Across
- 2. – 1701 statute still deciding succession
- 10. – Low to the ground, high in status
- 12. – Signature power that’s mostly ceremonial
- 13. – Mourner in black with an empire under her
- 15. – Tabloid circuit of sanctioned royal reporting
- 16. – Title that follows frog in fairy tales and scandals in tabloids
- 18. – It includes a chair, oil, and cameras now
- 19. – Grandmother to a prince, though not by blood
- 22. – Monarch’s milestone, not a diamond per se
- 24. – Name of six kings, one reluctant stutterer
- 27. – Westminster site of sacred spectacle
- 29. – Supporter of Charles I, with attitude
- 30. – She waited decades for the title
- 31. – Guard whose uniform hasn’t modernized
- 33. – Order of thrones
- 36. – The people's princess, never queen
- 39. – Plaid and privacy in the highlands
- 40. – It’s sat on, but rarely in session
- 41. – Unattainable wedding gift; rare royal reign
- 44. – Ritual not televised
- 45. – That which is preserved through pomp and property
- 46. – Name taken by a once-environmentalist king
Down
- 1. – Before Victoria, after Anne
- 3. – Dynasty undone by religious tension
- 4. – Where advice is given, though not necessarily taken
- 5. – Someone with a throne in theory
- 6. – Field of arms, crests, and coded lions
- 7. – Ceremony of robes, hats, and unread speeches
- 8. – Title earned by marriage, not merit
- 9. – Ceremony involving horses, flags, and synchronized marching
- 10. – Heads or tails? It decides both
- 11. – Name adopted to avoid German affiliations
- 14. – Archbishop with a crown-adjacent role
- 17. – Longest-reigning figure in handbag diplomacy
- 20. – Future monarch named for a conqueror
- 21. – One whose face appears on coinage
- 23. – Queen in name, not in rule
- 25. – Royal aide with horse sense
- 26. – Former actor, now duchess under pressure
- 28. – German-born family that ruled an island
- 32. – Group attending the crown, not scrubbing floors
- 34. – Partner in power, without the power
- 35. – King who abdicated for love
- 37. – She changed the course of the monarchy — from Baltimore
- 38. – Group of nations still curtsying, symbolically
- 42. – Of a ruler's years, not the calendar's
- 43. – Bloodlines with consequences