Royal family vocabulary

Royal family vocabulary:

1. King: the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

2. Queen: the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

3. Princess: the daughter of a monarch.

4. Prince: the son of a monarch.

5. Knight: (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour.

6. Duke: a male holding the highest hereditary title in the British and certain other peerages.

7. Duchess: the wife of a duke.

8. Highness: a title given to a person of royal rank, or used in addressing them.

9. Count: a foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.

10. Baron: a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. Baron is not used as a form of address, barons usually being referred to as ‘Lord’.

11. Monarch: a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.

12. Descendant: a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

13. Reign: the period of rule of a monarch.

14. Commoner: one of the ordinary or common people, as opposed to the aristocracy or to royalty.