Royal Family

There are considerable differences of opinion about whether the British monarchy, or any monarchy still serves any useful purpose, or should come to an end, as an institution. The British monarchy used to rule Britain; now Britain is ruled by a parliament, and the monarchy serves only ceremonial functions. The question would then be, how much ceremony does Britain really need, and how much money does Britain want to spend on ceremony? Lots of countries have governments that function perfectly well without a monarch or the accompanying ceremony. Instead of having to get royal assent for a law to come into force, the government just passes a law and it automatically goes into force, just because the government enacted it. In earlier historical times, monarchs claimed to rule by divine right. At the present time it is difficult for anyone to see any reason to believe that God has actually appointed the monarch. All monarchies were originally established simply by the use of military force. We have no record of actual divine intervention being involved in the creation of any monarchy. Therefore, other than a sentimental attachment to the past, there seems to be no reason to continue to have a monarchy. But then, some people do have a considerable sentimental attachment to the past. So the issue remains debatable.

Kate Middleton hasn't been married before.

I just saw a 2008 documentary saying that Estonia was the 132nd country visited by the Queen. This visit occurred in October 2006.

A lot of her dresses are from a designer called Issa and her wedding dress was made by Sarah Burton who designs at Alexander McQueen. A dress she wore after the wedding was from high street brand Zara, so she doesn't only wear designer. She is a known fan of country clothing so she will probably own a Barbour jacket and Dubarry boots.

the name of princess anne's son is peter phillips.....

Henry had 4 tutors (John Skeleton- Th poet taught him literature and rhetoric and languages) (Bernard Andre- Latin Teacher) (Giles d'Eves- French Tutor) (Richard Croke- Greek TUtor) and his own father King Henry VII taught both Henry VIII and Arthur history. I also discovered in my own research that Henry VIII had Thomas More and Erasmus involved in his education.

H.R.H. the duchess of Cornwall is by right of her marriage the Princess of Wales, however, there are several public relations hurdles to be gotten over by the Prince and his lady, one of which is the fact that the Prince's former wife, the late Diana Princess of Wales was a media megastar; her tragic death brought most of the Western Civilization to a standstill for some days back in 1997. Because the Wales title was so associated in the public mind with the late "Lady Di", it was thought more tactful, more respectful of popular feeling for the Prince's second wife to use his secondary title - the duchess of Cornwall - instead. For a time.

He and Camilla have her two Jack Russells, Tosca and Rosie

Yes they can, but only if the current monarch allows it. Considering Queen Elizabeth is the head of the Anglican church and she allowed his mother and father to do so, anything is possible.

Prince Odysseas-Kimon of Greece and Denmark was born on September 17, 2004.

Queen Victoria was born on May 24th 1819, so from January 1st to May 23rd she was 27 years old, from 24th May onwards she was 28 years old.

their last name is louuie or that's how it sounds :)

The British royals surname is Windsor, or for direct descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, it is Mountbatten-Windsor.

Queen Elizabeth II; Duke of Edinburgh; Prince of Wales; Duchess of Cornwall; Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; Prince Harry of Wales; Duke of York; Princess Beatrice of York; Princess Eugenie of York; Earl and Countess of Wessex; Lady Louise Windsor; James of Wessex; Princess Royal; Timothy ??; Peter Phillips et ux; Savannah Phillips; Zara Phillips and spouse; Mrs. Chatto; Viscount Linley et ux; and a bunch more

It is not illegal for royal dukes and princes to vote, but it is heavily discouraged (and none practice it) because the royal family is supposed to be neutral and support every citizen.

No. There were rumours that he would marry but he didn't.

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When Elizabeth I died in 1603, a cousin, James VI of Scotland (later James I) succeeded to the throne. James I (1566 - 1625) was the great, great grandson of King Henry VII (1457 - 1509), the first Tudor monarch and father of Henry VIII (1491 - 1547). This line of descent was through Margaret Tudor (1489 - 1541), oldest daughter of Henry VII, who married James IV of Scotland. In fact, both parents of James I, were descended from Margaret Tudor. His mother being the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1587), and his father, the equally ill-fated, Lord Henry Darnley (1545 - 1567).

Prince William's father is Prince Charles.

Yes. He had an older brother and a younger one. His older brother was Albert Victor who lived from 1864-1892 and his younger brother named Alexander John who lived for about a day (6-7 April 1871).

Yes, Because the wife of King Edward VII before Prince of Wales was Princess Alexandra of Denmark who was the daughter of then King Christian IX and their decendants are close cousins

The Danish Royal Family is also related to Royal Families of Spain and Greece because Queen Margarethe II's sister then Princess Anne-Marie of Denamrk married then Crown Prince Constantine and eventually became the King and Queen of Greece.

King Constantine's sister then Princess Sophie of Greece of Denmark married then Prince Juan Carlos of Spain to eventually become The King and Queen of Spain.

Today they are all closley related

They were both ethnically German. Victoria's mother was fully German and her father was descended from Germans. Her governess was German and she spoke German before she spoke English. Albert was Victoria's cousin and was fully German.

The Germans came in when Queen Anne (1665-1714) died without any heirs. The throne was to pass to her cousin Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714) (German), but Sophia died before Anne did, so the throne passed to her son who became George I (1660-1727). So all the monarchs of Britain since then have German ancestry.

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the Russian tsar nicholas the second was the first cousin to george the fifth as he married princess alix of hesse-darmstadt who was the grand-daugther of queen Victoria. They had family holidays together but during the Russian revolution the King of England (George the fifth) refused to give the family a safehaven over the fear of an English revolt.

The current Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, is named Edward Antony Richard Louis. The only other Earl of Wessex was simply known as Canute.

Yes, Diana was a commoner, but she was hardly the last one to marry a British royal. That would be Princess Beatrice's husband, Eduardo Mapelli Mozzi. She is royal; he is not.