florawindsor
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when Wills become the king, how should ppl call Diana, the King Mother? Princess Diana? Queen Diana? ![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
florawindsor said:when Wills become the king, how should ppl call Diana, the King Mother? Princess Diana? Queen Diana?![]()
Idriel said:Diana will be the King's (late) mother but that's hardly a title. She'll never be Queen. So I say she'll just stay Diana, Princess of Wales.
There is a rumor that William once said the first thing he'll do when he become King will be to give her mother her Royal Highness style back. We will see if that ever happens...
Wife of a son of the Sovereign or male line grandson of the Sovereign- "HRH Princess Husband's Christian Name or "HRH The Duchess/Countess of X."
It was simply confirmed by the Palace that the Queen had allowed the Dowager Duchess to be known as Princess Alice in honour of her long public service to the nation and to differentiate her from the new Duchess.
Also, "Princess Charles" is not a correct style for the wife of the current Prince of Wales. The wife of the Prince of Wales is always HRH the Princess of Wales and no other style applies.
I forget where I heard this (maybe it was in another thread in this forum), but people have said that the Queen offered to posthumously restore Diana's HRH after her death, but the Spencer family declined to accept it.Idriel said:Diana will be the King's (late) mother but that's hardly a title. She'll never be Queen. So I say she'll just stay Diana, Princess of Wales.
There is a rumor that William once said the first thing he'll do when he become King will be to give her mother her Royal Highness style back. We will see if that ever happens...
In the case of the Duke, King George VI issued letters patent providing that his wife and descendants, if any, would not hold the style of HRH, effectively announcing the marriage was morganatic.
That's true. Morganatic marriage does not exist in British law. That's why there were several non-royal-born Queens/wives in the past (Anne Neville, Elizabeth Woodward, Anne Boleyn, etc.). I guess George VI confered an HRH on his brother because as he was King Edward VIII at the time. I guess was no longer a HRH Prince because he had become the monarch, and the title he renounced was HM The King. Thus maybe George VI had to reinstate Edward's earlier titles of HRH and Prince?Elspeth said:Given that morganatic marriage doesn't exist in British law, I'm surprised that was legal. It also seems curious that the King would confer an HRH on his brother, who hadn't renounced his HRH in the first place.
Elspeth said:I don't know if that was ever verified.
Yeah, me too. They were debating about whether to have a state or private funeral, and I think Charles was in favor of a state one.Elspeth said:I thought it wasn't a state funeral. Isn't that why they weren't inviting heads of state to represent their countries at the funeral?
lashinka2002 said:I didn't think she had a state funeral either. As far as I recall she had a funeral tailored for a unique woman.
ElisaR said:In Britain only reigning monarchs have state funerals.
However, two common people had a state funeral: Wellington and Churchill.