royal family
Monarch's immediate relatives
A royal family is the extended family of a reigning monarch—the king or queen and their relatives by blood or marriage.
The term usually refers to the immediate circle: spouse, children, siblings, and their spouses.
The royal family appeared on the palace balcony.
In countries without monarchies, the phrase sometimes describes any family with dynastic power or celebrity status.
Male crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- princeRoyal family male
- princessMonarch's daughter or heir
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
throne · palace · reign · sovereign · majesty · highness · regent · emperor
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- sceptreCeremonial rod of authority
- crown jewelsSovereign's ceremonial treasures
- robesLong loose outer garments
pageantry · procession · fanfare · carriage · banquet · state dinner · gala · regalia
Ancestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
heir · succession · birthright · inheritance · dynasty · house · clan · scion
king
Male crowned ruler
crown · throne · palace · reign · sovereign · majesty · highness · regent · emperor · empress
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
- sceptreCeremonial rod of authority
- crown jewelsSovereign's ceremonial treasures
robes · pageantry · procession · fanfare · carriage · banquet · state dinner · gala · regalia · investiture
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
genealogy · heir · succession · birthright · inheritance · dynasty · house · clan · scion · forebears
Windsor
British monarchy's surname
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
- BourbonFrench ruling family
Habsburg · Romanov · Plantagenet · Medici · Ottoman · Mughal · Ming · Hashemite · Grimaldi · Lancaster
duke
Highest-ranking nobleman
countess · earl · viscount · marquess · peerage · nobility · lord · lady · courtier · gentry
- empireempire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperial regalia
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- British Royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
- Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth, reign, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Prince Philip
- England originLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace
royal familycommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
common people · peasants · the masses · ordinary citizens · plebeians
royal familyelected officials
Leaders chosen by vote
democratic government · republic · elected representatives · Bolsheviks · Jacobins
family, royal, royalty, familial, royally, royals, regality, royalist, royalism