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A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/sultanas, or raja/rani and sometimes their extended family.
The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while the terms baronial family, comital family, ducal family, archducal family, grand ducal family, or princely family are more appropriate to describe, respectively, the relatives of a reigning baron, count/earl, duke, archduke, grand duke, or prince.
However, in common parlance members of any family which reigns by hereditary right are often referred to as royalty or "royals". It is also customary in some circles to refer to the extended relations of a deposed monarch and their descendants as a royal family. A dynasty is sometimes referred to as the "House of ...". In July 2013 there were 26 active sovereign dynasties in the world that ruled or reigned over 43 monarchies.[1]
As of 2021[update], while there are several European countries whose nominal head of state, by long tradition, is a king or queen, the associated royal families, with the notable exception of the British royal family, are non-notable ordinary citizens who may bear a title but are not involved in public affairs.[2]
^Meet the world's other 25 royal families
^Jenkins, Simon (13 March 2021). "Britain's royal family is an accident waiting to happen. Prince Charles should dismantle it". The Guardian.
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The British royalfamily comprises King Charles III and his close relations. There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member...
family tree of the British royalfamily, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III. See Family...
The Spanish royalfamily, a branch of the House of Bourbon, is headed by King Felipe VI, and currently consists of Queen Letizia, their children Leonor...
The currently deposed Greek royalfamily (Greek: Βασιλική Οικογένεια της Ελλάδος) was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and...
The Danish royalfamily is the dynastic family of the monarch of Denmark. While some members of the Danish royalfamily hold the title of Prince(ss) of...
The Swedish royalfamily (Swedish: Svenska kungafamiljen) since 1818 has consisted of members of the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, closely related...
Members of the Norwegian royalfamily are people related to King Harald V of Norway or former Norwegian monarchs. The current family who holds the throne...
The Travancore royalfamily was the ruling house of the Kingdom of Travancore.The Travancore royalfamily signed a treaty with the British in 1788, thereby...
The Romanian royalfamily (Romanian: Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern...
The last Bulgarian royalfamily (Bulgarian: Българско царско семейство, romanized: Balgarsko tsarsko semeystvo) is a line of the Koháry branch of the House...
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The Zulu royalfamily, also known as the House of Zulu (Zulu: abakwaZulu, lit. 'people of the place of Zulu') consists of the king of the Zulus, his consorts...
(Arabic: آل سُعُود, romanized: ʾĀl Suʿūd IPA: [ʔaːl sʊʕuːd]) is the ruling royalfamily of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud...
Constitution implied a royal position "over and above the Constitution". He compared the King to a father, the head of a family, "Regarding the moral mission...
Xang Hom Khao Dynasty (Lao: ລາຊະວົງລ້ານຊ້າງຮົ່ມຂາວ) or Lao RoyalFamily was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Laos from 1904 to 1975 and the group of...
branch and five extant sub-branches (Ōke). The cadet royalfamilies lost membership in the Imperial Family by the American Occupation Authorities in October...
to serve as leaders within the royalfamilies. The Eyesoruns, meanwhile, are the nominal leaders of the female royals. There is usually only one Eyesorun...
This is a list of present and past royal warrant of appointment holders of the British RoyalFamily. British royal warrants are currently granted by King...
The Selangor royalfamily consists of the family members of the sultan of Selangor. It currently consists of Sharafuddin of Selangor and his close relations...
Vajiralongkorn, with the traditional ceremony, occurred in Bangkok. The present royalfamily of Thailand belongs to the House of Mahidol (Thai: ราชสกุลมหิดล; RTGS: Ratchasakun...
Irish royalfamilies were the dynasties that once ruled large "overkingdoms" and smaller petty kingdoms on the island of Ireland. Members of some of these...
Crest of the RoyalFamily (王家の紋章, Ōke no Monshō) is a shōjo manga by Chieko Hosokawa. It has run in the monthly magazine Princess since 1976. In 1991,...
as from the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants...
in English as Alaouite, 'Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royalfamily and reigning dynasty. They are an Arab sharifian dynasty and claim descent...
also House of Hashim, are the royalfamily of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royalfamily of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925)...
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