Thirty-one members of the British royal family 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, 10 nonagenarians, and 19 octogenarians.
Of the British royals who have lived to 80 years or longer, 23 have been women and 8 have been men. Eighteen of the 31 royals aged 80 or older have been members of the British royal family by blood and 12 have been members through marriage, and 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 (*).
The longest-living member of the British royal family has been Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901–2004), who lived to be 102 years and 309 days old. 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. The current oldest living member of the British royal family is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935), who is the eleventh 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).
List of British royal family members by lifespan 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 Portrait Relation Lifespan Duration By To From To (days) (years, days) 1 Marriage 2 Marriage 3 Marriage 4 Blood 5 Blood 6 Blood (registration required) 7 Marriage 8 Blood 9 Blood 10 Marriage 11 Blood Alive 12 * Blood * 13 Blood Alive 14 Marriage 15 * Marriage * 16 Blood 17 Blood 18 Marriage 19 Blood 20 * Marriage * 21 Blood Alive 22 Blood 23 Blood Alive 24 Princess Michael of Kent Marriage Prince Michael of Kent Alive 25 Blood 26 Blood 27 Blood MarriagePrince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 28 Marriage 29 * Blood * 30 Blood 31 Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester Marriage Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Alive
See also List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign List of centenarians (royalty and nobility) List of longest-reigning monarchs
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