Yes, although not the richest, The British royal family has been ruling since 1066 (nearly 1000 years) and it has all that history to back it up, although HM Queen Elizabeth II is a highly influential individual, she is Chief Commander of the British Army, and of course she is also Queen of the following countries (known as the Commonwealth Realms)-(as well as the United Kingdom):
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Jamaica
Barbados
The Bahamas
Grenada
The Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Belize
Antigua and Barbuda
and Saint Kitts and Nevis
The British Royal family were most powerful at around 1919, at the Extent of the British Empire, which owned over a quarter of the Earth's land surface, making it a pre-eminent world power. At the time of the second world war, due to the damage and costs to recover Britain, the Empire lost influence and money. What's left of the British Empire are the 'Commonwealth Realms' (listed above)'. The United Kingdom is a powerful and strong country anyway, but as Head of State, it makes the Queen even more powerful. As a Queen, it by far makes more of an 'Intimidating Figure'.
A "Royal" is a shortened way of referring to a member of the Royal Family, usually the British Royal Family.
No members of the British Royal family are openly gay.
yes and no. The British Royal Family is the royal family of Fiji but not in Fiji. They visit on certain occasions
The British Royal Family The Norwegian Royal Family The Spanish Royal Family The Swedish Royal Family The Dutch Royal Family The Danish Royal Family The Belgian Royal Family The Thai Royal Family The Monegasque Princely Family The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family The Liechtensteiner Princely Family
They are the royal family and they get money from the government :)
The current British royal house is the House of Windsor.
There are several "royal families" in the world. Each has a different surname. The family name of the British Royal Family is Windsor.
Because of their links to the German royal family.
The royal family needs to go to rehab. Signed as Starlight 752 Fox Glen Road Only the British family read this.
I presume it would be a Jew who was part of a royal family. I have no idea if there are any, though - certainly there are no Jews in the British royal family.
The British Royal Family.
The Dutch royal family is HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands her sisters, sons, their wives, grandchildren, etc. The British Royal family is HM Queen Elizabeth of The United Kingdom her husband, sons, daughter, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins etc.