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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...

A very very extensive and debated subject - I beleive many of us discussed at length in the thread "Monarchy in Greece" back in november/december 2003. The link should take you there. Argument mainly falls to whether King Constantine II handled a series of events effectivly or not, and...

The GRF stand more chance of winning the lottery than ever being given anything by the Greek Government. The Public Palace's such as the one in Athens near the 1896 Olympic Stadium was state property anyway and is now used as the Presidential Palace - so would not be given or sold to them...

I am not a 100% sure, but from what i remember seeing of the back of their house and photo's taken from different angles on the front... i think that is another house.

I think most Royals consider that once a Soverign House, always a Soverign House. So they will consider an ex-King a King and their decendents there after the highest rank held by that family. In most royal events the Count of Paris is accredited as such with the Style HRH even though the...

The British RF upset the Greeks in 1981, when the Greek president discovered he was further down the list of guests at Prince Charles & Diana's wedding than Constantine who was listed as King and not ex-King. Personaly i wouldnt have put it passed Charles or even Philip to do that on purpose...

The style to which Constantine (and other ex-kings) are accorded is a 'political' one. If you support their claime you therefore recognise them as being 'King.' If you dont support them you then can either call them 'Ex-King' or 'Mr' depending upon whether you wish to accord them any degree of...

Too right! Well said Warren! - Prince Paul is the unfortunate victim of history and King Carol's adventures, however his attitude towards his cousin, King Michael, is ungrecious, uncooth, unbefitting of a prince and simply damages the cause of the monarchy. Romania is a republic, restoring...

Just to really upset things - Whilst being in Greece I have learnt a few interesting things about Greeks attitudes towards Constantine the man, the Monarchy and the Republic. The King indeed has no involvement in Greek politics, and there is at the moment and foreseable future zero chance of a...

I am learning something new every message i post today - thanks Warren, although i still have never heard of them being called a Kaiserin.

Im confused now - which title isnt translated as imperial? As i understand the style was Imperial Highness for Prince & Princeses and Imperial Majesty for the Shah and his wives (although possibly shortened to just Majesty for ease). Meanwhile the Shah (aka King) as even Farrah refferes to...