The final time all 11 senior working royals had been in a formal {photograph} collectively was three years in the past, on the occasion of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation.
They reunited at Buckingham Palace at this time on the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s birth, internet hosting a reception that welcomed representatives from a choice of Queen Elizabeth’s many patronages and a choose group of centenarians who’re celebrating their 100th birthdays at this time. While the attendance of King Charles and Queen Camilla was confirmed upfront, it was a shock that Princess Alexandra, 89, and the Duke of Kent, 90, were among the royals in attendance. The siblings, first cousins of the late Queen Elizabeth, have considerably scaled again on their public appearances lately.
The British royals.
Senior working royals, as T&C’s Caroline Hallemann explained in 2020 when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped again, “has always been something of a nebulous descriptor, and one that has not been officially defined by the British royal family. It is typically used to refer to those adult relatives of the British monarch who are high up in the line of succession, and their spouses. They are full-time working members of the royal family, perform regular duties…and are highly visible representatives of the monarchy both in the UK and abroad.”
Here, a information to the 11 senior working royals, from left to proper:
Notably not included on this {photograph} is Princess Anne’s husband, Sir Timothy Laurence; he isn’t technically a senior working royal. He was, nevertheless, in the coronation portrait. Laurence didn’t look like in attendance at this time for the reception. In addition, Lady Sarah Chatto, Princess Margaret’s solely daughter, attended the British Museum event with many senior royals this morning, however was not at the Palace reception. She can also be not a senior working royal.
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