The Royal Family

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The Royal Family

Sofia Gajdošová
Saša Hrušková
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A royal family is the immediate
family of kings/queens

• typically includes the spouse of the reigning monarch,


surviving spouses of a deceased monarch, the children,
grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and paternal cousins of
the reigning monarch, as well as their spouses
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United
Kingdom from 6 February 1952 until her
death in 2022

king before Queen Elizabeth II


George VI
His father

George V

The grandson of Queen


Victoria—and grandfather to Queen
Elizabeth—George V was born third in
the line of succession and did not expect to
become king

George V George VI
King Charles III
• King of the United Kingdom and 14
other Commonwealth realms
• He acceded to the throne on 8
September 2022 upon the death of his
mother, Elizabeth II

The oldest person to assume the British throne


The Lonely Childhood of King Charles III
o his first word, it was “Nana,” addressed to his
nanny, whom he saw more of than any other
person
o often absent mother and a tough father

Queen left much of the responsibility to Prince Philip, however he


was a very hard on his son and had his own ideas as to how he
wanted him to turn out
By Charles’s first birthday he had already bought him a cricket bat
and declared that he wanted him to be ‘a man’s man’

Frightened of his father and starved of attention from


his mother
Diana, Princess of
Wales
• the first wife of Charles

• mother of Princes William and Harry

• lifelong advocate for children,


AIDS-related causes, and victims of
landmines

• “people's princess”
Diana´s death
● 4:53 a.m. on August 31, 1997

● died from injuries sustained in a


car accident

● “My God, what has happened?”

Conspiracy theories
● Diana was murdered on the order
of Prince Philip because Diana was
pregnant and Dodi was about to
propose
● the paparazzi conspired and
purposefully chased the car to
make it crash
● Diana´s medics were in on it,
William, Prince of Wales
William Arthur Philip Louis, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall
and Cambridge, earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus

• eldest son of King Charles III and the late


Princess Diana

• William is married to Catherine Middleton

• undertakes a number of charitable activities


and projects and carries out public and official
duties in support of The King, in the UK and
overseas

• he was the first future king to be born in a


hospital
William and Kate

• Prince William and Princess Kate wed at


Westminster Abbey in London on April 29,
2011

• first met while studying history at


Scotland’s University of St Andrews

• the two would go on to keep quiet about


their romance as they completed their
education

• they had a high-profile split in 2007

• now proud parents of Prince George,


Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Prince Henry Charles Albert David, duke of Sussex, earl of
Dumbarton, Baron Kilkeel

• younger son of Charles, prince of


Wales, and Diana, princess of Wales

• Harry was active in various causes,


including wildlife conservation in
Africa, he helped found a charity for
children in Lesotho

• in 2007 Harry and William held a


memorial service to mark the 10th
anniversary of Diana’s death

• Harry is married to Meghan Markle


Harry and Meghan

● after their wedding in May 2018 at St


George’s Chapel in Windsor, England,
the queen gave them the additional
title of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

● the pair were introduced through


mutual friends

● relationship has been on the world’s


radar ever since news broke in 2016
that they were dating

● the couple welcomed their son, Archie,


the same month they celebrated their
one-year wedding anniversary

● Meghan experienced miscarriage in July


2020, later in February 2021 Harry and
Meghan annouced that they were
expecting their second child together

● she gave birth to daughter Lilibet in


June 2021
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