royal family
Americannoun
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royal families
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How involved Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet will be with the wider royal family has not yet been decided.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Norwegian royal family has already faced a challenging year in 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He said that members of the royal family have survived media hostility before and rehabilitated their image: Camilla as the “other woman” in Charles’s marriage to Diana, and Charles as the unfaithful husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Unintentionally, and no doubt painfully, the British royal family has, in modern times, increasingly become a high-profile mirror of its subjects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nhamo rather hoped this meant she came from a royal family, but Grandmother said the old kings had dozens of wives, so of course they had a multitude of children.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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