The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 went into effect on 26 March 2015, marking the end of many years of male-preference primogeniture. Before this Act, the succession was settled on Sophia of Hanover and the “heirs of her body” with the Act of Settlement of 1701. Per common law, this implied male-preference primogeniture. This [read more]
The Duchess of Sussex has been the subject of ridicule again after claiming her name is no longer Meghan Markle on her new show on Netflix but rather Meghan Sussex. So what is going on? Markle is indeed the Duchess’s maiden name and should no longer be used. As a member of the royal family, [read more]
The late Princess Birgitta of Sweden wasn’t in the Swedish line of succession. Princess Birgitta was born in 1937 as the second daughter of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her siblings are Princess Margaretha (born 1934), Princess Désirée (born), Princess Christina (born 1943) and the current King [read more]
The late Princess Birgitta of Sweden was the only one of her sisters who held the style of Royal Highness, and the reason is quite simple. The reason Princess Birgitta retained her royal style, and her sisters lost theirs, goes back to now-defunct Swedish royal rules regarding marriages. The Swedish constitution at the time stated [read more]
When Queen Elizabeth II died, the following statement was issued, “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.” Now that Charles is King, Camilla automatically took on the female equivalent of her husband’s rank and status and thus [read more]
On 30 April 2008, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark conferred the title of Count of Monpezat to her male-line descendants. The family of Queen Margrethe’s husband, Prince Henrik, had styled themselves at “Comte de Laborde de Monpezat”, although their right to use this title is disputed. The Cabinet Secretary, Henning Fode, explained that the Queen [read more]
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