For more than a millennium there is the British monarch.Today, the state unit of the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy.However, the British Queen Elizabeth II continues to be one of the most respected and influential people on the planet.Revered that she has people in her country, also applies to members of her family - the House of Windsor.
UK: Royal family
Despite the fact that in England there is no strict definition (no legal or formal) family members of the monarch, though they are usually considered to be as follows: the monarch (King and Queen), the husband of Queen(if he is not a king), the monarch's children and their spouses, children, sons of the monarch (t. e. the grandchildren in the male line) and their wives (husbands).King and Queen of the United Kingdom have the title Her (His) Majesty and other members of the family - their Royal Highnesses.They are considered the princes and princesses.In the old days, each member of the monarchist family represented the King (Queen) across the country, occupying important government posts.The transition to a constitutional monarchy, much has changed in the kingdom UK: Royal family lost many of its powers, and today its members perform only social and ceremonial functions both inside the Kingdom and abroad.The same applies to the role of the Queen in the affairs of the state.The country is governed cabinet responsible to parliament.However, it has the right of veto, and it may in its sole discretion to dissolve Parliament and call new elections, and so on. D.
All members of the British Royal family
So, the first on the list, of course, go to the Queen Elizabeth II andher husband the Duke of Edinburgh Philip - Prince Consort.This is followed by the heir to the British throne, the Queen's eldest son, Prince Charles of Wales and his wife (the second) - Camilla Parker Bowles - the Duchess of Cornwall.Next on the list are new parents - Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - Prince William (the elder grandson of Queen) and Princess Catherine (nee Middleton), and, of course, their son - grandson of Elizabeth II - Prince John of Cambridge - the youngest member of the royal family.Next on the list is the second son of Prince Charles and his first wife Princess Diana - Prince Henry Wales, which the world know as Prince Harry.He is followed by his uncle (the second son of Queen) Prince Andrew of York and his daughters - Princess Beatrice and Eugene, and then - the family's third son of Elizabeth II, Count Edward of Wessex (his wife Sofia, a son - Viscount James North, daughter - Louise Windsor)and the only daughter of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh - Anna - Princess Kingdom.The royal family is not limited to so many royal personages.Next on the list are cousins Elizabeth II, and so on. D.
history of the British Royal family
Dynasty Windsor - a British branch of the Gotha dynasty of Saxe-Coburg, therefore, also the House of Wettin, from which the Prince Albert - the husband of Queen Victoria(Hanover).However, during the First World War, when Britain was in hostile relations with Germany, King George V refused Saxon and other German titles, renaming the former dynasty of the house of Windsor.Monarchs of this dynasty were George V, who reigned from 1910 to 1936, Edward the Eighth, which immediately succeeded on the throne of George the Sixth - the father of the current Queen, who ruled the kingdom of 16 years, and of Elizabeth II, now live the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.The Royal Family, despite the occasional minor scandals arise, however, in the country enjoys a great love and respect.Any event concerning them as happy and sad, people accept as their own.In this country, one of the most favorite holidays is the birthday of beloved queen.
