by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2019

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926 – 2022)

(Photos are from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted.)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was born on April 21, 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London, the home of her maternal grandparents, as Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of York. She was the elder of the two daughters of the future King George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (at the time, the Duke and Duchess of York), and was named in honor of her mother, her great-grandmother Queen Alexandra, and her grandmother Queen Mary. Her paternal grandparents were King George V and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, and her maternal grandparents were Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and had three sons and one daughter. She died on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96.

Queen Elizabeth II has thirty-one first cousins. She shares her first cousins with her sister Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

• Unofficial Royalty: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Paternal Aunts and Uncles: Children of King George V of the United Kingdom and Princess Victoria Mary of Teck

• King Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor after his abdication) (1894-1972) married Wallis Simpson, no issue
• Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood  (1897-1965) married Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, had issue
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) married Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott, had issue
• Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) married Princess Marina of Greece, had issue
• Prince John (1905-1919)

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Queen Elizabeth II’s Maternal Aunts and Uncles: Children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

• The Honorable Violet Bowes-Lyon (1882 – 1893), died of diphtheria at age 11
• Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, Lady Elphinstone (1883 – 1961), married Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, had issue
• Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1884 – 1949), married Lady Dorothy Godolphin-Osborne, had issue including Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th and 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
• The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon (1886 – 1930), married The Honorable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, had issue
• The Honorable Alexander Bowes-Lyon (1887 – 1911), unmarried, died from a brain tumor at age 24
• The Honorable Fergus Bowes-Lyon (1889 – 1915), married Lady Christian Dawson-Damer, had issue, killed in the Battle of Loos during World War I.  See Unofficial Royalty: Royalty and World War I – September 1915
• Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon, Countess Granville (1890 –  1967), married William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, had issue
• The Honorable Michael Bowes-Lyon (1893 – 1953), married Elizabeth Cator, had issue including Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
• The Honorable Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902 – 1961), married Rachel Clay, had issue

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PATERNAL COUSINS

Learn more about the British Royal Family at Unofficial Royalty: British Index

Paternal First Cousins: Children of Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood and Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923 – 2011)

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood was the eldest of the nine grandchildren of King George V of the United Kingdom. He served in the British Army during World War II and was held as a prisoner of war at Oflag IV-C, often referred to as Colditz Castle, an infamous German prisoner-of-war camp for officers. In 1947, George’s father died and he succeeded him as the 7th Earl of Harewood. Lord Harewood married Marion Stein, the daughter of a musician, and the couple had three sons. The couple divorced and Lord Harewood married for a second time to violinist Patricia Tuckwell. Lord Harewood had one son with his second wife but because he was born before his parents married, he is not in the line of succession to the throne nor is he eligible to succeed to the Earldom of Harewood.

• Unofficial Royalty: George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

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The Honorable Gerald Lascelles (1924 – 1998)

The Honorable Gerald Lascelles married actress Angela Dowding. Gerald and Angela had one son. Their marriage had collapsed when Gerald left Angela to live with another actress, Elizabeth Collingwood, whom he had known for 20 years and with whom he already had a son. Gerald divorced his first wife and married Elizabeth Collingwood. The couple had one child who was born before his parents’ marriage and so he is not in the line of succession to the throne or eligible to succeed to the Earldom of Harewood.

• Unofficial Royalty: The Honorable Gerald Lascelles

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott

Prince William of Gloucester (1941 – 1972)

Prince William of Gloucester went to Magdalene College, Cambridge to read history, graduating with a BA degree which was later raised to an MA degree. Following Cambridge, he spent a year at Stanford University in California studying political science, American history, and business. He worked for Lazard, an investment bank, and later became the second member of the British Royal Family (after his uncle Prince George, Duke of Kent) to work in the civil service or the diplomatic service. Prince William was a licensed pilot, owned several airplanes, and enjoyed competing in air shows. Sadly, while competing in an air show, his plane crashed and he died. Prince William was the elder son of his parents and would have succeeded his father as Duke of Gloucester. His younger brother Prince Richard succeeded their father as Duke of Gloucester.

• Unofficial Royalty: Prince William of Gloucester

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)

Prince Richard intended to have a career in architecture but that changed when his elder brother died in a plane crash.  He studied architecture at Magdalene College, Cambridge University where he received a Diploma of Architecture. Upon his brother’s death, Richard became his father’s heir, and took on increased royal duties and the responsibility for the family estate.  He married Danish-born Birgitte Eva Henriksen and the couple had one son and two daughters. Upon his father’s death, Richard succeeded him as Duke of Gloucester.  In support of his cousin Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Gloucester carries out a significant number of public duties and hundreds of official engagements in the United Kingdom and overseas.

• Unofficial Royalty: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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Paternal First Cousins: Children of Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)

When he was six years old, Prince Edward’s father was killed in a plane crash and so he succeeded his father as Duke of Kent. The Duke of Kent served in the British Army for 21 years. He married Katharine Worsley and the couple had three children. The Duke of Kent is the patron of numerous organizations. He is probably most recognized for his role as President of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a position to which he succeeded upon his mother’s death in 1968. In this role, he presented the champion’s trophies at Wimbledon each year. The Duke of Kent and his siblings Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael are not only first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II but also first cousins once removed of her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The fathers of Prince Philip and Princess Marina, the mother of Edward, Alexandra, and Michael, were brothers.

• Unofficial Royalty: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

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Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy (born 1935)

Princess Alexandra has been one of the most active members of the British Royal Family. Beginning in the late 1950s, she carried out an extensive program of engagements in support of her cousin The Queen, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Alexandra married The Honorable Angus Ogilvy, second son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie. The couple had two children.

• Unofficial Royalty: Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy

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Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942)

Because Prince Michael was born on American Independence Day in 1942, his father asked President Franklin Roosevelt to be one of his son’s godparents. President Roosevelt accepted and the baby prince was named Michael George Charles Franklin. Sadly, just six weeks after his birth, his father died in a Royal Air Force plane crash in the service of his country. Prince Michael married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, now known as Princess Michael of Kent. Because his wife was Roman Catholic, Prince Michael forfeited his place in the line of succession under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701. When the Succession to The Crown Act 2013 went into effect, eliminating the exclusion of anyone who marries a Roman Catholic, Prince Michael was returned to his place in the line of succession. Prince Michael and his wife have two children.

• Unofficial Royalty: Prince Michael of Kent

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MATERNAL COUSINS

• Glamis Castle: Ancestral seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and the birthplace of HRH The Princess Margaret
• Unofficial Royalty: The Strathmore Cousins

Maternal First Cousins: Children of Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, Lady Elphinstone and Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone)

The Honorable (Mary) Elizabeth Elphinstone (1911 – 1980)

The Honorable (Mary) Elizabeth Elphinstone went by her middle name. Along with her cousin Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her aunt Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI. In the photo above, Elizabeth is sitting on the floor on the left, and her cousin Lady Cecilia is sitting on the floor on the right. Elizabeth never married.

• The Peerage: The Honorable Mary Elizabeth Elphinstone

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John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone and 3rd Baron Elphinstone (1914 – 1975)

Lord Elphinstone served in the British Army during World War II and like another of Queen Elizabeth II’s cousins, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, he was held as a prisoner of war at Oflag IV-C, often referred to as Colditz Castle, an infamous German prisoner-of-war camp for officers. When his father died, he succeeded him as the 17th Lord Elphinstone. He never married and upon his death, his titles were passed to his nephew.

• The Peerage: John Alexander Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone and 3rd Baron Elphinstone

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The Honorable Jean Elphinstone, Mrs. Wills (1915 – 1999)

The Honorable Jean Elphinstone married Major John Lycett Wills and had one son and three daughters. Their daughter Marilyn was a goddaughter of Princess Margaret and was a bridesmaid at her wedding. Jean served as an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to her cousin Princess Margaret.

• The Peerage: The Honorable Jean Constance Elphinstone

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The Reverend The Honorable Andrew Elphinstone (1918 – 1975)

The Reverend The Honorable Andrew Elphinstone married Jean Hambro. The couple had one daughter and one son. Their son James Elphinstone became the 18th Lord Elphinstone upon the death of his uncle John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone (above).

• The Peerage: The Reverend The Honorable Andrew Charles Victor Elphinstone

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The Honorable Margaret Elphinstone, Mrs. Rhodes (1925 – 2016)

The Honorable Margaret Elphinstone married Denys Rhodes and they had two daughters and two sons. Because she was close in age to her cousin, the future Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret was a frequent playmate and was a bridesmaid at her wedding. Margaret’s daughter Annabel was a bridesmaid at Princess Margaret’s wedding. Margaret was an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to her aunt Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1991 until The Queen Mother’s death in 2002. Margaret remained close to her royal cousin and lived in a grace and favor residence in Windsor Great Park.

• The Peerage: The Honorable Margaret Elphinstone
• Wikipedia: Margaret Rhodes
• Unofficial Royalty: Margaret Elphinstone Rhodes, 1925-2016
  
• Daily Mail: Queen is in mourning after her best friend and beloved cousin Margaret Rhodes dies aged 91

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Lady Dorothy Osborne)

The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis (1910 – 1941)

The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis was a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards and served during World War II. John would have succeeded his father as Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne but he was killed in action.

• The Peerage: The Honorable John Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis

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Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. Harrington (1912 – 1947)

Along with her cousin, The Honorable (Mary) Elizabeth Elphinstone, Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her aunt Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Prince Albert, Duke of York, the future King George VI. See the wedding photo above. Lady Cecilia married Major Kenneth Harrington. The marriage was childless and Lady Cecilia died at the young age of 35.

• The Peerage: Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon

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Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1918 – 1972)

Timothy Bowes-Lyon was the twin brother of Lady Nancy Bowes-Lyon. He became the heir to his father’s earldom upon the death of his elder brother in action during World War II. He married Bridget Mary Brennan and the couple had one daughter who died in infancy. As he had no son, upon his death, he was succeeded by his first cousin Fergus Michael Bowes-Lyon.

• The Peerage: Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
• Wikipedia: Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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Lady Nancy with her twin brother Timothy, the future 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Lady Nancy Bowes-Lyon (1918 – 1959)

Lady Nancy Bowes-Lyon was the twin sister of Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She married Lance Burra-Robinson. The couple had two sons and divorced. Lady Nancy made a second, childless marriage to John Blair.

• The Peerage: Lady Nancy Moira Bowes-Lyon

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon and The Honorable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

Patricia Bowes-Lyon (1916 – 1917)

Patricia Bowes-Lyon was born on July 6, 1916, and died on June 18, 1917.

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Anne Bowes-Lyon, Princess Anne of Denmark (1917 – 1980)

Anne Bowes-Lyon first married Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, son and heir of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield, and they had a son and a daughter. Their son Thomas Patrick John Anson succeeded his grandfather as the 5th Earl of Lichfield. Known as professionally Patrick Lichfield, he became a noted photographer, took the official photos at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, and was also chosen to take the official photos of Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee. Anne divorced her first husband and married Prince George Valdemar of Denmark and thereafter was styled Princess Anne of Denmark.

• The Peerage: Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon
• Wikipedia: Princess Anne of Denmark

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Diana Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. Somervel (1923 – 1986)

Diana Bowes-Lyon, who has Cinderella as one of her middle names, was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her cousin, the future Queen Elizabeth II. She married Peter Somervel. They had one daughter who is a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

• The Peerage: Diana Cinderella Mildred Bowes-Lyon

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Nerissa Bowes-Lyon (1919 – 1986) and Katherine Bowes-Lyon (1923 – 2014)

In 1987, it was revealed that Nerissa and Katherine had been placed in Royal Earlswood Hospital, a hospital for the developmentally disabled, in 1941and had been erroneously listed in Burke’s Peerage as being dead since 1963.

• Unofficial Royalty: Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon: Queen Elizabeth II’s Hidden Cousins
• The Peerage: Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon
• The Peerage: Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable Fergus Bowes-Lyon and Lady Christian Dawson-Damer

Rosemary Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. Joicey-Cecil (1915 – 1989)

Rosemary Bowes-Lyon was born two months before her father was killed in action during World War I.  She married Edward Joicey-Cecil and they had a son and a daughter.

• The Peerage: Rosemary Lusia Bowes-Lyon

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon, Countess Granville and William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville

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Lady Mary with her daughter

Lady Mary Levenson-Gower, Mrs. Clayton (1917 – 2014)

Lady Mary Levenson-Gower married Samuel Wittewronge Clayton. They had a son and a daughter. When Lady Mary died in 2014, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Countess of Wessex, and Princess Beatrice of York attended her funeral.

• The Peerage: Lady Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower

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Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville (1918 – 1996)

Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville succeeded to his earldom upon the death of his father in 1953. He married Doon Aileen Plunket and they had two sons and one daughter. His elder son is a godson of Queen Elizabeth II.

• The Peerage: Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable Michael Bowes-Lyon and Elizabeth Cator

Fergus Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1928 – 1987)

Fergus Michael Bowes-Lyon went by his middle name Michael. He succeeded to the Earldoms of Strathmore and Kinghorne upon the death of his first cousin Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, who had no sons. He married Mary Pamela McCorquodale and they had one son and two daughters.

• The Peerage: Fergus Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
• Wikipedia: Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
• New York Times: Earl of Strathmore Is Dead; A Cousin of Queen Elizabeth

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The Prince of Wales and Lady Mary Colman

Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. Colman (1932 – 2021)

Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon is the twin sister of Lady Patricia Bowes-Lyon. She married Sir Timothy Colman and had three daughters and two sons. Lady Mary served as an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra of Kent. In 1974, she was granted the rank of an earl’s daughter. Lady Mary’s husband was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1996.

The Peerage: Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon

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Lady Patricia Bowes-Lyon (1932 – 1997)

Lady Patricia Bowes-Lyon was the twin sister of Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon. In 1974, she was granted the rank of an earl’s daughter. She married Oliver Tetley but they later divorced. They had one son who served as Equerry to HRH The Duke of Kent between 1993 and 1995.

• The Peerage: Lady Patricia Maud Bowes-Lyon

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The Honorable Michael Albemarle Bowes-Lyon (born 1940)

Born Michael Albemarle Bowes-Lyon, he goes by his middle name Albemarle. In 1974, he was granted the rank of an earl’s younger son. He was director of the bank Coutts & Company.

• The Peerage: Hon. Michael Albemarle Bowes-Lyon

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Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable Sir David Bowes-Lyon and Rachel Clay

Davina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Stair (1930 – 2017)

Davina Bowes-Lyon married John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, and afterward was styled Countess of Stair. The Earl and Countess of Stair had three sons.

• The Peerage: Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon
• Daily Mail: Queen loses another confidante weeks before her 70th anniversary: Her Majesty’s cousin Davina, Countess of Stair, dies aged 87

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Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon (born 1932)

Simon Bowes-Lyon served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He married Caroline Pike and the couple has one daughter and three sons.

• The Peerage: Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon
• Wikipedia: Simon Bowes-Lyon

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King Charles III of the United Kingdom (born 1948)

(All photos credits – Wikipedia unless otherwise noted)

Charles is the eldest of the four children of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, born a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His paternal grandparents are Prince Andrew of Greece, son of King George I of Greece (born Prince Vilhelm of Denmark, son of King Christian IX of Denmark) and Princess Alice of Battenberg, daughter of Prince Ludwig of Battenberg (later Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Charles’ maternal grandparents are King George VI of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th of Strathmore. Charles is a descendant of two children of Queen Victoria. His father is the great-grandson of Prince Alice of the United Kingdom who married Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. His mother is the great-granddaughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom who married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark.

Charles attended Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he studied anthropology, archaeology, and history. He was the first heir apparent to the British throne to earn a university degree. Prince Charles served in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force and trained as a helicopter pilot and a jet pilot.

Charles married Lady Diana Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer. The couple had two sons Prince William and Prince Harry. Unfortunately, Charles and Diana’s marriage was not the fairy tale marriage it was expected to be. Within five years, the couple’s incompatibility and age difference of almost 13 years, as well as Diana’s concern about Charles’s previous girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles, became visible and was damaging to their marriage. Audiotapes showing evidence of Diana’s own extramarital affairs also surfaced. The couple divorced in 1996 and tragically, just a year later, Diana died in a car accident.

Following the divorces of both Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles let it be known that his relationship with Camilla was “non-negotiable.” He knew that the relationship was causing much negative publicity and he had Mark Bolland, his Deputy Private Secretary, work on the rehabilitation of Camilla’s image which occurred from 1999 until 2005. In 2005, Charles and Camilla married. After her second marriage, Camilla automatically received the female counterparts of her husband’s titles, including Princess of Wales. However, because the title Princess of Wales is so strongly associated with the previous holder of that title, Diana, Princess of Wales, Camilla adopted the feminine form of her husband’s highest-ranking subsidiary title, Duke of Cornwall, so she was styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and The Duchess of Rothesay when she was in Scotland. When Charles succeeded to the throne, his wife was styled Her Majesty Queen Consort Camilla.

Charles shares his 22 first cousins with his siblings Anne, The Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, The Duke of York; and Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh.

• Unofficial Royalty: King Charles III of the United Kingdom

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Paternal Aunts of King Charles III: Children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg

• Princess Margarita of Greece, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1905 – 1981), married Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, had four sons and one daughter
• Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden (1906 – 1969), married Berthold, Margrave of Baden, had two sons and one daughter
• Princess Cecilie of Greece, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse (1911 – 1937), married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, had two sons and one daughter
• Princess Sophie of Greece, Princess of Hesse, Princess of Hanover (1914 – 2001), married (1) Prince Christoph of Hesse, killed on active duty during World War II, had three daughters and two sons (2) Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover, had two sons and one daughter

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Maternal Aunt of King Charles III: Child of King George VI of the United Kingdom and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

• Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930 – 2002), married and divorced Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, had one son and one daughter

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Paternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Margarita of Greece, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Kraft, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1935 – 2004)

Kraft was trained as a forest manager and banker and became titular Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg upon the death of his father in 1960. He married Princess Charlotte of Croÿ, daughter of Prince Alexander of Croÿ and Anne Elspeth Campbell. They had two daughters and one son and divorced after 25 years of marriage. Kraft made a second, childless marriage to Irma Pospesch.

Kraft and his siblings are descendants of Queen Victoria through both of their parents. Their paternal grandmother was Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Their paternal grandmother was Princess Alice of Battenberg, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

• Wikipedia: Kraft, 9th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

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Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1936 – 1997), unmarried

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Prince Georg Andreas of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1938 – 2021)

Georg Andreas married Princess Luise of Schönburg-Waldenburg and had two daughters.

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Prince Rupprecht of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1944 – 1978), unmarried

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Prince Albrecht of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1944 – 1992)

Prince Albrecht married Maria-Hildegard Fischer and had one son.

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Paternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Theodora of Greece, Margravine of Baden and Berthold, Margrave of Baden

Princess Margarita of Baden (1932 – 2013)

Margarita trained as a nurse at St. Thomas Hospital in London, England. While attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, her aunt by marriage, she met Prince Tomislav, a member of the exiled Yugoslav royal family and also a descendant of Queen Victoria. The couple eventually married and had one son and one daughter. Margarita and Tomislav lived near Billingshurst, Sussex, England where they owned a fruit farm. Their marriage ended in divorce after 24 years of marriage. Margarita attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011 as William was the son of her first cousin, Prince Charles.

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Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933 – 2022)

Maximilian attended the Schule Schloss Salem, the school that his father and educator Kurt Hahn founded. After his schooling, he did his military service as a reserve officer candidate of the Bundeswehr, the unified armed forces of Germany. After active service, he remained a colonel with the reserves. Maximilian married Archduchess Valerie of Austria, daughter of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm. They had three sons and one daughter. The family runs the Winery of the Margrave of Baden.

• Unofficial Royalty: Maximilian, Margrave of Baden

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Prince Ludwig of Baden (born 1937)

Ludwig married Princess Anna Maria of Auersperg-Breunne and had two daughters and one son.

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Paternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Cecilie of Greece, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse

Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (1931 – 1937)

Ludwig was the first great-great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. He died at the age of six in an airplane crash along with his parents, his brother Alexander and his paternal grandmother Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, the last Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. See Unofficial Royalty: November 16, 1937 – Deaths of the Grand Ducal Family of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1933 – 1937)

Alexander died at the age of four in an airplane crash that killed his family except for his younger sister Johanna who was not on the airplane.

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Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine (1936 – 1939)

Johanna became an orphan when she was fourteen months old when her parents, her two elder brothers, and her paternal grandmother were killed in an airplane crash in Belgium as they were on their way to the wedding of her uncle Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine and Margaret Geddes in London, England. Ludwig and Margaret adopted Johanna and planned to raise her as their own daughter. However, she developed meningitis less than two years after the airplane accident and died.

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Paternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Sophie, Princess of Hesse and her first husband Prince Christoph of Hesse

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Princess Christina Margarethe with her mother and her daughter

Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (1933 – 2011)

Christina Margarethe, known as Krista, and her siblings lost their father during World War II. Prince Christoph of Hesse was the fifth and the youngest son (and twin of Prince Richard of Hesse) of Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse and Princess Margaret of Prussia, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Christoph was a German SS officer and was killed on active duty in a plane crash during World War II. Two of his four brothers had been killed in World War I.

Krista attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. She spent the winter of 1955-1956 living in London, studying the restoration of paintings. A year earlier, Krista had met Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, youngest son of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria of Romania, in Portugal, and she met up with him in London. Krista and Andrew married and had one son and one daughter. Five years after the marriage, Krista left Andrew to live with a Dutch artist Robert Floris van Eyck. Andrew began divorce proceedings and obtained custody of their two children. Krista married Robert Floris van Eyck and they had one son and one daughter. They divorced after 24 years of marriage.

• Wikipedia: Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse

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Princess Dorothea of Hesse (born 1934)

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Princesses Christine and Dorothea of Hesse at a fitting for their dresses to be worn to the coronation of Elizabeth II

Dorothea married Prince Friedrich Karl of Windisch-Grätz and had two daughters.

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Prince Karl of Hesse (1937 – 2022)

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Prince Karl with his sisters Christina and Dorothea

Karl married Countess Yvonne Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár and had one son and one daughter.

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Prince Rainer of Hesse (born 1939)

Rainer is a German historian and director. He had an apprenticeship as an assistant at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and at the Münchner Kammerspiele and has worked over the years directing plays. As a historian, he has earned a reputation for studying the history of his own family. He funded Jonathan Petropoulos, an American historian who writes about the Nazi period in Germany, as he was researching and writing Royals and the Reich, which depicts the role of the House of Hesse in the Third Reich.

• Wikipedia: Prince Rainer of Hesse (in German)

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Princess Clarissa on the right with her parents

Princess Clarissa of Hesse (born 1944)

Clarissa married Jean-Claude Derrien and had one daughter.

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Paternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Sophie of Greece, Princess of Hanover and her second husband Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover

Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover (1947 – 1981)

Welf and his siblings were the children of Princess Sophie of Greece and her second husband Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover, son of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia. Their father’s sister was Queen Frederica of Greece and so they are the first cousins of King Constantine II of Greece, Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Irene of Greece.

Welf married Wibke van Gunsteren and they had one daughter. Welf and his wife became disciples of the Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh also known as Osho. They took the names Vimalkirti (“Spotless Splendor”) and Wibke Prem Turiya (“Spiritual Love”) and moved with their daughter to Poona, India to live in Osho’s ashram. In 1979, the couple divorced but continued to live together in India. Welf died at a clinic in Poona, India from a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing during a morning karate practice session. After Welf’s death, his daughter was brought to England by her grandparents so she could have a normal education.

• Wikipedia: Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover

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Prince Georg of Hanover (born 1949)

Georg married American Victoria Anne Bee, daughter of Robert Bee and Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen. The couple had two daughters.

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Princess Friederike of Hanover, Mrs. Jerry Cyr (born 1954)

Princess Friederike of Hanover is a godchild of her aunt by marriage, Queen Elizabeth II. She attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada and remained in Canada. Friederike married Jerry William Cyr, son of Gordon Paul Cyr and Emma Grandbois in Vancouver, Canada. The couple had one daughter and one son.

• Wikipedia: Princess Friederike of Hanover

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Maternal First Cousins of King Charles III: Children of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 1961)

During his secondary education at Bedales School in Steep, Hampshire, England, David developed an interest in arts and crafts. He then studied the craft of woodworking at Parnham College in Beaminster, Dorset, England, now known as the Architectural Association School of Architecture. David has had a career as a furniture designer and maker and set up his own company LINLEY in 1985.

David married The Honorable Serena Stanhope, a daughter of Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington. The couple separated and intend to divorce. They had two children Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, who served as the First Page of Honor of his great-aunt, Queen Elizabeth II, and Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

David does not have an official role, but he does take part in Royal Family events, such as the Trooping of the Color. In 2002, while his grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was lying in state at Westminster Hall, David, along with his first cousins The Prince of Wales, The Duke of York, and The Earl of Wessex, stood guard around their grandmother’s coffin.

• Unofficial Royalty: David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

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Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones Chatto (born 1964)

Sarah attended Bedales School where she developed an interest in art. Her interest in art led her to attend the Camberwell College of Arts followed by coursework in Printed Textiles at Middlesex Polytechnic, before completing her studies at Royal Academy Schools where she won the Winsor & Newton Prize for emerging artists in painting and drawing and the Creswick Landscape Prize.

Sarah married Daniel Chatto, son of actor Tom Chatto and theatrical agent Ros Chatto. With both of his parents in show business, it was not unusual for Daniel to try his hand at acting. One of his roles was as Prince Andrew in an American TV movie Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story. His acting career lasted from 1981-1988. Like his wife Sarah, Daniel became an artist.

Sarah and Daniel had two sons, Samuel and Arthur. Like his cousin Charles Armstrong-Jones, Arthur also served as the First Page of Honor of his great-aunt, Queen Elizabeth II.

• Unofficial Royalty: Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones Chatto

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