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Royal Households of the United Kingdom

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The Royal Household

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Working at the Royal Household

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Harry and Meghan create new royal household - details

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Britain's Household Cavalry soldier falls off his horse

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Who is head of the royal household?

The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments which support members of the British royal family. Many members of the Royal Family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size, from the large Royal Household which supports the Sovereign to the household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with fewer than ten members. The lesser households are funded from the Civil List annuities, paid to their respective royal employers for their public duties, and all reimbursed to HM Treasury by the Queen.
  • Historical overview 

  • The Royal Household today 

  • Household of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 

  • Household of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall 

  • Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 

  • Household of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex 

  • Household of the Princess Royal 

  • Household of the Duke of York 

  • Household of the Earl and Countess of Wessex 

  • Former households