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The royal family
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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II was born in 1926 and born on the 21 of April. Elizabeth was privately educated at home with her sister. her father George VI became king of the British empire in 1936.In 1949, George VI became the first Head of the Commonwealth, a symbol of the free association of the independent countries comprising the Commonwealth of Nations. On his death in 1952, Elizabeth became Head of the Common wealth, and constitutional monarch of seven independent Commonwealth countries like united Kingdom.
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Prince Harry Prince Harry born on the 15 of September 1984. After an education at various schools around the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho After an education at various schools around the United Kingdom and spending parts of his, Prince William, eschewed a university education in favour of following in the footsteps of various royal men by enrolling in the military. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment – serving temporarily with his brother – and completed his training as a tank commander. He served for 77 days on the front line in the Afghan War,although he was pulled out after an American website revealed his presence there following publication of the story in an Australian magazine.
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Prince Philip duke of edinburgh He was born into the Greek and Danish royal families, but his family was exiled from Greece when he was a child. He was educated in Germany and Scotland at schools run by the German Jewish educator Kurt Hahn. At the age of 18, he joined the British Royal Navy, in which he served during World War II, even though two of his German brothers-in-law fought on the opposing side. After the war, in March 1947, he renounced his titles, adopted the surname Mountbatten from his British maternal grandparents, and used the style "Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten". Later that year, he married Princess Elizabeth, the heir to the British throne. On his marriage, he was granted the style of His Royal Highness and the title of Duke of Edinburgh by his father-in-law King George VI. When Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, Philip left his naval career to act as her consort. His wife made him a Prince of the United Kingdom in 1957. He is Britain's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning monarch.
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