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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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Reporting about the president’s new, $400 million luxury Boeing 747-8 “gifted” to him by the Qatari royal family.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Qatar's royal family donated the luxury airliner last year after Trump complained about the state of the two aging Boeing 747 jets that had served as Air Force One since 1990.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The BBC has been told potential claimants included "the usual suspects" who had won cases against other newspapers, as well as one public figure linked to the royal family.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Lord Snowdon—who went by Antony Armstrong-Jones before he joined the royal family and was given a title—was Messel’s great-grandson.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In both, royal family trees formed an intricate network across national boundaries, but in Mixteca the queen's lands stayed in her line—the king's heir wasn’t necessarily the queen’s heir.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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