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Ophelia wrote:
"of Wales"
Well, that's why Wills got a dukedom, so she wouldn't need to use it. I
remember I got so confused when I was in England for my junior year abroad
and kept hearing about Princess Michael of Kent. "That poor woman!
Whatever were her parents thinking, naming her Michael?!" The penny
finally dropped.
Not officially/legally. She was HRH The Princess of Wales. What people
outside the court called her, of course, is another matter.
Yes, they let her keep the modified title (minus HRH) as part of the
settlement.
Catherine will be "Queen Catherine" (God willing) but not "Princess
Catherine" of anything - at least, not officially, unless (God forbid)
something horrible happens and the sovereign grants her the style. *
* The Queen granted the style to her late aunt-by-marriage, Princess
Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, upon the death of Prince Henry, Duke of
Gloucester. Princess Alice was born Lady Alice (iow, not a princess in
her own right). At Henry's death, their son became Duke and his wife
the Duchess. Princess Alice for some reason did not wish to be known as
the Dowager Duchess of Gloucester and petitioned for the title change.
Charlotte
(ok, the part about the titles here I had in my head. Occasionally some
of the oddball info I keep track of is socially useful.
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