royal life is never going to be totally
normal but you might be surprised at how
some of these people live who would have
thought you can grow up not knowing your
grandmother is the queen keep watching
for the most mundane royal lives
despite being queen elizabeth's oldest
grandson peter phillips reportedly lives
his life under the radar the son of
princess anne and captain mark phillips
peter was born at st mary's hospital in
november 1977 and is the eldest
grandchild of the queen so why isn't he
more present in the royal family well
royal titles are passed down to children
through the mail line and since mark
married into the royal family and didn't
have a title himself peter gets to live
a title-free life at the time of peter's
birth ann and mark rejected the queen's
offer of titles which would have enabled
him to be born into the peerage
presumably the parents knew that a title
would make peter less able to live a
quiet life peter has since held a number
of jobs and as of 2012 owns his own
sports management company he and his
partner autumn married in 2008 and had
two children you don't think of them as
the royal family when you're with them
they're just like every other family in
february 2020 however phillips announced
that he and his wife were separating as
peter is not a so-called working royal
it's safe to assume that you won't see
much of him in the future either
of the queen's children prince charles
gets the most public attention by far so
it's easy to understand how his siblings
have been able to slip under the radar
prince edward is one of them at his
birth edward was third in line to the
throne but as charles and his children
have had their own kids edward's
distance from the crown has grown and as
such he's been able to live a relatively
normal life unlike all of his siblings
edward has been able to maintain his
first and only marriage in this case to
sophie reese jones and after a private
wedding ceremony the couple went on to
have two children edward served in the
marines and then spent a portion of his
career in television production and he
has only recently returned to a royal
schedule in part due to his father's
retirement from public life and
subsequent passing but considering that
he's one of the queen's children
edward's whole existence is surprisingly
down to earth
the daughter of prince andrew and sarah
ferguson princess beatrice traded tea
parties for conference rooms and turned
her education and passion into a career
as beatrice is not a working royal she
forged a path and career of her own and
quickly found herself running the show
after studying history in school the
tech obsessed royal worked hard and
became the vice president of
partnerships and strategy for affinity a
tech company headquartered in the united
states additionally beatrice has teamed
up with be cool be nice a campaign that
brings awareness to cyber bullying in
2018 she told vogue we need to be
supportive of our young people given
that our world is overexposed since
beatrice claims to have been bullied
herself in the past her alignment with
this particular cause makes a lot of
sense
they say that if you love what you do
you'll never work a day in your life and
it seems like princess eugenie took that
to heart because she turned her passion
into a whole career as she is not a
working royal eugenie doesn't have the
crazy public schedule that we associate
with the royal family meaning she can
hold a relatively normal job eugenie
studied art history english literature
and politics in school and became
passionate about art exhibitions she
grew her love of art into a career path
and soon became the associate director
of hauser and worth a contemporary art
gallery beyond her dedication to her
career eugenie has also gone on to
co-found the anti-slavery collective and
partner with project zero an initiative
that focuses on the waste of single-use
plastics
one of the children of princess anne and
captain mark phillips and a sister to
peter phillips zara phillips tindall has
chosen to focus on a career in athletics
and even became an actual olympian zara
followed in her mother's equestrian
footsteps and began receiving
recognition for her athletic career in
the early 2000s in 2006 she won the
world championships with her horse toy
town and was chosen as the bbc's sports
personality of the year that december
her career was slightly derailed after
that as her horse suffered injuries in
both 2004 and 2008 but she persevered
and appeared in the london olympic games
as a member of the british equestrian
team in 2012. was it very important that
you beat your mother's record
yeah it's very important i beat my
fathers
speaking about the games and her horse
high kingdom zara said it's awesome to
be given this opportunity i'm really
excited and can't wait to kick on and
get him there zara is also married to
mike tyndall a former england rugby
player and captain
you might assume that most royals would
try to avoid social media unless it's in
a strictly official capacity but
evidently sarah ferguson isn't like most
royals of all the royals this former
wife of prince andrew and duchess of
york has by far the most prolific
presence on the world wide web fergie
spent a portion of her coronavirus
quarantine filming herself reading
children's books in her home she even
went as far as creating a youtube
channel on what she shares her reading
videos cooking tutorials and arts and
crafts ideas she has her own linkedin
page 2 which once listed her as a
spokesperson author producer and
humanitarian and highlighted her tv
appearances books and philanthropic work
there doesn't seem to be a ton of public
attention given to sophie countess of
wessex sophie forged her own path as a
professional woman before marrying
prince edward she had previously worked
in public relations and even formed her
own company she stepped down in 2001 but
has continued to champion women in the
workforce and is a vocal advocate for
gender equality while she has given more
time to her life as both a royal and as
a mom to her two children in recent
years it's clear that sophie's past
career achievements haven't been
forgotten for example in 2014 she
founded the women's network forum which
aims to advance the cause of gender
equality by inspiring the next
generation of business leaders amanda
pullinger ceo of 100 women in finance
once said of sophie she really is down
to earth gives them incredibly good
advice she actually asks incredibly
smart questions and it really does
reflect the fact that she had a
professional life before she became a
royal
obviously prince harry and meghan
markle's life has never been close to
normal and even today the intense media
scrutiny they constantly face makes them
two of the most famous royals on the
planet that said they are on their way
to living a slightly more low-key life
after leaving their roles as senior
members of the royal family the couple
and their son archie relocated to
california hoping to get away from the
pressures and difficulties of life as
working royals what are you most excited
about in the new life what are you most
excited
i think just being able to live
authentically in 2020 the couple
celebrated their first christmas in
california at home and were probably
joined by markle's mother doria ragland
who lives in los angeles they even
released their annual christmas card
this one featuring an illustration of
the family in their backyard a source
told people magazine it's harry's second
christmas away from england and megan
wants to make sure it's special for
everyone they're creating their own
traditions at their new home while
they're still doing interviews and
making headlines the two are likely
hoping to enjoy a slightly quieter life
now than they did before whether they
succeed in doing so however is yet to be
seen
lady louise windsor was born to her
parents prince edward and sophie
countess of wessex in 2003. she's the
youngest granddaughter of queen
elizabeth but she didn't know just how
important her family members were to the
british public until she started
attending school luis has largely stayed
out of the public eye in order to be
given as much of a normal life as
possible evidently her parents were
successful in doing this because in 2016
her mother told the bbc that luis didn't
even realize that her grandmother was
the queen of england sophie said well
for luis actually it was much more of a
shock to the system it was only when she
was coming home from school and saying
mummy people keep on telling me that
grandma is the queen i don't think she
had grasped that perhaps there was only
one queen
kate middleton is famously known as the
commoner who married into the royal
family but she's not the only one jack
brooksbank princess eugenie's husband
came from a relatively down-to-earth
family by royal standards at least he
had also forged his own career path
before marrying into the royals jack's
parents nicola and george sent their son
to an english private school in his
earlier years bricksbank then skipped
the usual route of attending university
and went straight into the hospitality
industry in which he has held a number
of jobs such as a brief stint as a
london nightclub manager so what does
brooks bank do now well he's none other
than the uk ambassador for casa migos
tequila the brand owned by george
clooney and randy gerber and his job has
apparently made him a hit with the
in-laws sarah ferguson mother of
princess eugenie once said the good news
is jack also works as the european
manager for casa amigos tequila so i am
perfect he'll just hand me the tequila
and say come on mother-in-law down it
it's a testament to the size of her
family that queen elizabeth has a
grandchild who was born in 1977 and a
grandchild who was born in 2007. the
latter is the youngest grandson of the
queen to date james vi count severn who
is the second child of prince edward and
sophie countess of wessex edward and
sophie chose to give their children
courtesy titles of the children of an
earl rather than prince or princess
prince charles's children for example
are prince william and prince harry
while william's own children are prince
george princess charlotte and prince
louis but edward's children haven't been
given these incredibly important royal
titles according to the bbc it is
thought that this decision was made in
order to avoid the burdens of senior
royal titles shortly after his birth
james was described as very cute and
very cuddly by his father he currently
lives with his parents and older sister
in surrey
princess eugenie and her husband jack
brooksbank announced in september 2020
that they were expecting their first
child their baby boy was born in
february 2021 named august philip hawk
brooksbank for a number of reasons this
young royal is destined to live the life
of an everyday kid as far as that's
actually possible because royal titles
are passed through the mail line
brooksbank does not have a title of his
own so the baby hasn't been given the
designation of prince eugenie reportedly
didn't want her little one to have a
title even if it was offered to him by
the queen so it looks like august
brooksbank will remain just that a close
friend of the couple told vanity fair
even if the queen offered them a title
as a gift it's not eugenie or jack's
desire for their child to have a title
eugenie knows that a title can be a
curse as well as a blessing and she and
jack want their child to live an
ordinary life and eventually work to
earn a living titles really don't matter
to jack and eugenie they just want a
happy healthy child
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