Draft:Australian royalty

Australian royalty may refer to Australian citizens who are members of royal families, through birth, naturalization or marriage; or Australian families that are given the epithet or moniker as Australian royalty. It has also been used to refer to the descendants of the First Fleet, or descendants of those sentenced to Transportation. Additionally, Australia is a monarchy, so members of the Australian monarchy are Australian royalty.

Royal house of Australia
Members of the royal house of the monarchy of Australia are the royalty of Australia de jure
 * House of Windsor, ruling dynasty of the Australian monarch

Australians romantically associated with the House of Windsor
Australians who have had very serious relationships just short of marriage, and could have entered into the House of Windsor.

Australians who married into royalty

 * Queen of Denmark Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, married Frederik André Henrik Christian, the then Crown Prince of Denmark, becoming Crown Pricness, who became Queen-consort of Denmark in 2024.
 * Susan Cullen-Ward, became Queen of Albania (in exile), when she married King-in-exile Leka I.

Royalty who were born in Australia

 * Susan Cullen-Ward, who became Queen-in-exile of Albania by marriage, claimed descent from Edward Longshanks, King Edward I of England of the House of Plantagenet, and thus distant cousin to Queen Elizabeth II of Australia.

Royalty who married Australians

 * King-in-exile of Albania, Leka I, married Australian Susan Cullen-Ward, who became Queen-in-exile.
 * King of Denmark, Frederik André Henrik Christian, married Australian Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, when he was Crown Prince.

Royalty born to Australians

 * Pretender King of Albania Leka II, was born to Australian Susan Cullen-Ward.

Australians romantically associated with Royalty
Australians who have had very serious relationships just short of marriage, and could have entered into those royal houses.

Monied and business royalty

 * Australia's First Families of Wine
 * Hill-Smith family
 * Tyrrell family

Celebrity royalty

 * Margaret Fulton, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Peter Gilmore, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Guy Grossi, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Kylie Kwong, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Andrew McConnell, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Kylie Minogue, pop princess
 * Neil Perry, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Ben Shewry, celebrity chef Australian cooking royalty
 * Matt Shirvington is considered royalty for his athletic achievements.

Descendants of original colonists
There are thousands of Australians who can trace their lineage back to convicts sentenced to Transportation in Great Britain, and arrived with the First Fleet or later. Some Australians consider these to be real Australian royalty.