Thirty members of the British royal family [a] have lived to the age of 80 years or older since the Acts of Union 1707 established the Kingdom of Great Britain. These British royal family members consist of 2 centenarians, 9 nonagenarians, and 19 octogenarians.
Of the British royals who have lived to 80 years or longer, 22 have been women and 8 have been men. Nineteen of the 29 royals aged 80 or older have been members of the British royal family by blood and 10 have been members through marriage. Of the royals to reach the age of 80 or older, only Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776–1857) was titled as a member of the British royal family by both blood and marriage. Four of the British royals who lived 80 years or longer were deprived of their British peerages and royal titles in 1919 under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 as the children or spouses of enemies of the United Kingdom during World War I and are indicated below with asterisks (*). [7]
The longest-living member of the British royal family has been Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901–2004), who lived to 102 years and 309 days old. [8] [9] [10] [11] The longest-living member of the British royal family from birth is Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883–1981). Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002) is the second-longest living British royal, living to 101 years and 238 days old. [12] The current oldest living member of the British royal family is Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born 1933), who is the seventh longest-living British royal. Elizabeth II (1926–2022), was the longest-ever reigning British monarch (70 years, 214 days) and the fifth longest-living royal (96 years, 140 days). [13] [14]
All persons are listed below by their British royal titles by birth, grant, or by marriage. However, some of these individuals are better known by other titles.
Rank | Name [b] | Portrait | Relation [c] | Lifespan [d] | Duration | |||
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By | To | From | To | (days) | (years, days) | |||
1 | Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester | ![]() | Marriage | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester [15] | 25 December 1901 [15] | 29 October 2004 [15] | 37,564 | 102 years, 309 days |
2 | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | ![]() | Marriage | George VI [16] | 4 August 1900 [16] | 30 March 2002 [16] | 37,128 | 101 years, 238 days |
3 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [e] | ![]() | Marriage | Elizabeth II [19] [20] | 10 June 1921 [19] [20] | 9 April 2021 [21] | 36,463 | 99 years, 303 days |
4 | Princess Alice of Albany | ![]() | Blood | Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany [22] | 25 February 1883 [22] | 3 January 1981 [23] | 35,741 | 97 years, 313 days |
5 | Elizabeth II | ![]() | Blood | George VI [14] [24] | 21 April 1926 [14] [24] | 8 September 2022 [25] | 35,204 | 96 years, 140 days |
6 | Princess Augusta of Cambridge | ![]() | Blood | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge [26] | 19 July 1822 [26] | 5 December 1916 [27] [28] | 34,472 | 94 years, 139 days |
7 | Katharine, Duchess of Kent | | Marriage | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent [29] | 22 February 1933 [30] | Alive | 33,591 | 91 years, 354 days |
8 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | ![]() | Blood | Victoria [31] | 1 May 1850 [31] | 16 January 1942 [32] | 33,497 | 91 years, 260 days |
9 | Princess Louise | ![]() | Blood | Victoria [33] | 18 March 1848 [33] | 3 December 1939 [34] | 33,496 | 91 years, 260 days |
10 | Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge | ![]() | Marriage | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge [35] | 25 July 1797 [36] | 6 April 1889 [36] | 33,492 | 91 years, 255 days |
11 | Prince George William of Cumberland * | — | Blood | Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland * [6] [37] | 25 March 1915 [37] | 8 January 2006 [37] | 33,162 | 90 years, 289 days |
12 | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | ![]() | Blood | Prince George, Duke of Kent [38] [39] | 9 October 1935 [38] [39] | Alive | 32,632 | 89 years, 124 days |
13 | Marie, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale | ![]() | Marriage | Prince George, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale [40] | 14 April 1818 [40] | 9 January 1907 [40] [41] | 32,411 | 88 years, 270 days |
14 | Victoria Louise, Princess Ernest Augustus of Cumberland * | ![]() | Marriage | Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland * [42] [43] [44] | 13 September 1892 [44] | 11 December 1980 [45] | 32,230 | 88 years, 89 days |
15 | Princess Alexandra of Kent | ![]() | Blood | Prince George, Duke of Kent [46] [47] | 25 December 1936 [46] [47] | Alive | 32,189 | 88 years, 47 days |
16 | Princess Patricia of Connaught | ![]() | Blood | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn [48] | 17 March 1886 [48] | 12 January 1974 [49] | 32,077 | 87 years, 301 days |
17 | Princess Beatrice | ![]() | Blood | Victoria [50] | 14 April 1857 [50] | 26 October 1944 [51] | 31,971 | 87 years, 195 days |
18 | Queen Mary | ![]() | Marriage | George V [52] | 26 May 1867 [53] | 24 March 1953 [54] | 31,348 | 85 years, 302 days |
19 | Prince George, Duke of Cambridge | ![]() | Blood | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge [55] | 26 March 1819 [55] | 17 March 1904 [56] | 31,037 | 84 years, 357 days |
20 | Victoria Adelaide, Duchess of Albany * | ![]() | Marriage | Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany * [57] | 31 December 1885 [58] | 3 October 1970 [58] | 30,956 | 84 years, 276 days |
21 | Prince Michael of Kent | ![]() | Blood | Prince George, Duke of Kent [59] | 4 July 1942 [59] | Alive | 30,172 | 82 years, 221 days |
22 | Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh | ![]() | Blood | Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh [60] | 20 April 1884 [60] | 13 July 1966 [61] | 30,033 | 82 years, 84 days |
23 | Victoria | ![]() | Blood | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn [62] [63] | 24 May 1819 [62] [63] | 22 January 1901 [63] [64] | 29,828 | 81 years, 243 days |
24 | George III | ![]() | Blood | Frederick, Prince of Wales [65] | 4 June 1738 [65] | 29 January 1820 [65] [66] | 29,823 | 81 years, 239 days |
25 | Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh | ![]() | Blood and marriage | George III [67] [68] | 25 April 1776 [68] | 30 April 1857 [68] [69] | 29,589 | 81 years, 5 days |
26 | Queen Alexandra | ![]() | Marriage | Edward VII [70] | 1 December 1844 [71] | 20 November 1925 [72] [73] | 29,573 | 80 years, 354 days |
27 | Princess Alexandra of Cumberland * | ![]() | Blood | Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale * [74] [75] | 29 September 1882 [74] [75] | 30 August 1963 [74] | 29,554 | 80 years, 335 days |
28 | Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester | ![]() | Blood | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester [76] | 26 August 1944 [76] | Alive | 29,388 | 80 years, 168 days |
29 | Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale [f] | ![]() | Blood | George III [78] | 5 June 1771 [78] | 18 November 1851 [78] [79] | 29,385 | 80 years, 166 days |
30 | Princess Michael of Kent | ![]() | Marriage | Prince Michael of Kent [80] | 15 January 1945 [81] | Alive | 29,246 | 80 years, 26 days |