British Royal Family - Collaterals

Collaterals

There are a few immediate family members (a spouse and the children and grandchildren of its current full or deceased members) carrying no official Royal style who sometimes appear in listings:

  • VAdm Sir Timothy Laurence (The Princess Royal's second and current husband)
    • Mr & Mrs Peter Phillips (The Princess Royal's son by Capt Mark Phillips, and his wife, Autumn)
      • Miss Savannah Phillips (Peter Phillips' elder daughter, The Queen's first great-grandchild)
      • Miss Isla Phillips (Peter Phillips' younger daughter, The Queen's second great-grandchild)
    • Mrs Michael Tindall MBE & Michael Tindall MBE, Esq (The Princess Royal's daughter by Capt Mark Phillips, known as Zara Phillips, and her husband)
  • Viscount & Viscountess Linley (The Princess Margaret's son and his wife)
    • The Hon Charles Armstrong-Jones (Lord Linley's son)
    • The Hon Margarita Armstrong-Jones (Lord Linley's daughter)
  • The Lady Sarah Chatto & Daniel Chatto Esq (The Princess Margaret's daughter and her husband)
    • Mr Samuel Chatto (Lady Sarah's elder son)
    • Mr Arthur Chatto (Lady Sarah's younger son)

The following persons are descendants (or widows) of the younger children of Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V:

  • Earl & Countess of Ulster (The Duke of Gloucester's son and his wife)
    • Lord Culloden (Lord Ulster's son)
    • The Lady Cosima Windsor (Lord Ulster's daughter)
  • The Lady Davina Lewis & Mr Gary Lewis (The Duke of Gloucester's elder daughter and her husband)
    • Mr Tane Mahuta Lewis (Lady Davina's son)
    • Miss Senna Lewis (Lady Davina's daughter)
  • The Lady Rose Gilman & George Gilman Esq (The Duke of Gloucester's younger daughter and her husband)
    • Miss Lyla Gilman (Lady Rose's daughter)
  • Earl & Countess of St Andrews (The Duke of Kent's elder son and his wife)
    • Lord Downpatrick (Lord St Andrews' son)
    • The Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor (Lord St Andrews' elder daughter)
    • The Lady Amelia Windsor (Lord St Andrews' younger daughter)
  • The Lord & Lady Nicholas Windsor (The Duke of Kent's younger son and his wife)
    • Albert Windsor Esq (Lord Nicholas' elder son)
    • Leopold Windsor Esq (Lord Nicholas' younger son)
  • The Lady Helen Taylor & Timothy Taylor Esq (The Duke of Kent's daughter and her husband)
    • Mr Columbus Taylor (Lady Helen's elder son)
    • Mr Cassius Taylor (Lady Helen's younger son)
    • Miss Eloise Taylor (Lady Helen's elder daughter)
    • Miss Estella Taylor (Lady Helen's younger daughter)
  • The Lord & Lady Frederick Windsor (Prince Michael of Kent's son and his wife, known as Sophie Winkleman)
  • The Lady Gabriella Windsor (Prince Michael of Kent's daughter)
  • Mr & Mrs James Ogilvy (Princess Alexandra's son, and his wife)
    • Mr Alexander Ogilvy (James Ogilvy's son)
    • Miss Flora Ogilvy (James Ogilvy's daughter)
  • Mrs Marina Ogilvy (Princess Alexandra's daughter)
    • Christian Mowatt Esq (Marina Ogilvy's son by Mr Paul Mowatt)
    • Miss Zenouska Mowatt (Marina Ogilvy's daughter by Mr Paul Mowatt)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Harewood, great-grandson of King George V through his daughter The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood
    • His stepmother (The Dowager Countess of Harewood), wife, children, brothers, nephews, nieces and his late uncle's son and grandson
  • HG The Duke of Fife (great-grandson of King Edward VII through his daughter The Princess Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife)
    • His children and grandchildren
  • The Rt Hon The Lady Saltoun (widow of Capt Alexander Ramsay of Mar, great-grandson of Queen Victoria through her son The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn)
    • Ramsay's children and grandchildren
  • The Most Hon The Marquess of Milford Haven (great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria through her daughter The Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine)
    • His mother (Janet Mountbatten, The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven), wife, children, brother and nieces
  • The Rt Hon The Countess Mountbatten of Burma (Lord Milford Haven's first cousin once-removed, great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her daughter The Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine)
    • Her children, grandchildren, sister and her sister's children and grandchildren

The Earl of Harewood was a female-line first cousin of the Queen and acted as a Counsellor of State. The Duke of Fife, the Marquess of Milford Haven, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and the Lady Saltoun, and their respective families, as well as Lord Harewood's descendants, are so distant in kinship from the reigning Sovereign that they are relatives, rather than members, of the Royal Family.

None of these persons receive any money from the State or undertake official engagements on behalf of the Queen, although they remain eligible to serve as Counsellors of State. However, the Queen does invite them to private family functions and to participate in official royal occasions, such as the Trooping the Colour, the Golden Jubilee celebrations, and ceremonial or state funerals.

There are three living former spouses of members of the British Royal Family:

  • Sarah, Duchess of York (former wife of HRH The Duke of York and the mother of HRH Princess Beatrice and HRH Princess Eugenie)
  • Capt Mark Phillips (the first husband of The Princess Royal)
  • The Rt Hon The Earl of Snowdon (the former husband of Princess Margaret)

The Duke of York and his former wife Sarah, Duchess of York divorced in 1996. She lost the style of Royal Highness but was allowed the style "Sarah, Duchess of York". Unlike Lord Snowdon and Captain Phillips, Sarah has never remarried and still attends some functions with her daughters, such as the investiture of The Duke of York into the Royal Victorian Order, on which occasions she is afforded the courtesy of treatment as a member of the Royal Family, although the Lord Chamberlain's Diamond Jubilee Guidelines mention the Duchess specifically as being a member of the Royal Family in her own right.

Recently deceased members of the Royal Family include:

  • HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (widow of HM King George VI and mother of HM The Queen)
  • HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (sister of HM The Queen)
  • HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (widow of HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and mother to the present Duke of Gloucester)
  • Diana, Princess of Wales (first wife of HRH The Prince of Wales, the mother of HRH The Duke of Cambridge and HRH Prince Harry)

The Rt Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, who died in 2004, was the husband of Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy and a first-cousin-in law of The Queen. He supported his wife in her royal duties and sometimes accompanied the Princess during her royal tours abroad. As a husband of a princess of the blood royal, he was listed as an immediate member of the Royal Family in the same way as it is today with The Princess Royal's current husband, Sir Timothy Laurence.

The Prince of Wales' first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in 1997. They had divorced in 1996. She lost the style of Royal Highness but was allowed the style "Diana, Princess of Wales" and continued to be treated as a member of the Royal Family and was accorded the same precedence she enjoyed whilst being married to The Prince of Wales when accompanying her children, The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, second and third in line, respectively, to the throne.

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