List of longest-living members of the British royal family

Tomb of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in St George Chapel, Windsor; she is one of two British royals to live past 100.

Twenty-eight 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 17 octogenarians.

Of the British royals who have lived to 80 years or longer, 20 have been women and 8 have been men. Eighteen of the 28 royals aged 80 or older have been members of the British royal family by blood and 9 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 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 239 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 tenth 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]

  1. ^ a b "No. 22816". The London Gazette. 5 February 1864. p. 527.
  2. ^ a b "No. 26973". The London Gazette. 31 May 1898. p. 3388.
  3. ^ a b "No. 30428". The London Gazette. 14 December 1917. p. 13086.
  4. ^ a b "No. 54510". The London Gazette. 30 August 1996. p. 11603.
  5. ^ a b "No. 60384". The London Gazette. 8 January 2013. p. 213.
  6. ^ "No. 28850". The London Gazette. 17 July 1914. p. 5552.
  7. ^ "No. 31255". The London Gazette. 28 March 1919. p. 4000.
  8. ^ "Princess Alice dies aged 102". BBC News. 30 October 2004. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. ^ "The longest-lived Royal in history". BBC News. 20 August 2003. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Oldest British Royal". Guinness World Records. 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Queen Mother dies". BBC News. 31 March 2002. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  12. ^ Hamilton, Alan (2023-10-07). "Princess Alice sets record at 101 years, 239 days old". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  13. ^ "Britain hails Queen Elizabeth II's longevity on the throne". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018 – via The Washington Post website.
  14. ^ "About Her Majesty The Queen". The Royal Family website. The Royal Household. 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.


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