Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom will celebrate her 70th year of platinum jubilee this year, and the royal family, one of the oldest extended families in the world, has its origins dating back to King Alfred the Great of Wessex 1200 years ago.
In this long history, one monarch is widely known for the popular American drama "Braveheart": Edward Longshanks, King Edward I.
According to official royal records, King Edward I was born in Westminster in June 1239 and defeated the rebel William Wallace during his reign, recovering much of Scotland and conquering Wales, eventually dying on 7 July 1307 at the age of 68.
More royal fans and the British public have focused on his official portrait than his life, as many have found the former king to look strikingly similar to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the grandson of the current Queen.
The Duke of Cambridge was the 21st great-grandson of King Edward I, and his photographs in his twenties most resembled those of his 700-year-old ancestors, as Prince William still had the same beard as his "great-great-great-grandfather", but it was clear that the prince still looked more handsome when he did not have a beard.
Not only are their facial features similar, but the two are also similar in height, according to the records of King Edward I, the height of six feet and three inches, which translates to about 1.905 meters, while the official height of Prince William is 191cm.
On top of that, Prince William will also be king in the future.
Royal fans who noticed this described this as a "magical reincarnation", and those who were slightly superstitious even described that "Prince William may be the reincarnation of King Edward I", because in the past King Edward I consolidated the imperial power in England, and now Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, have greatly increased the popularity and influence of the royal family.
Prince William is not the only one to be found to look similar to past members of the royal family, such as his 6-year-old daughter Princess Charlotte, who looks like the Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto, the child of the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, and husband Anthony Armstrong-Jones.
In addition, Princess Beatrice of the Duke of York was found to resemble the young Queen Victoria, and her sister Princess Eugenie looked similar to her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, all thanks to the strict royal family's strict blood requirements in the past.
In royal history, there were very strict rules and regulations for members to choose partners, including the fact that only uninhabited women could be selected to marry in the aristocratic circles, which made the royal bloodline still so pure hundreds of years later.
However, these rules have also led to many emotional tragedies, including the above-mentioned Princess Margaret is also a victim, so the Queen has now eliminated most of the unnecessary rules to give members more freedom in choosing a partner, which is why megan Markle, a once divorced African-American woman, was able to marry Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in 2018.