The House of Windsor, as we understand it nowadays, started in 1917 whilst its own circle of relatives modified its call from the German "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha." Queen Elizabeth's grandfather, King George V, became the primary Windsor monarch. Meanwhile, it is essential; that the royals we see today are the descendants of King George and Queen Mary.
Queen Elizabeth's grandmother Queen Mary turned into a royal through birth; her great-grandfather turned into King George III. Edward, the eldest son of George V and Queen Mary, became King after her father's loss of life in 1936 which threw the country into crisis months later when he proposed to Wallis Simpson, an American divorced socialite.
There was no split between church and state at that time. As a result, Edward was the head of the Church of England, which at the time, divorced people were not allowed to remarry, and thus his marriage was opposed.
After only one year on the throne, Edward III voluntarily abdicated the throne addressing the nation on the radio with these words; "I have found it impossible to carry on the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge the duties of the king, as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love."
His more youthful brother, the duke of York, was proclaimed King George VI on December 12.
The Queen became the 6th lady to ascend the British throne in February 1952, after his father, King George IV, passed away. She served the British monarchy for over 70 years.
Following Queen Elizabeth II death at 96, her eldest son immediately ascends the throne as the King of the British monarchy, putting his eldest son, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, first in line to the throne.
Regarding marital relationships, Queen Elizabeth married her third cousin, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in November 1947, who both were Queen Victoria's great-great-grandchild.
Queen Elizabeth had only sibling sister, Princess Margret, Countess of Snowdown, who died in 2002.
Among her children, Prince Charles was the prospective heir to the throne at the age of three and married Princess Diana from 1981 to 1996, with whom they had two children; Prince William and Harry.
Princess Diana's death was caused by a car crash in France's Capital, Paris, along with the Egyptian film producer Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul.
Prince William, Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, heir apparent to the British throne, married Catherine Elizabeth Middleton in 2011 at West minster Abbey. The couples have three children together; Prince George, 9; Princess Charlotte, 7; Prince Louis, 4.
Prince Harry, real name (Henry Albert David), was born September 15, 1984, a member of the British royal family and fifth to the line of successors to the British throne. He underwent Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Under the protocols started by King George V in 1917, the youngsters and grandchildren of a sovereign have to be automatically called Her Royal Highness or His Royal Highness (HRH) and prince or princess.
According to the British media reports, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, is now technically a prince following the demise of the Queen- a name which Meghan controversially claimed became formerly denied to him due to the race he belongs to.
His more youthful sister, Lilibet` Lili' Mountbatten-Windsor, is likewise entitled to be a princess following the demise of the Queen and, together with her grandfather, the Prince of Wales, turning into King.
Other close relative includes Prince Andrew, Duke of York, 62, the third of the Queen's four children and nine to the throne. He served in the British Royal Navy for 22 years, and during the Falklands War, he served as a helicopter pilot.
Princess Beatrice, 10th in the line of succession to the British throne, married real estate developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a non-public rite in July 2020.
Princess Eugenie, the younger York sister as described royally, is the 12th in the line of succession after her cousin Prince Harry.
The Queen's next of Kin also consists of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Prince Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor, and Anne, Princess Royal, among many other ascendants and descendants.