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Royal Information

Here is where you can find some information and the Royal family. It is mostly general stuff. I am trying to add some more here and there.

Royal Residencies:

Audley End, Essex

Balmoral, Grampian

Brighton Pavilion, Sussex

Buckingham Palace, London

Clarence House, London

Hampton Court, Middlesex

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

Holyrood House, Edinburgh

Kensington Palace, London

Kew Palace, London

Marlborough House, London

Osborne House, Isle of Wright

Palace of Westminster, London

St. James Palace, London

Sandringham, Norfolk

Tower of London

Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Royal Lingo:

Constitutional Monarch- Describes a sovereign who has to adhere to the laws and principles of state. The 1689 Bill of Rights coprised a conerstone of the British Constitution regarding Parliaments's control over the monarchy.

Equerry- Officer of the Royal household who attends to members of the Royal family.

Heir presumptive- Title accorded a successor whose claim may be set aside by the birth of another heir. An heir apparent, on the other hand, cannot be displaced in this way.

Primogeniture- Refers to the right of succession or inheritance that belongs to either a 1st born child or eldest son. This is why reigning monarchs are always despreate to sire offspring who will succeed them.

Queen's subjects- Refers to the citizens of Great Britain as well as the British Commonwealth. These even include the members of the Royal family. Only exception is the sovereign herself.

Regalia- Refers to the royal items that are employed at a coronation ceremony.

Vassals- People who took possession of land in return for alleginace and service to the monarch.

Line of Succession to the throne:

1. HRH Prince Charles

2. HRH Prince William

3. HRH Prince Henry

4. HRH Prince Andrew

5. HRH Princess Beatrice

6. HRH Princess Eugenie

7. HRH Prince Edward

8. HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal

9. Peter Phillips

10. Zara Phillips

11. HRH Princess Margaret, The Countess of Snowden

12. David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley

13. Lady Sarah Chatto

14. Samuel Chatto

15. HRH Prince Richard, The (2nd) Duke of Gloucester

16. Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

17. Lady Davina Windsor

18. Lady Rose Windsor

19. HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

20. Edward Windsor, Baron Downpatrick

21. Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor

22. Lady Amelia Windsor

23. Lord Nicholas Windsor

24. Lady Helen Taylor

25. Columbus Taylor

26. Cassius Taylor

27. Lord Fredrick Windsor

28. Lady Gabriella Windsor

29. HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honorable Lady Ogilvy

30. James Ogilvy

31. Alexander Ogilvy

32. Miss Flora Ogilvy

33. Marina, Mrs. Paul Mowatt

34. Christian Mowatt

35. Miss Zenouska Mowatt

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