Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the christening of Prince Louis | Picture: PA The controversy around this 'modern' marriage comes from the fact that Meghan is not British and has been previously married however she quickly won over royal fans with her ability to take to public life like a duck to water. Perhaps the most modern couple the royal family have seen, the youngest son of Prince Charles went on to marry American actress Meghan Markle. The Cambridge family leave Prince Louis' christening | Picture: PA Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, the Queen's grandson and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex She and William have three children, Prince George (3rd in line to the throne), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis who are the Queen's great-grandchildren. However, this only applies when Prince William is not there. This means at royal events she must nod to all senior members of the royal family AND her husband's cousins, Beatrice and Eugenie. Royal seniority means the Duchess has to curtsey to 'blood princesses', even though she is technically the future Queen. Prince William went on to marry a 'commoner' Catherine Middleton, who is now known as the Duchess of Cambridge. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Queen's grandson and 2nd in line to the throne and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge Now, Prince Charles is married to Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who has two children with her ex-husband, Tom Parker-Bowles and Laura Lopes, a food writer and art curator respectively. Prince Charles married The Honourable Diana Spencer, aka Princess Diana, and had two sons Prince William and Prince Henry, who everyone knows as Prince Harry.
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Prince Charles is the Queen's eldest son - she was just 22-years-old when she gave birth and introduced her heir apparent to the world. Here's a speedy run down in case you're not sure who's who! Prince Charles - Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son The Queen and Prince Philip have four children, each of whom have two children. But we've certainly come a long way, because Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were ACTUAL first cousins. Phew, that's a lot of Alices and Victorias! What that means is that Prince Philip and the Queen are exceptionally distant cousins. Princess Victoria's parents were Princess Alice (Queen Victoria's daughter) and Louise IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Princess Alice was descended from Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Louis of Battenberg. Prince Philip's parents were Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Whereas the Queen descended from Queen Victoria through her father's line, Prince Philip is descended from his mother's. Queen Victoria's children married into royal families across Europe, so there are lots of connections when you trace the royal family tree. Yes, they are technically very distantly related - although the same could be said of most royal families across the world. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip BOTH descend from Queen Victoria You can find out more about Princess Margaret below.
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The last holder of the Order, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in 1981.King George VI and his wife, the Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, had two children, Princess Elizabeth - now Queen Elizabeth II - and Princess Margaret. The honour conferred no rank or title upon the recipient, but recipients were entitled to use the post-nominal letters "VA". All four were surmounted by a crown, which was attached to a bow of white silk moiré ribbon. For the first three classes, the badge consisted of a medallion of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, differing in the width and jewelling of the border as the classes descend, whilst the fourth substitutes a jewelled cipher. The order had four classes and was only granted to female members of the British royal family and female courtiers. No award has been made since the death of Queen Victoria.
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The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert is a British Royal Family Order instituted on 10 February 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. Portrait of Queen Victoria at her Golden Jubilee, wearing the Sovereign's badge of the Order The German Empress Victoria wearing the Order, along with the Prussian Order of Louise (also an order only for women) Female members of the British royal family and female courtiersĭefunct not awarded since the death of Queen Victoria, 1901