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Government and foreign affairs
6 Government
Figure 6.4 Principal members of the Royal Family from the reign of Queen Victoria
to July 2002
QUEEN VICTORIA 1819-1901
m. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Prince Consort)
1
KING EDWARD VII 1841-1910
m. Princess Alexandra of Denmark
(Queen Alexandra 1844-1925)
KING GEORGE V 1865-1936 1 brother and
m. Princess Mary of Teck 3 sisters
(Queen Mary 1867-1953)
Duke of Windsor 1894-1972
KING EDWARD VIII
(abdicated 1936)
m. Wallis Simpson
KING GEORGE VI 1895-1952
m. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
(Queen Elizabeth the
Queen Mother 1900-2002)
3 brothers and
1 sister
QUEEN ELIZABETH lib. 1926
m. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Margaret 1930-2002
m. Antony, Earl of Snowdon
(divorced 1978)
Princess Alice
1843-1878
m. Grand Duke
Louis of Hesse
I
Princess Victoria
1863-1950
m. Marquess of
Milford Haven
I
Princess Alice
1885-1969
m. Prince Andrew
of Greece
I
Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh b.1921
m. Princess Elizabeth
(QUEEN ELIZABETH II)
David, Viscount Linley
b. 1961 m. Serena Stanhope
I
1 son and 1 daughter
Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones
b. 1964 m. Daniel Chatto
I
2 sons
3 brothers and
4 sisters
Charles, Prince of Wales
b. 1948 m. Lady Diana
Spencer 1961-1997
(divorced 1996)
Anne, Princess Royal b. 1950
m. (1) Captain Mark Phillips
(divorced 1992)
(2) Commander Timothy Laurence
Andrew, Duke of York
b. 1960 m. Sarah Ferguson
(divorced 1996)
Edward, Earl of Wessex
b. 1964 m. Sophie Rhys-Jones
Prince William
of Wales b.1982
Prince Henry
of Wales b.1984
Peter Phillips
b.1977
Zara Phillips
b.1981
Princess
Beatrice
of York
b.1988
Princess
Eugenie
of York
b.1990
of England and VI of Scotland), are eligible to
succeed. The order of succession to the throne
(see also page 44) can be altered only by common
consent of the countries of the Commonwealth of
which the Monarch is Sovereign.
The Sovereign succeeds to the throne as soon as
his or her predecessor dies: there is no interval
without a ruler. He or she is at once proclaimed at
an Accession Council, to which all members of the
Privy Council (see page 44) are called. Members of
the House of Lords, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen
and other leading citizens of the City of London
are also invited.
The coronation follows the accession. The
ceremony takes place at Westminster Abbey in
London in the presence of representatives of both
Houses of Parliament and all the major public
organisations in the UK. The Prime Ministers and
leading members of the Commonwealth nations
and representatives of other countries also attend.
Royal income, expenditure and business
activity
Public funds (known as the ‘Civil List’) and
government departments together meet the costs
of the Queen’s official duties. In June 2002 an
annual report of Civil List expenditure was
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