What relation is a duke to the royal family

Question

I'm not English, I'm an Aussie thats why I don't know, we care about the royal blood, but not as much as the Poms (English)

Answer 1

depends on the duke. the duke of york is prince charles's  younger brother. but the duke of fife is like the queen's sixth cousin or something.

Answer 2

I am Canadian. . .

In the United Kingdom, ducal titles which have been given within the royal family include Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany, Duke of Ross, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Kent, Duke of Sussex, and Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.

It title within the family or is bestowed from the Monarch. For example, the Prince Consort, Philip is known as the Duke of Edinburgh.

Answer 3

It depends on who the duke is.  If he is a royal duke (carrying the title "HRH" for "His Royal Highness"), he is a member of the royal family.  However, there are ducal families who are members of the royal family who are four or more generations from royal birth as a prince and do not carry the HRH title.  

Meanwhile, some ducal families were never royal but ended up related to the royal family in other ways.

Answer 4

It depends on the duke.  Not all dukes are members of the royal family, in which case they may not be related at all.

Answer 5

There are royal princes who are made royal dukes,marquesses,earls,viscounts and barons.Royal versions of peerage titles are higher in precedence than the non-royal version.The royal peerage titles used to entitle the prince a place in The House of Lords in Parliament.This is no longer true;all peers,royal or not,must be elected to those seats now.

These royal peerage titles sometimes comes with an income from lands attached.Prince Charles,who is Duke of Cornwall,runs many enterprises from the Duchy of Cornwall.He makes a good income because he does a good job with his environmentally-friendly businesses.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5567.... lists all of Charles' peerage titles:"Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland."

Answer 6

The Sovereign of England usually makes their sons Dukes. Normally the eldest son is the Prince of Wales, then he gets the title as Duke of Cornwall. The second eldest usually becomes Duke of York. Today, Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, Edward, was made an Earl (Earl of Wessex), and it is speculated that he will someday gain his father's title, Duke of Edinburgh.