In Photos: The British Royal Family Through the Years
Jennifer Algoo
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There's a long history behind the British royal family that brought us the longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II; the beloved Princess Diana; It couple Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; and the dynasty's newest additions, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. Click through to watch the last five generations of the British monarchy unfold in photos.
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Future Queen Mother
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1902
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
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1922
Lady Elizabeth Bowes
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1926
Princess Margaret and the Future Queen Mother
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1930
Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth
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1932
Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth, and the Future Queen Mother
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1934
The Future Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth
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1935
Princess Elizabeth, the Future Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret
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1936
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
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1936
Princess Elizabeth and the Queen Mother
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1940
The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth
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1940
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
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1942
The Queen Mother
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1942
Princess Elizabeth
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1944
Princess Elizabeth
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1944
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
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1944
Princess Elizabeth
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1945
Princess Elizabeth
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1946
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret
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1946
Princess Elizabeth
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1947
Princess Elizabeth and then-Philip Mountbatten
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1947
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day
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1947
Princess Elizabeth
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1949
Princess Elizabeth
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1949
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles
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1949
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles
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1949
Princess Elizabeth
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1950
The Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Charles
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1950
Princess Anne, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Prince Charles
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1951
Princess Elizabeth
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1951
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Lord and Lady Alexander
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1951
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne
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1951
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne
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1952
Queen Elizabeth II
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1952
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret
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1953
Queen Elizabeth
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1953
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
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1953
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
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1953
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
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1953
Queen Elizabeth
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1954
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne
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1959
Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Charles
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1960
Queen Elizabeth
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1965
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth
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1970s
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward
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1971
Queen Elizabeth
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1980
Princess Diana and Prince Charles on their wedding day
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Kate Middleton
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1980s
Princess Diana, Prince William, and Prince Charles
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1982
Prince William
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1983
Princess Diana and Prince William
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1983
Princess Diana and Prince William
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1984
Princess Diana, Prince William, and Prince Harry
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1985
Prince Harry, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Princess Diana
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1986
Princess Diana, Prince Harry, and Prince William
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1989
Princess Diana, Prince Harry, and Prince William
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1993
Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles
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1995
Kate Middleton and Prince William at their graduation from St. Andrew's
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2005
Kate Middleton and Prince William
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2010
Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge on their wedding day
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2011
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William with Prince George
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2013
The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and Prince William
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2014
Prince George and Princess Charlotte
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2015
Prince George, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, and Prince William
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2015
Princess Charlotte
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2015
Prince George
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2016
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles at the Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration
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2016
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William
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2016
The Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William
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2016
Prince George
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2016
Prince George
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2016
The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
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2016
Prince George
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2016
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William
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2017
Princess Charlotte
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2017
Prince George
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2017
Prince William and Prince George
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2017
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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2017
Queen Elizabeth
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2017
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
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2017
Queen Elizabeth
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2018
Prince George, Prince William, and Princes Charlotte
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2018
Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Louis
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2018
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Louis
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2018
Queen Elizabeth
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2018
Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex
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2018
Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex with their families in their official wedding portrait
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2018
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall
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2018
Queen Elizabeth and Prince William
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2018
Princess Charlotte, Prince William, Prince George, Kate Middleton and Prince Louis
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2018
The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Louis
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2018
Prince George
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2018
Watch five generations of the British monarchy unfold.