When the Duchess of Sussex was merely Meghan Markle, she still had a royal lineage through Edward III, who was king of England from 1327, which makes her Harry’s 17th cousin. She is also related to Jane Seymour, Henry VIII’s third wife. Meghan’s 12th great-grandmother was Isabel Hildyard, who was second cousin to Seymour.
Johnny Depp
Another A-list actor whose lineage dates back to King Edward III is Johnny Depp, who is most famously known as Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He is 20th cousin to the queen of England.
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Angelina Jolie
Jolie maybe Hollywood blue blood but she is also 26th cousin to Queen Elizabeth through her mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, whose lineage dates back to the 12th century French king, Philip II.
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Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt has even closer ties to the British royals than his ex-wife Angelina, as his lineage dates back to 12th century King Henry II of England – which makes him 25th cousin twice removed to Queen Elizabeth. Interestingly, Brad and Angelina are also distant cousins, as Henry II’s wife Eleanor of Aquitaine was also the first wife of Louis VII of France, Philip II’s father.
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Beyoncé
Beyoncé maybe Hollywood’s Queen B but she is also related to a real blue blood royal, being the 25th cousin once removed to Queen Elizabeth.
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Madonna
Although not directly related to Her Majesty, Queen of Pop Madonna is a distant relative of Camilla Parker-Bowles, The Duchess of Cornwall. Madonna is ninth cousin once removed from the wife of Prince Charles through French-Canadian Madeline Ernard, from the 17th century, according to the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, USA.
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Celine Dion
Strangely enough, Celine Dion is also ninth cousin once removed from Camilla Parker-Bowles which remarkably makes the two divas songstresses Madonna and Dion related. Technically they are 10th cousins twice removed – twice over. They are 10th cousins twice removed through one of Quebec’s early settlers Jean Guyon, and also through another ancestor, Zacharie Cloutier.
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Guy Ritchie
Madonna’s ex-husband Guy Ritchie has even closer relations to an heir to the British throne – this time Kate Middleton. The British film director is sixth cousin to the Duchess of Cambridge and was on the guest list for her wedding to Prince William in 2011.
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Hilary Duff
A-lister, actress-singer and tween star Hilary Duff, best known for her role as Lizzie McGuire on the Disney Channel, is the American celebrity most closely related to the British monarch, as she is 18th cousin through descendant Alexander Spotswood, an army officer who was the 10th great grandson of Edward III.
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Dakota and Elle Fanning
Princess Aurora herself from the movie Maleficent, Elle Fanning and older sister Dakota boast a real royal lineage. The once child stars are 22nd great-granddaughters of King Edward III of England. But they are also 21st cousins of the Duchess of Cambridge, through Kate’s mother Carole Goldsmith, who also is a distant granddaughter of Edward III.
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