We have a notion called upper class. I think it stays newsworthy because of Britain 's Royal Family. Doesn't the Royal Family seem both small and large. So much press and focus on William and his family. They are at the top of the pyramid - the Monarch and immediate Family. Then there are the Working Royals. There are 10 members with official public engagements. That includes Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate. The Official Royal Household has 48 to 50 members - they include all blood royals, spouses and extended family members with royal titles. The Line of Succession incudes more than 60 of the King's descendants and extended relatives. And then the Extended Dynasty - the wider family who are all direct descendants of King George V - the great-great-grandfather of the current heirs - and that has 50 to 70 individuals.
And that's the Royal Family - then there are Dukes, Earls and Barons - the second tier of nobility. What might be the total number of upper class members? It says 700 to 1,000 titled families. But this seems a low number for something so dominant. There likely are more than that and sufficient number for those not in the upper class to notice things.
But then it only takes a few members of Britain's Royal Household to be in the news every day. So maybe it is only 1,000 people dominating our sense of privilege and priority.
We've got the Royal Botanical Gardens nearby. This name was granted by Britain's King when the garden was established.
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