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Queen Elizabeth II is the Duke of Normandy - a title the Kings/Queens of England (and then subsequently of the United Kingdom) have held since William I who was the Duke of Normandy. However the Duchy of Normandy is now only recognised as being that of the Channel Islands and not Normandy...

Yeah sorry... your right Robijn

she is still one of my most favouret royals of all time

Frederica was popular in Greece until the 60s. She had a german air of pomp and ceromony which used to upset a few people. Elini Vlachou the editior of an Athinian news paper was told once she was comming to visit the office and expected everyone to kiss her hand... however when she arrived...

It is possible for a country to recognise a forigner by what ever title they feel is apropriate. For example in Monaco - the former Serene Highness Princess Caroline is officialy known, styled and addressed as Her Royal Highness Princess Ernst of Hanover because the Monasque government...

My brother shares his birthday (17th May) with Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands I share my birthday (22nd May) with the wedding aniversary of The Crown Prince & Princess of Spain. My mother shares hers (22nd July) with Prince Felix of Denmark My Nan shared her birthday (14th...

On an attempted kidnapp Prince Edward would probably have pulled out a video camera and filmed the whole thing before turning it into a documentry later.

Its one of those Motor Mouth Royal moments when someone speaks before thinking... and from my previous posts regarding Princess Alice... you can see where Prince Philip and his children get it from! Princess Anne: One day upon leaving the Church at Sandringham, Princess Anne was given a basket...

These are quite well known but worth a mention King George V Upon being advised by his doctor to spend a few weeks in Bognor to recover after being ill, the King replied... "Bognor - Bugger Bognor!" The Queen Mother 1 Whilst waiting to be served her Gin & Tonic, she could hear her staff...

"Dottie: Corgi Killer (true crime series)" The biography of Princess Anne's muderous dog

I think that the three most likely are Haakon, Willem and Charles. Although Queen Elizbeth is 80 next year I think she still has quite a few years left. Queen Beatrix is likely to abdicate as its become a tradition in the Netherlands, however as she is still in good health and sadley she has...

WW1 & The UK As if resisting the ever growing German frontire was not enough for British Politics, the years of WW1 also witnessed Womens Rights movements and Communist sympathies. If anyone has the opertunity, a recent BBC drama "The Lost Prince" (available on DVD) depicted life for the...

WW1 & Greece With regards to the Greek Royals they spent most of the First World War in excile. King Constantine I wanted to keep greece neutral, however he was hounded by both sides because of the strategic position of Greece geographicaly. It is debatable as to whose side the King was on...

Oh i do agree with you there - my reference was mainly in the context that such a regime would not be suitable today (at least in western europe for example). Historicaly however it was neccessery for absolutism - before cars, trains, plains and telephones and computers, fast comunication on...

An important distinction MUST be made between Historical Monarchies such as the lavish and elitist courts of Louis XIV and Modern Monarchies (which are still continuing to develop). My view of a Monarchy intodays world is that they should: a) provide the living symbol of their nation, unbiased...