Did you know these celebrities have blue blood?


There are several people who descend from royalty and have no title. Interestingly, many of these cases can even be found among celebrities.



Tom Hanks | There are rumors that the actor's father is familiar to King John of England. This means that the actor is cousin away from Queen Elizabeth II.

Hugh Grant | Allegedly, the British actor is a descendant of King Henry VII of England.

Uma Thurman | The actress is estranged cousin Queen Elizabeth II. Thurman is a descendant of King Edward I of England, who reigned from 1272 to 1307.

Johnny Depp | According to the program "Who Do You Think You Are?", The actor is cousin away from Queen Elizabeth II. Allegedly, the two shared the same great-grandfather, from nine generations ago.

Angelina Jolie | Reportedly, the actress is estranged cousin Queen Elizabeth II.

Michael Douglas | The American actor is estranged cousin of an earlier generation from Queen Elizabeth II.

Maggie Gyllenhaal | Allegedly, the actress is descended from King Edward III of England and presses away from Queen Elizabeth II.

Jake Gyllenhaal | This means that the actress's younger brother is also the cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

Rose Leslie | The Scottish actress not only has royal blood, but also grew up in a castle. Leslie's mother is a relative of King Charles II of England, while her father is actually the head of the Scottish clan Leslie.

Kit Harington | Leslie's husband also has royal blood. In fact, like his wife, Harington is also a relative of King Charles II of England.

Ellen DeGeneres | Allegedly, the hostess is estranged from Kate Middleton. Apparently, DeGeneres is also estranged cousin Queen Elizabeth II.

Tilda Swinton | Allegedly, the British actress is descended from King Robert I of Scotland.

Brooke Shields | Among the ancestors of the American actress is King Henry IV of England, which makes Shields press away from Queen Elizabeth II.

Cara Delevingne | The Delevingne family also has ties to royalty. Cara Delevingne's paternal great-grandfather was Hamar Greendwood, the first Viscount of Greenwood. In turn, Delevingne's grandmother, Janie Sheffield served as Margaret's companion, the Countess of Snowdon.

Hilary Duff | The popular singer and actress is estranged cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

Benedict Cumberbatch | Allegedly, the actor is a descendant of King Richard II of England.

Helena Bonham Carter | The father of the actress, Raymond Bonham Carter, descended from a British family of politicians, with an impressive lineage. Helena's father was the son of Maurice Bonham Carter and Violet Bonham Carter, daughter of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, the First Earl of Oxford and Asquith.

Meghan Markle | According to The Sun, the actress is a descendant of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII of England. Isabel Hildyard, a distant great-grandmother of Markle, was estranged from Seymour.

Paris Hilton | There are rumors that the socialite is cousin away from Queen Elizabeth II.

Beyoncé | As a descendant of King Henry II of England, the singer is a distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth II.

Brad Pitt | Interestingly, King Henry II is also an ancestor of Pitt. This means that the actor is cousin away from Queen Elizabeth II.

Ralph Fiennes | If you look at the actor's family tree, you will find King James II of Scotland.

Dakota Fanning | Who would have guessed that one of the ancestors of the actress is King Edward III of England?

Elle Fanning | Obviously Dakota's sister has exactly the same ancestor.

Christopher Guest | The writer's real name is Christopher Haden-Guest, the Fifth Baron Haden-Guest. This means that your family has already sat in the House of Lords.

Bill Hader | The actor is a relative of King Edward I of England.

Eddie Redmayne | It seems that the family of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Redmayne family crossed the same path three generations ago. Richard Redmayne, the actor's great-grandfather, will have worked in a mine with Kate Middleton's great-grandfather, John Harrison.

Tom Hiddleston | The actor also has relatives of the aristocracy. Hiddleston's great-grandfather, Sir Edmund Hoyle Vestey, Baronet, was a shipbuilder.

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