When I see inbred families in the country they all look strange, like that kid in "Deliverance", why don't the Royals have that look?
2007-03-22 16:58:13 · 6 answers · asked by james B 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Actually George 2 and 3 married first cousins, Victoria married her 1st cousin and Phillip is only Greek by way of an election, he is from the Danish family and IS in fact Elizabeth's cousin and both claim Victoria as their Great Great Grandmother.
2007-03-22 18:15:36 · update #1
who say's they look normal? Have you seen chuckie boys ears??? Have you seen his wife???
2007-03-24 01:18:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it was Queen Victoria who was very much in favour of her children marrying outside traditional royal circles. She wanted new blood in the family, and her daughter Princess Louise married the Duke of Fife, one of the first royal princesses to marry a commoner. Subsequently, this has become quite common. The British family is certainly far less inbred than others.
It's ironic, when you reflect that Victoria introduced hemophilia to the royal lines throughout Europe, by her descendents marrying into them.
2007-03-23 08:27:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because every now & then they "move outside the box" & marry a commoner. For example, Diana Spencer, Sarah Ferguson & ,in the next year or so, Kate Middleton.
This "cleans up" the bloodline.
2007-03-23 03:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Hapsburg's did
the British royal family didn't inbreed
Phillip was a prince of the Greeks
Dianna was many degrees away from Charles
Mary wasn't a first cousin
in fact very very few did marry their cousins
2007-03-23 01:11:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some of them had different fathers than the official ones
2007-03-23 02:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Once you find out, let me know. :) It sounds interesting!
2007-03-23 00:45:04 · answer #6 · answered by Drop of Golden Sun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋