My grandpa and uncle have done a lot of research on our family's geneology and they found that we are direct descendants of Harry IV.\nDoes that mean that I'm royalty? Does Queen Elizabeth owe me anything?
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Haha. I don't think so. Henry IV was alive in the 13-1400s. Obviously if it had worked out that your family had stayed in the royalty, you may have been married into the Tudor, Stuart, Windsor, or another royal line if there were any others. But it is cool that you have some royal blood :)
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I'm British.\n\nI technically am English, but I have some Irish Blood. I feel that I am British by birth, and am from the same nation as a Scotsman, a Welshman and a Northern Irishman. We are four Countries united into one Nation. I bear a Union Flag with pride from my window and on my clothes (in fact, wherever I can), I don't own a St George's Flag.\n\nI am a serving member of the RAF and have very good friends from all walks of life and from all of the Countries that make up Great Britain. I am a patriot and am proud of my British roots.
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When the monarch dies or abdicates, the crown passes to the next in line.\nIf the outgoing monarch has one, the first in line is the eldest son (so Prince Charles is currently first in line), or the eldest son of the eldest son (Prince William is second in line).\nWhen the previous King died in 1952, he had no sons. First in line was his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, so she became Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nBecause sons have priority over daughters, there have been more Kings as monarch than Queens.\nHowever, the wife of a King is also called a Queen, whereas the husband of a Queen is not called a King, but a Prince-Consort.\nHence Elizabeth II is Queen, and Phillip is Prince-Consort.
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Are you talking about THE ROYAL FAMILY?\n\nAlso, is it the Brittish or some other one?\n\nIf it was the Brittish family, I really don't know the answer. But I was thinking about Diana the other day, I think because I love weddings and someone mentioned her wedding for some reason. I wonder if anyone knows about a video with her wedding.
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He was born Prince of Greece and Denmark in Corfu in 1921, but renounced his Royal title when he became a naturalised British subject in 1947. Just prior to his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth, King George VI created him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich,\n\nSome time after H.M. ascended the throne, she created him a Prince of the Realm.\n\nIMO, he never was given the title "Prince Consort", which had been the title of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.\n\nIn British Royalty, a "King" has precedence. Also, a King would designate that he was the Sovereign, the Monarch; that he had became such by inheritance.  Since such is NOT the case, therefore he is NOT King (or king consort).  Her Majesty inherited the Throne; since she is the Sovereign, the Monarch, she is designated as Queen Regnant -- Reigning Queen. \n\nNormally the wife of a King is a Queen Consort. Still questionable whether Camilla will get that title or not.\n\nYou asked "He is married to Queen Elizabeth so why is he just a Prince instead of King Consort?"  \n\nIt is because he is married to a Queen Regnant.
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You are my G-d and I bow before you oh great one.\n\nLove from the level 5 Grand Duchess.
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This is why there's a line of succession.  The old ruler might not have had children or brothers or sisters - but I guarantee if you go far enough back on his or her family tree there will be cousins somewhere.\n\nThis has actually happened in real life before.  When Queen Anne died childless, Great Britain had to go to Germany to find the nearest (Protestant) successor.  A member of Queen Anne's family had married in to that family years before.  The House of Stuart died with her and King George I became the the first member of the Royal House of Hanover.\n\nSometimes the actual relation of the old king or queen to their successor is miniscule.  When Henry VII became king, the only blood basis he could give for the claim was that his mother was the great-great granddaughter of King Edward III, a hundred years earlier.
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There has been talk in the past of doing away with royalty in the UK.  They no longer have any say in government affairs but they do serve a purpose, as good will ambassadors and someone for the rest of us to talk about ;-)
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That's an interesting question. Are you referring to Her Majesty's immediate family?\nThe list of successors to the throne is very long. (Too long to list them all here, in fact.) So, unless every person on the list died, someone would succeed Queen Elizabeth to the throne.\nIf all the successors somehow died, it would be tragic, to be sure. But the British government would continue to function, without missing a beat. This is because the royal family no longer wields any real political power.
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i usually stop after 3rd cousin, and call anyone else 'distant' cousins, odds are we dont know and didn't grow up with or around them anyhow.  check with someone that does family tree/ancestry and they could explain what you want to know i would imagine
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I think the convention goes that it's passed to the Progeny, so Wills comes after Elizabeth and Charlie.  As for the Edward VIII question, there are a couple of ways that could've played out.  There's some guy in Australia who could've inherited the throne by now instead of Elizabeth.
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This is the crown\n\nhttp://24carat.co.uk/2002crownsgoldenjubileeframe.html\n\nThis is a sovereign\n\nhttp://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/2002goldenjubilee.html\n\nfrom your description I think you have a sovereign
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sorry, but there really isn't such thing as an ALL English person. If ever there was, I doubt that person is still alive. Most people today are of mixed ethnicities and nationalities, so it's most impossible to sort out 'true' ethnicities and nationalities. \n\nYes, most people of a certain region or country might have distinct features, but that doesn't make them all German or all Italian or all Chinese. It just means they have similar features of others in that region or country. \n\nNow, there is such thing as a native born English person. It doesn't exactly mean he is "100% English". He would be in a sense that he is legally English, but ethnicity wise, he most likely is a mix of ethinicities that define features of certain regions or places. In all reality, everyone on the England squad is a nativeborn English, but their family tree most likely does not extend back to an origin in England. \n\nHopefully that is not too confusing for you. Nobody can really say they are 100% of anything. If you really think about it, legally, your nationality is just where you hold citizenship. You can't really say that you are an English citizen with German blood or something. Blood is blood. Your family might have lived there for generations and generations, but there really is no true nationality or race.\n\nSo, sorry, but there really is no true answer to your question.
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They are just exotic enough to be interesting and not so exotic to be off-putting.  \n\nWe don't have anything like royalty in our country.  (The current Kennedys just aren't that glamorous and Hollywood stars come and go)  The trappings of royalty and the nobility fascinate a lot of Americans, probably because we don't have knighthoods and huge fairy tale TV weddings. \n\nBut we don't really pay attention to anybody else's royals either. I think we're comfortable with the English because we share a language and a history with you.  Nobody really wants Queen Elizabeth as a figurehead at the top of our government, but we can't help but feel we have some claim to her too.
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I like that we have a Royal Family. I love reading about them and learning about them.\nAlso I love answering questions about the royal family.
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If you and I are first cousins, then your child is my first cousin once removed. So if you and I are the same generation (or level), then your child is one generation after us.
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Sorry, but how would anyone know the answer except Prince William. My advice is to find his email address and go ask him.