List of current British princes and princesses

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This is a list of British royal family members who, either through lineage, marriage, or by letters patent, acquired the status of British prince or British princess.

Princes and princesses by descent

# Image Name Age Connection to Elizabeth II Spouse
1 Charles, Prince of Wales 75 Son
(div. 1996)

Camilla Parker Bowles
2 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge 41 Grandson Catherine Middleton
3 Prince George of Cambridge 10 Great-grandson
4 Princess Charlotte of Cambridge 9 Great-granddaughter
5 Prince Louis of Cambridge 6 Great-grandson
6 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 39 Grandson Meghan Markle
8 Prince Andrew, Duke of York 64 Son
(div. 1996)
9 Princess Beatrice 35 Granddaughter Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi
10 Princess Eugenie 34 Jack Brooksbank
11 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 60 Son Sophie Rhys-Jones
12 James, Viscount Severn1 16 Grandson
13 Lady Louise Windsor1 20 Granddaughter
14 Anne, Princess Royal 73 Daughter
(div. 1992)

Timothy Laurence
26 Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester 79 Cousin Birgitte van Deurs
37 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent 88 Katharine Worsley
48 Prince Michael of Kent 81 Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz
53 Princess Alexandra 87
(died 2004)

1 Although James and Louise are both eligible to hold a princely status, they are styled as the children of an earl, rather than as princes or princesses, in order for them to avoid some of the burdens of royal titles.[1]

Princes and princesses by marriage or creation

Year of marriage Image Name Age Spouse
19472 Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark 102 Queen Elizabeth II
1961 Katharine Worsley 91 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
1972 Birgitte van Deurs 78 Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
1978 Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz 79 Prince Michael of Kent
1999 Sophie Rhys-Jones 59 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
2005 Camilla Parker Bowles 76 Charles, Prince of Wales
2011 Catherine Middleton 42 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
2018 Meghan Markle 42 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

2 Made a British prince in 1957 by letters patent granted by his wife Queen Elizabeth II, not by his marriage

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "Royal Family tree and line of succession". BBC. September 4, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.