History: British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in his or her role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family. Members of the royal family belong to (are born into), or are married into, the House of Windsor, since 1917, when George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This is a list of current members of the Royal Family: HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (her consort), TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (The Queen's eldest son and his second wife), HRH Prince William of Wales (The Prince of Wales's elder son), HRH Prince Henry of Wales (The Prince of Wales's younger son), HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's second son), HRH Princess Beatrice of York (The Duke of York's elder daughter), HRH Princess Eugenie of York (The Duke of York's younger daughter), TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's third son and his wife), Viscount Severn (The Earl of Wessex's son), Lady Louise Windsor (The Earl of Wessex's daughter), HRH The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter), TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's cousin and his wife), TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent (The Queen's cousin and his wife), TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (The Queen's cousin and his wife), HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (The Queen's cousin).