Theroyal family of a country is the king, queen, or emperor, and all the members of their family.
royal family in British English
(ˈrɔɪəl ˈfæmlɪ)
noun
a king, queen, or other monarch, and all the members of their family
Balmoral is the British royal family's estate in Scotland.
the Portuguese royal family
Examples of 'royal family' in a sentence
royal family
Throughout the war she spent time with the royal family.
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This is because the royal family know us too well.
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Successive monarchs and other members of the royal family have played crucial political roles in our past.
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Much of that cash indirectly funds the lavish lifestyles of the royal family.
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The royal family have looked deep in their hearts and wondered what they could give a nation that already has so much.
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If the royal family is an admirer of his hospitality, the feeling is mutual.
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She is a real person from the real world with a real job - just what the royal family needs.
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MI5 now regularly reviews and releases its files to the national archives; the royal family feel no such obligation.
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We have a wall showing royal family members that we've dressed over the years and people want their pictures taken.
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The royal family need to take a leaf out of MI5's book and open up its past to public scrutiny.
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People love to give the royal family gifts.
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Not that this is an argument for retaining a royal family.
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But there is one significant difference between the royal family then and now.
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But before then, there were other deadly rivalries within the royal family to be exploited.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
He's turned into an asset both to the royal family and the country.
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He was astonished to find the beaming president sitting across the desk from a senior member of his country's royal family.
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It was a good way, he thought, to keep the extended royal family together.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
Through good times and bad, for the royal family and the country, she has served.
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In the past, working for the royal family was regarded as a privilege by those employed -- and also by those who employed them.
Brian Hoey AT HOME WITH THE QUEEN: The Inside Story of the Royal Household (2002)
The duke visited China earlier this year, a trip which was widely concluded to have improved relations between the country and the royal family.
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For two weeks each summer, all eyes are on Wimbledon as members of the royal family and other famous faces join the crowds watching the tennis.
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The princesses' explosive claims open a window onto the usually closed world of the secretive royal family in a country where women's rights are strictly curtailed.
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royal family
British English: royal family NOUN
The royal family of a country is the king, queen, or emperor, and all the members of their family.