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royal family

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noun

  • royal families
    plural
  1. the immediate family of a reigning monarch.


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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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