30 Surprising Similarities Between The Royal Family And The Kardashians
All hail Kween Kris. 👑
All hail Kween Kris. 👑
The households are run by a matriarch.
Queen Elizabeth II has been ruling England for over 60 years and momager Kris Jenner has been running the Kardashian household. All hail Kween Kris.
The Queen and Kris both have four children.
The Queen has three boys and one girl—Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. Kris has three girls and one boy—Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Rob.
They both have TV shows about their lives.
Netflix's The Crown portrays the real-life events that took place in the royal family and led to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. The Kardashians star in their own reality television show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Both families are in the spotlight every day...
The royal family and Kardashian clan are photographed daily as they attend events, walk out of their houses, and participate in everyday life.
...which means they have had media training.
Because they are constantly swarmed by paparazzi photographers, interview requests, and are on Twitter and Instagram (well, the royals are not), both families need to know how to handle the media. KUWTK revealed the family in media training in one episode. Luckily, royal-to-be, Meghan Markle has already dealt with the media because she was previously an actress.
They've both had their fair share of PR scandals.
Every family has their secrets, but unfortunately for these two, they're always shared to the public—like that time Kim was accused of cultural appropriation for posting a photo to Instagram with "Bo Derek braids." There's also been a great number of royal family PR scandals, including a nearly naked Prince Harry being spotted and photographed.
They've handled public divorces.
Prince Charles, the oldest of the Queen's children, went through a divorce with the late Princess Diana in 1995. Both of their affair phone calls were leaked to the press, creating a very publicized scandal. Kim Kardashian also experienced a public divorce from her husband of 72 days, Kris Humphries. It was thought that the pressures of being in the public eye led to the demise of their marriage.
They have security teams...
Being in the spotlight sometimes means needing a body guard to hold off the paparazzi or fans. Kim hired 24/7 security after she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. The royal family also has a security team—even for Prince George.
...and personal assistants.
Royal-to-be, Meghan Markle was just given her own assistant, Amy Pickerill. She will collect gifts given to Markle from the commonwealth and manage her personal schedule. The Kardashian family also has assistants to help handle their social media. Kim reportedly recently fired her longtime assistant, Stephanie Shepherd, whom she'd become good friends with.
Private transportation is a must.
Since the royal family travels daily, they need their own air transportation. Prince William and Kate Middleton are constantly on the go, touring different countries and meeting the commonwealth. The Kardashians also have their own private transportation—though it's typically used for vacations, like that time Kim jetted off to Cannes and gave people a tour of her private plane.
There are new babies on the way for both families...
Royal family members Kate Middleton and Zara Tindall are both expecting, and will give the Queen new great grandchildren. Between Kim just having her third child via surrogate and the news that Khloe Kardashian is officially pregnant, there are a lot of babies being welcomed into both families.
...and both of the newest arrivals will be here around the same time.
Both Khloé and Kate are due sometime in late March or early April. There has been no confirmation of the gender of either baby.
There's always speculation about what they will name their kids.
When Kim and Kanye announced they were expecting a third child, people quickly started speculating what they'd choose for a name based on social media clues. Since the royals do not use social media, the name guessing was care of a historian.
One of Kris' grandchildren has a regal name.
Kourtney and Scott Disick named their third child Reign, which was reportedly a name on she'd had on her list for a while.
The Queen and Kris Jenner could soon have the same number of grandchildren.
Before Kylie Jenner gave birth to her daughter, Stormi, Kris had a total of eight grandchildren, as did the Queen of England. With Khloé expecting and Kate's third on the way, they're going to be neck-and-neck on the numbers. (Harry and Meghan, here's looking at you.)
Kris and the Elizabeth both had their first child in their early 20s.
Kris gave birth to Kourtney when she was 23-years-old. Queen Elizabeth gave birth to Prince Charles when she was 22-years-old.
Kris and Elizabeth gave birth to their first babies in each other's birth months.
Kris' birthday is in November and she had her first baby (Kourtney) in April. The Queen's birthday is in April and she had her first baby (Charles) in November.
They both have ties to Scotland. (Hah.)
According to the National Records of Scotland, "Her Majesty the Queen is bound to Scotland by ties of ancestry, affection and duty." Her relationship with Scotland began early in her childhood. In the Kardashian family, Kourtney's daughter's middle name is Scotland, for this reason.
Both families have ties to retail.
The Kardashian sisters opened their own clothing store together, called Dash (which is now closed). However, Kim and Khloé both have their own makeup brands that are still very popular. The royals don't have their own clothing brand, but Kate Middleton did work as an assistant accessories buyer with the British clothing brand, Jigsaw, before she was married to Prince William.
They celebrate interracial dating and marriage.
Meghan Markle may not be the first royal with mixed heritage, but in the present-day family she will be the only African-American person with a British royal title. The Kardashians have Armenian heritage from their father Robert Kardashian, and both Kim and Khloé are with African-American partners.
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