Can you answer the royal family questions Meghan Markle will face?

‘How many corgis does the Queen own? Shoot, Harry, do you know?’ Photograph: BBC/PA

Not many people who take the British citizenship test are asked questions about the family they are about to marry into. But Meghan Markle will be.

On Tuesday, it was announced that she will sit a British citizenship test before her wedding with Prince Harry in 2018.

It won’t be the first time Markle has been tested on her British credentials. In 2016, as part of the promotional efforts for her show Suits, she was filmed taking a quiz about Britishness by the television channel Dave.

Questions included whether Hoptimus Prime or Fursty Ferret were genuine names of real ales, or whether Sandy Balls or Crotch Crescent were real British place names. (They all are.)

The real UK citizenship quiz, recently criticised for containing a host of statistical inaccuracies, contains considerably fewer double entendres. But it will test Markle on her future in-laws.

Here’s a sample of the questions Markle will have to successfully answer before becoming an HRH.

The royal family UK citizenship test

1. How old was the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuart, when she became queen?

   1. A week

   2. A month

   3. 2 years old

   4. 5 years old

2. What was the symbol of the House of Tudor?

   1. A red rose

   2. A red rose with a white rose inside it

   3. A white rose with a red rose inside it

   4. A white rose

3. 

   Which of these wives of Henry VIII was accused of adultery and executed?

   1. Catherine Parr

   2. Catherine Howard

   3. Catherine of Aragon

   4. Anne of Cleves

4. Which famous poem tells the story of the knights at the court of King Arthur?

   1. Beowulf

   2. Paradis Lost

   3. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

   4. King Arthur and his knights

5. Who became King when Queen Anne died in 1714?

   1. George II

   2. James II

   3. Charles I

   4. George I

6. 

   Who is married to the Queen?

   1. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh

   2. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales

   3. Henry VII

   4. William II

7. When did the War of the Roses start?

   1. 1455

   2. 1462

   3. 1388

   4. 1478

8. 

   Elizabeth I was the younger daughter of which King?

   1. Willliam the Great

   2. James I

   3. Henry VII

   4. Henry VIII

9. 

   Who built the Tower of London after becoming king in 1066?

   1. Oliver Cromwell

   2. Henry VIII

   3. Henry VII

   4. William the Conqueror

10. In what year did Victoria become Queen

    1. 1827

    2. 1833

    3. 1837

    4. 1847

11. What is the relationship between the monarch and the government?

    1. Approve the government’s decisions on government policies

    2. Advise and approve the government’s decisions

    3. Advise, encourage and approve the government’s decisions

    4. Advise, warn and encourage the government’s decisions

12. 

    Where is the five-day race meeting attended by members of the Royal Family and known as Royal Ascot celebrated?

    1. In Kent

    2. In Luton

    3. In Salisbury

    4. In Berkshire

Solutions

1:A - Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She was executed in February 1587., 2:B - The symbol was adopted by Henry VII to show that he had united the House of Lancaster and the House of York., 3:B - Catherine Howard was beheaded in 1542, 4:C - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written in the late 14th century by an unknown author. Admittedly, as a legend, King Arthur is not technically related to Prince Harry., 5:D - Known as the Hanoverian succession, George I was chosen to ascend to the throne as the nearest Protestant relative of Queen Anne., 6:A - Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947., 7:A - The English civil war for control of the throne between the House of Lancaster and the House of York started with the First Battle of St Albans in 1455., 8:D - The daughter of Henry and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I was born in 1533, and reigned between 1558 and 1603., 9:D - The Tower of London was founded in 1066 after the Norman Conquest. The White Tower was built in 1078., 10:C - In 1837, Queen Victoria became queen of the UK at the age of 18. She reigned until 1901, almost 64 years. , 11:D - According to the official handbook for the test: "The monarch has regular meetings with the Prime Minister and can advise, warn and encourage, but the decisions on government policies are made by the Prime Minister and cabinet.", 12:D - Royal Ascot takes place in Berkshire.

Scores

1. 4 and above.

   You'll need to brush up your history if you want to become a prince or princess

2. 8 and above.

   More of a jack than a king, you need a bit more practice to make the leap into the royal family

3. 0 and above.

   You've no hope of marrying into royalty. Eternal serfdom for you

4. 11 and above.

   Congratulations. You are definitely royalty material.

You can watch Markle take the quirky Dave Britishness test here:

Meghan Markle quizzed for Dave TV about Britishness

• This quiz originally used wording taken from example questions in the ‘Life in the UK’ test. Three questions were updated on 30 November 2017 to more accurately reflect the title of the monarch.