34 celebrities you didn't know were related to the royal family

Matthew WilsonSep 12, 2020, 20:31 IST

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Earlier this year, Paris Hilton said a DNA kit showed she was a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are also distant cousins to Queen Elizabeth.
Singer Ozzy Osbourne may be the Prince of Darkness, but he is also related to the last tsar of Russia.

Earlier this year, Paris Hilton revealed she has royal blood.

"My mom just did one of those 23andMe DNA kits and I am related to Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth," she told Cosmopolitan.

But she's not the only celebrity who claims to be related to royals: There are other celebrities who are distant cousins of Queen Elizabeth or nobility from other royal families — according to genealogists, ancestry websites, DNA testing, or studies.

Here are 34 celebrities who should be invited to the next royal family reunion.

Paris Hilton said she is a 20th cousin of the Queen through King Henry II. She's also related to Marilyn Monroe.

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Actress Hilary Duff is an 18th cousin of Queen Elizabeth, according to a genealogy study.

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Kit Harington and his wife, Rose Leslie, have royal blood in real life — they're actually distantly related to each other.

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Actor Ralph Fiennes is a distant cousin of Prince Charles.

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Tilda Swinton is the direct descendant of Scottish royalty.

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Actress Brooke Shields is the Queen's 18th cousin, once removed.

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Before she married Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was already distantly related to the royal family.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and his sister, Maggie, are reportedly 19th cousins to the Queen.

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Michael Douglas is the Queen's 19th cousin, once removed.

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Ellen DeGeneres is the Queen's 19th cousin, twice removed, through King Edward III.

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Laura Dern is the Queen's 19th cousin, three times removed.

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Benedict Cumberbatch played his own ancestor King Richard III.

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Johnny Depp may be a 20th cousin of Queen Elizabeth.

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British actor Hugh Grant is a 9th cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth.

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Kyra Sedgwick is reportedly a 21st cousin, twice removed, of the Queen ...

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... while Uma Thurman is a 21st cousin, once removed.

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Both Madonna and Guy Richie have royal connections of their own.

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Beyoncé isn't just Queen Bee, she's also 25th cousins, once removed, with the actual Queen of England.

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Elle Fanning may have played a princess, but she and her sister Dakota are direct descendants of King Edward III.

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Actress Allison Janney is the Queen's 22nd cousin, once removed.

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Richard Gere is 22nd cousins, twice removed, with the Queen.

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FindMyPast.com says Tom Hanks is a 24th cousin of the Queen.

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Celine Dion is also a 9th cousin, once removed, to the Duchess of Cornwall, according to Ancestry.co.uk.

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Actress Sigourney Weaver is a 24th cousin of the Queen, once removed ...

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... while actress Glenn Close is a 24th cousin, twice removed.

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Bill Hader discovered he is a descendant of both Edward I and Roman Emperor Charlemagne.

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Alec Baldwin is 29th cousins, twice removed, with the Queen.

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Both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are distant relatives of royals.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine 2015 Innovator Awards

The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, is related to both English and Russian royalty.

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