A third cousin once removed is still considered a royal??
RE: A third cousin once removed is still considered a royal??
George HW Bush is apparently distantly related to Queen Elizabeth II.
See here:
I wonder how far removed one has to be before you lose your “royal” status...
Third cousin once removed of Liz, but first cousin once removed of Phil. Ergo, royal.
His mother was a Battenberg, and the Battenberg family of Germany had also acquired princely titles.
One branch of the family settled in Britain and changed the name to Mountbatten.
Phil was close to Dickie Mountbatten, so he took that name himself.
Of course the newspapers make everybody related to the Queen a royal, but the Mountbattens are at least semi-royal themselves.
Don't let Phil catch anybody saying otherwise.