The Royal Family of the United Kingdom

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•The monarch ( or The Crown, The Sovereign His/Her Majesty)

is the ceremonial Head of State

of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms

and longer has a political or executive role

http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/HMTheQueen.aspxhttp://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/HowtheMonarchyworks/HowtheMonarchyworks.aspx

The monarch appears on

coins postage stamps and banknotes

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All bank notes bear HM the Queen’s head on one

side and a famous person on the other side.

The current £10 notefeatures Charles Darwin

The current £20 note featuresSir Edward Elgar, a Britishcomposer

Queen Elizabeth ll is the first monarch to have herportrait printed on a bank note (in 1960)

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/CUSTOMS/questions/money/banknotes.htm

God Save the Queen(King) is the national anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPrwZorBZU8

The Royal FamilyMembers of the Royal Family gathered for a dinner celebratingthe 60th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II andthe Duke of Edinburgh

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• The Queen was born on 21 April 1926

•The first child of The Duke and

Duchess of York

•The parents later became King George VI

and Queen Elisabeth

http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/Imagegallery.aspx

•The Prince of Wales

•The eldest son of Queen Elisabeth II

and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

•Heir Apparent to the throne

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/ThePrinceofWales/ThePrinceofWales.aspx

His full name is

His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales,

KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC, ADC, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall

Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles

and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/ThePrinceofWales/ThePrinceofWales.aspx

On 29 July 1981

The Prince of Wales married

Lady Diana Spencer

in St Paul's Cathedral

http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/DianaPrincessofWales/Background.aspx

Prince William

His Royal Highness

•is the elder son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales

•was born on 21 June 1982

•Is second in line to the British throne.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrinceWilliam/Gallery.aspx

Prince Henry Charles Albert David (always known as Prince Harry) was born on 15 September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/PrinceHarry/PrinceHarry.aspx

The Prince of Wales married Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005

After the wedding,

Mrs Parker Bowles became known

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/ThePrinceofWales/ThePrinceofWales.aspx

Anne, Princess Royal

• Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise • born 15 August 1950 • known for her charitable work

• the patron of over 200 organisations

• Has two children: Peter Mark Andrew ( born 1977) Zara ( born 1981)

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http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheDukeofYork/Background.aspx

The Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh

•The third child of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh,

• Andrew Albert Christian Edward

• born on 19 February 1960

• the UK’s Special Representative for•International Trade and Investment

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheEarlofWessex/The%20Earl%20of%20Wessex.aspx

•Born in 1964,

•plays an active role in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

• works on behalf of a number

of charities and organisations

• daughter Louise (2003)• son Viscount Severn (2007)

The Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn

on 19 June 1999.

Table of Contents 1 Title 2 General 3 General (coins,postmarks) 4 General (banknotes) 5 National Anthem of the United Kingdom/link 6 The Royal Family 7 The royal family tree 8 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 9 Charles, the Prince of Wales 10 Charles, the full name 11 Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the wedding 12 Prince William 13 Prince Harry 14 Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Jones, the wedding 15 Princess Royal 16 Prince Andrew 17 Prince Edward 18 Table of contents