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English monarchs family tree

Have you ever heard of a family tree? It's like when you draw a picture of your family and everyone is connected. The English monarchs have a family tree too!

A long time ago, there was a king and queen of England, and they had children. When those children grew up, they had children too, and so on and so on.

Each time a new king or queen was born or came to power, they became a part of the family tree. Some of them were really famous and did big things like create new laws or explore new lands.

Some of the monarchs had more children than others, and sometimes there were arguments about who should be king or queen next. But no matter what, they were all part of the same family.

You can see the whole family tree on a big chart, which shows all the monarchs and how they are related to each other. It's kind of like a big puzzle!
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