A Full Guide to the Modern British Royal Family

They may be one of the most famous—and most photographed—families in the world, but it can be hard to keep track of exactly who's who when it comes to the British Royal clan.

Those familiar with the history books will know the late Queen Elizabeth II was England's longest-serving monarch. Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, welcomed four kids, including King Charles III, who ascended to the throne upon his mother's death in 2022, at age 73. But the royal family tree extends far beyond those who wear the crown. Some faces may look more familiar, as certain members have stepped up amidst Charles and Princess Catherine's cancer diagnoses.

Whether they have upped their appearances or maintained their low-key status, have blood ties or married into the monarchy, see ahead for the whole British royal family tree—it's quite a stylish, philanthropic bunch.

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21, 1926, the eldest daughter to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. She had one sibling, a younger sister, Princess Margaret (1930-2002).

Elizabeth had the longest tenure of any British monarch, as she succeeded the throne in 1952 at 25 years old, following the death of her father, and ruled under she passed away at 96 years old on Sept. 8, 2022. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and welcomed four children, King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward.

As Head of Armed Forces, the late queen had deep ties to Naval ships, army regiments, and air squadrons. Before she came into rule, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service at 18 years old and became a vehicle mechanic during World War II.

Her Majesty was also heavily involved in philanthropic efforts, with connections to more than 500 charities, including ones dedicated to furthering the opportunities of young people and preserving the environment.

When she wasn't attending to royal duties, Queen Elizabeth had a passionate interest in horses, having gained a reputation as a rider, owner, and breeder. She was gifted her first pony, a Shetland named Peggy, by her grandfather, King George V. Elizabeth also had a love for dogs, having owned more than 30 Corgis in her lifetime, and botany. She was a patron of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and famously attended its flagship event, the Chelsea Flower Show, more than 50 times, including in May 2022, just a couple months before her death.

Prince Philip

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was born on June 10, 1921, on the Greek island of Corfu to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. He had four older sisters, Princess Margarita, Princess Theodora, Princess Cécile, and Princess Sophie. Philip served in the Royal Navy from January 1940 through the end of World War II.

In 1947, he became a British subject, renouncing his Greek and Danish royal title and taking his mother's surname, Mountbatten. The same year, he married Queen Elizabeth II, who he remained married to until his death on April 9, 2021.

King Charles III

King Charles III is the oldest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, born November 14, 1948. He ascended the British throne following the death of his mother on Sept. 8, 2022, and was coronated a year later on May 6, 2023.

Charles married Princess Diana in 1981, and together they welcomed Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry in 1984. The couple separated in 1992 and officially divorced in 1996. Charles went on to marry Queen Consort Camilla in 2005.

Much like his mother, the monarch has a history of philanthropy. He has helped establish more than 20 charities over 40 years, including The Prince's Trust, The Prince's Foundation, and The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF).

On Feb. 5, 2024, Buckingham Palace announced His Majesty was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, which doctors identified while treating Charles for an enlarged prostate. At the time of the announcement, the palace added he was receiving a regular schedule of outpatient treatments.

Princess Diana

Diana, Princess of Wales, was born Diana Frances Spencer on July 1, 1961 in Norfolk. She met King Charles III through her sister, Lady Sarah, while working as a nursery teacher's assistant. Spencer and Charles had two children, Prince William and Prince Harry.

Often regarded as the people's princess, Spencer engaged in many public philanthropic causes, most notably AIDs research, homelessness, cancer, and education. The princess died in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997.

Queen Consort Camilla

Queen Consort Camilla was born Camilla Rosemary Shand on July 17, 1947. She married army officer Andrew Parker-Bowles in 1973, with whom she shares two children, Tom and Laura, and later divorced him in 1995. Camilla and King Charles were romantically involved both before and during their first marriages, and eventually tied the knot in 2005. Camilla was crowned alongside Charles at his coronation ceremony in May 2023.

Prince William

Prince William was born on June 21, 1982. He is the first child of King Charles III and Princess Diana and the heir to the British throne.

William attended the University of St. Andrews, where he met his wife, Kate Middleton, and graduated in 2005. After completing officer training, he joined the RAF Search and Rescue Force in 2010.

The following year, on April 29, 2011, he and Kate got married. They have since welcomed three children, Prince George in 2013, Princess Charlotte in 2015, and Prince Louis in 2018.

In 2020, William started the Earthshot Prize, an award created "to discover, spotlight, and help grow innovative solutions that are working to repair and regenerate our planet," per the official website. It is one of many philanthropic causes he presides over, including homelessness and mental health.

Kate Middleton

Kate, Princess of Wales, was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton on January 9, 1982, to Michael and Carole Middleton. She met Prince William at St. Andrews upon enrolling in 2001; they later married and welcomed three children.

Middleton has devoted much of her philanthropic efforts to early childhood support and children's mental and physical health. In June 2021, she launched The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and has since spearheaded the "Shaping Us" campaign, which underscores the importance of a child's early years.

On March 22, 2024, the princess posted an emotional video to the official royal social media accounts announcing she has an undisclosed form of cancer. She noted at the time that she'd be undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy.

Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis

Prince George is the oldest child of Prince William and Princess Kate, born on July 22, 2013. He is second in line to the throne.

Princess Charlotte is William and Kate's only daughter and third in line to the throne. Born May 2, 2015, she honors her grandmother and great grandmother with her middle names, "Elizabeth Diana." Prince Louis is William and Kate's youngest child and fourth in line to the throne, born April 23, 2018.

Prince Harry

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is King Charles and Princess Diana's second son, born on Sept. 15, 1984.

Harry served in Afghanistan with the Army Air Corps from 2005 to 2015. He married Suits alum Meghan Markle in 2018, and together they welcomed Prince Archie in 2019 and Princess Lilibet in 2021.

Harry and Meghan took a step back from their roles as working royals in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California. In 2023, Harry released his memoir Spare, in which he opens up about his estranged relationship with the royal family.

The couple launched the non-profit organization The Archewell Foundation, which contributes to a variety of philanthropic causes, and media production company Archewell Productions in 2020. In April 2024, the couple announced they were launching two Netflix shows, one that will follow Meghan, celebrating "cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship," and another that will follow the professional world of polo, a sport Harry holds close to his heart.

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle was born on August 4, 1981, in Los Angeles, California. She studied at Northwestern University, during which time she also started acting. From 2011 to 2017, Markle starred in the legal drama Suits, but stepped away from the camera after marrying Prince Harry in 2018. Upon their marriage, Meghan was given the title Duchess of Sussex. They welcomed their first child, Prince Archie, in 2019 and their second, Princess Lilibet, in 2021.

In 2020, she and Harry took a step back as working royals and moved back to Meghan's home state, California. Since then, Meghan has hosted a podcast called Archetypes, which ended in November 2022, in addition to contributing to The Archewell Foundation and Archewell Productions. Joining the release of their two Netflix shows, Meghan announced in March she was launching lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard, which is "rooted in her love of details, curating, hosting, life’s simple pleasures, and family.”

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

Prince Archie is Harry and Markle's first child, born on May 6, 2019. Princess Lilibet is Harry and Markle's younger child, born on June 4, 2021. She is named after her great grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and honors her grandmother, Princess Diana, by carrying her name as her middle name.

Princess Anne

Princess Anne, born on Aug. 15, 1950, is the second child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Anne married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973 and welcomed a son, Peter, in 1977 and a daughter, Zara, in 1981. However, the couple got divorced in 1992, and Anne went on to remarry Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence the same year.

Anne often performs official royal duties on behalf of her brother and is involved in many philanthropic causes, including those dedicated to sports, sciences, people with disabilities, and health in developing countries. She also became the first British royal to compete in the Olympics when she participated in the three-day equestrian event at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.

Sir Timothy Laurence

Timothy Laurence was born on March 1, 1955. He is a retired Royal Navy officer, who also served as the equerry to Queen Elizabeth II from 1986 to 1989, and was named the personal aide-de-camp to the Queen in 2004. He married Princess Anne in 1992.

Peter Philips

Peter Philips is the first child of Princess Anne and Mark Philips, born on Nov. 15, 1977. He is a businessman who has worked for Jaguar Racing and the Royal Bank of Scotland; he also founded a sports management company, SEL UK, in 2012. He married Canadian management consultant Autumn Philips in 2008 and welcomed two children, Savannah and Isla, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. The couple divorced in 2021.

Savannah and Isla Phillips

Savannah, born on Dec. 29, 2010, is Peter and Autumn's first child and Queen Elizabeth II's first great-grandchild. Isla, born on March 29, 2012, is the couple's second daughter. The sisters made their royal debut in 2017 at Trooping the Color.

Zara Tindall

Zara Tindall, born on May 15, 1981, is Princess Anne and Mark Phillips' second child. Zara followed in her mother's footsteps and competed in the equestrian event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, taking home silver. She married rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011, whom she met at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, and welcomed three children, Mia, Lena, and Lucas in 2014, 2018, and 2021, respectively.

Mike Tindall

Mike Tindall, born on Oct. 18, 1978, is a former rugby player who played for Bath and Gloucester and was on the team that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the same event where he met Zara Tindall. He and Zara wed in 2011 and have since welcomed three children.

Mia, Lena, and Lucas Tindall

Mia, born on Jan. 17, 2014, is the first child of Zara and Mike. Lena, born on June 18, 2018, is the couple's second daughter, and Lucas, born on March 21, 2021, is the couple's only son.

Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew, born on Feb. 19, 1960, is Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's third child. Andrew served as a naval officer, during which he flew helicopter missions, from 1980 through his retirement as a commander in 2001. However, he remained affiliated with the Navy and received the honorary rank of vice admiral in 2015.

Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in 1986 and the two welcomed two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, in 1988 and 1990, respectively, before divorcing in 1996.

In 2019, he was accused of sexual abuse by Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, and was later sued. Andrew denied the allegations but was stripped of his military affiliations and royal patronages in 2022 after a settlement was reached.

Sarah Ferguson

Sarah Ferguson, born on Oct. 15, 1959, is a British author and television personality. She met Prince Andrew after being invited to the 1985 Royal Ascot by Princess Diana. She and Andrew wed in 1986 and became the Duke and Duchess of York. They welcomed two daughters before separating in 1992 and officially divorcing in 1996. They did, however, remain friendly after their split, as they continued living together and even adopted Queen Elizabeth's corgis after she died.

Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice, born on Aug. 8, 1988, is the first daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. She married property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in 2020 and welcomed a daughter, Sienna, in 2021. In the wake of Princess Kate and King Charles III's cancer diagnoses, Beatrice has taken up more royal engagements.

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

Edoardo Mapelli Mozzie, born on Nov. 19, 1983, is a member of the Italian noble family and the founder and chief executive of Banda Property, a property development and interior design company. He met Princess Beatrice through mutual friends, and the two got married in 2020 and welcomed a daughter the year later. He also shares a son, Christopher Woolf, with ex-girlfriend Dara Huang.

Sienna Mapelli Mozzie

Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, born on Sept. 18, 2021, is Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi's only child. Her middle name is a tribute to grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.

Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie, born on March 23, 1990, is Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's second daughter. She married British marketing executive Jack Brooksbank in 2018 and welcomed two sons, August and Ernest, in 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Jack Brooksbank

Jack Brooksbank, born on May 3, 1986, is a marketing executive at developmental corporation Discovery Land Company. Previously, he served as a brand ambassador for George Clooney's tequila brand, Casamigos. He met Princess Eugenie during a ski trip in Verbier, Switzerland. The two got married in 2018 and later welcomed two sons.

August and Ernest Brooksbank

August, born on Feb. 9, 2021, is Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's first son. Ernest, born on May 30, 2023, is their second son.

Prince Edward

Prince Edward, born on March 10, 1964, is Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's fourth and youngest child. Edward served in the Royal Marines briefly before establishing his own theater company, Ardent Productions. He married Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999 and welcomed two children, Louis and James, in 2003 and 2007, respectively.

He stepped down from Ardent Productions in 2002 to pivot into full-time royal work, under the title Duke of Edinburgh. Following the news of Princess Kate and King Charles III's cancer diagnoses, he and Sophie have taken up more royal duties.

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh was born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones on Jan. 20, 1965. She first met Prince Edward at Capitol Radio in 1987, where she was working in public relations at the time; the two didn’t cross paths again until six years later, when Sophie was doing PR for Edward’s Real Tennis Challenge event. Their second encounter is when things turned romantic, and they dated for a few years before eventually getting married in 1999 and welcoming two kids in the years that followed.

Sophie is a patron of more than 70 charities and organizations dedicated to causes including gender equality and inclusion, sexual violence prevention, avoidable blindness, people with disabilities, and advocating for young people and children. Amid Princess Kate and King Charles III’s battles with cancer, she and Prince Edward have each stepped up their royal duties.

Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex

Lady Louise, born on Nov. 8, 2003, is Prince Edward and Sophie’s first child. She was born a month premature, which resulted in her developing rare eye condition esotropia. She was the flower girl in Prince William and Princess Kate’s wedding at the age of 7 and served as a special attendant at Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding at 14 years old.

James, Earl of Wessex, born on Dec. 17, 2007, is Prince Edward and Sophie's second child. He took the title "Viscount Severn" at birth and became "Earl of Wessex" after his father received the title "Duke of Edinburgh." His full name is James Alexander Philip Theo, which pays tribute to his grandfather, Prince Philip.