Their Majesties' work in Wales | The Royal Family

News | The Royal Family

Press releases | The Royal Family

State Opening of Parliament | The Royal Family

The Coronation | The Royal Family

Charities and Patronages | The Royal Family

The Duke of York | The Royal Family

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
Their Majesties' work in Wales \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/their-majesties-work-in-wales	2
News \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/news?page=1	2
Press releases \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/media-centre/press-releases	2
News \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/news?page=13	2
State Opening of Parliament \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/state-opening-of-parliament	2
News \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/news	2
The Coronation \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/coronation	2
Charities and Patronages \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/charities-and-patronages-0	2
The Duke of York \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/the-duke-of-york	2
News \| The Royal Familywww.royal.uk/news?page=15	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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