For more than a millennium there is a Britishmonarchy. Today, the constitutional system of the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. However, the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II continues to be considered one of the most respected and influential people on the planet. The respect that the people of her country renders to her extends to her family members, the Windsor House.
Despite the fact that in England there is no strict(neither legal nor formal) members of the monarch's family; nevertheless, they are generally considered to be the following persons: the monarch himself (the king and the queen), the queen's consort (in case he is not the king), the children of the monarch and their spouses, children of the sons of the monarch (ie, grandchildren in the male line) and their wives (husbands). The King and Queen of Great Britain bear the title of Her (His) Royal Majesty, and the rest of the family are their royal Highnesses. They are considered princes and princesses. In former times, each of the members of the monarchical family represented the king (queen) throughout the country, holding responsible government posts. The transition to a constitutional monarchy has changed much in the Kingdom of Great Britain: the royal family has lost many of its powers, and today its members perform only social and ceremonial functions both within the kingdom and beyond its borders. The same goes for the role of the queen in the affairs of the state. The country is governed by the cabinet of ministers responsible to the parliament. However, she has the right of veto, and she can, at her own discretion, dissolve the parliament and appoint new elections, etc.
So, the first on the list, of course, goQueen Elizabeth II and her husband Duke Philip Edinburgh - Prince Consort. Then follow the heir to the British throne, the eldest son of the queen, Prince Charles of Wales and his wife (the second) - Camille Parker-Bowles - the Duchess of Cornwall. Next on the list are the newly-made parents - the duke and duchess of Cambridge - Prince William (the Queen's eldest grandson) and Princess Katherine (in the nephew of Middleton), and, of course, their son - great-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, who in the world is more known as Prince Harry. He is followed by his uncle (the second son of the queen), Prince Andrew of York and his daughter Princess Beatrice and Eugene, then the family of the third son of Elizabeth II, Count Edward of Wessex (his wife Sophia, son Viscount James Severen, daughter - Louise Windsor); and the only daughter of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh - Anna - Princess of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The royal family is not limited to such a number of regal individuals. Next on the list are cousins of Elizabeth II, and so on.
