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The royal family

Prince Charles and Princess Anne

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AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 21:24

So... when Prince Charles and Princess Anne were born, Philip was ‘only’ a Duke.

So, how come they were titled HRH Prince/Princess?

Letters Patent?

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CoachBombay · 04/11/2018 23:00

MissMalice Princess Ann did decline royal titles but they weren't HRH Prince or Princess. HRH The Princess Royal as a female descendant of the monarch is not entitled to pass on a princess/prince title. Edward could, but declined which I think was appropriate given how far removed his children are form the throne.

MissMalice · 04/11/2018 22:49

Yes Coach, unless they decline (like Princess Anne did for her children).

reallybadidea · 04/11/2018 22:36

I need to rewatch the crown I think!

CoachBombay · 04/11/2018 22:36

When Charles becomes King, Harry and Meghan's children will then be upgraded to Prince/Princess.

Namelessinseattle · 04/11/2018 22:34

George VI. (Shakes fist at confusing Roman numerals)

Namelessinseattle · 04/11/2018 22:33

22nd October 1948 George IV issued letters patent to give Elizabeth’s children HRH status, otherwise they’d have had to wait till she was queen.

OlennasWimple · 04/11/2018 22:33

Charles and Anne get their HRH titles from their mother, not their father

MissMalice · 04/11/2018 22:30

@reallybadidea He gave up that title on marrying Princess Elizabeth (as she was then).

reallybadidea · 04/11/2018 22:29

He was a prince when they were born. He was a prince of the Greek royal family.

AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 22:29

Aha... thank you MissMalice

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AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 22:28

He was made HRH the night before his wedding.

HRH Duke of Edinburgh,.. but he wouldn’t have passed on them title Prince to his son and daughter given that, would he? Given he wasn’t a Prince himself when they were born?

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MissMalice · 04/11/2018 22:28

“Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948. One month earlier, the King had issued letters patent allowing her children to use the style and title of a royal prince or princess, to which they otherwise would not have been entitled as their father was no longer a royal prince.[52] A second child, Princess Anne, was born in 1950.[53]”

From Wikipedia

reallybadidea · 04/11/2018 22:26

I think the letters patent made him Duke of Edinburgh (he was only prince before that) and that was in 1957 so quite a long time after his marriage.

reallybadidea · 04/11/2018 22:23

He was made HRH the night before his wedding.

AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 22:16

But there was no male line. Should they have been Master & Miss because the King had no son?

They’re have been Lord/Lady tho wouldn’t they? Not Master/Miss?

I think George VI put something in place to make them HRH (letters patent?)

This is what I was wondering?

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Cyclingforcake · 04/11/2018 22:00

I think George VI put something in place to make them HRH (letters patent?)

GiantKitten · 04/11/2018 22:00

Only male line grandchildren get HRH. Which disqualifies Charles/Anne under this rule

But there was no male line. Should they have been Master & Miss because the King had no son?

AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 21:54

And, if it was because he was 2nd in line to the throne when he was born (which I’m not convinced it was), it doesn’t explain why Anne was born HRH Princess...

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AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 21:52

This suggests he was born a prince. Can’t seem to find anything on him automatically being HRH or not though.

Prince = HRH

I don’t understand why he was given either...

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MissMalice · 04/11/2018 21:50

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-22769793/the-birth-of-hrh-prince-charles

This suggests he was born a prince. Can’t seem to find anything on him automatically being HRH or not though.

Xuli · 04/11/2018 21:49

male-line grandchildren of sovereigns are entitled to the style”

Surely this situation basically applied as George had no sons so Elizabeth was his heir, and so treated as a sort of 'male line'?

AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 21:49

Technically princess Charlotte and Prince Louis should not be prince or princess as they are great grandchildren of the monarch, but the queen changed the rules for them

Yes. She did this because of the change of primogeniture rules which meant if Will/Kate’s first born was a girl (who would have been heir to the throne), she’d have been Lady X, whereas her eldest brother would be HRH Prince Y

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Marmite27 · 04/11/2018 21:49

I don’t know, they didn’t cover that bit on The Crown

TigerDroveAgain · 04/11/2018 21:47

And precisely why do you care?

AaahhwoooooOOOOooOOOOo1 · 04/11/2018 21:47

They are HRH because they were the children of the next in line to the throne. (The queen, who at the time was just a princess)

Only male line grandchildren get HRH. Which disqualifies Charles/Anne under this rule.

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