last edited on 19 June 2018, at 17 : 11 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the last name of the current english royal family
Answer: Mountbatten-Windsor