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Does anyone have an English text of John Betjeman's elegy on the death of King George V? I have read a Russian translation of it.

Not at all, I've always been interested in the subject of coronations. Are you interested in the Nepalese ones? King Gyanendra of Nepal was proclaimed as King on the deposition of his grandfather King Tribhuvan on 6 November 1950. He was crowned at the Nyasal Chowk, Hanuman Dhoka Palace in...

Well, yes... The Times of London, though, even called that ceremony 'an ornate coronation service'. :rolleyes: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1691339,00.html

'Invested' is a right word. The ceremony of investiture is traditional for the Princes of Wales; the timing of the event is up to the ruling monarch. He even had the Crown of the Prince of Wales (to be precise, the coronet) placed on his head. However, I think that it is better to stick to...

No, Reza Shah was pressurised into abdicating the throne by the Allies; he was considered pro-German. Also, the Pahlavis were not titled Emperors, they were Shahs with the style of 'His Imperial Majesty'.

Prince Rainier III passed away on 6 April 2005. Albert II of Monaco was enthroned on 12 July 2005 at the Cathedral of Monaco. Another ceremony will follow on 19 November. Constanine II, the King of the Hellenes, certainly had an enthronement ceremony in 1964, but I cannot find the exact date...

King Bhumibol Adulyadej succeded his brother Ananda Mahidol, who was found shot dead on 9 June 1946. Farah was an Empress Consort and not an actual ruler of Iran. Her husband Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was the Iranian monarch, having replaced his father Reza Shah Pahlavi on 16 September 1941...

Not an enthronement... Charles of the United Kingdom is not a monarch yet, but he has already had an event that was closer to a coronation than most of the European monarchs had. Charles was invested as Prince of Wales on 1 July 1969 at Caernarfon Castle in Caernarfon, Wales.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (acceded in 1946) was crowned on 5 May 1950 at the Royal Palace in Bangkok. Shan Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (reigned since 1941) and Empress Farah were crowned on 26 October 1967 at the Golestan Palace in Tehran. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was enthroned (more...

I mentioned earlier that King George V was poisoned by his doctor when the King was dying. Here is a link to an article in the BMJ that details the circumstances of the King's death. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/308/6941/1445 I am a doctor myself, and I find the actions of Lord...

To be precise, Nicholas I became Emperor when his brother Constantine renounced his succession. Constantine was proclaimed Emperor after the death of Alexander I, but he did not accept the emperorship. Constantine had renounced his rights in an instrument that was submitted to Alexander I circa...

Indeed. :) In fact, 'His Serenity Most Serene Prince' is the closest thing to the Russian original (Yego Svetlost' Svetleyshiy Knyaz)--but it sounds entirely outlandish in English.

I had in mind an equal marriage, of course--it was inconceivable for the Tsesarevich to marry someone in a morganatic marriage then. The style for the morganatic children that you have mentioned is a little incorrect, though. The morganatic offspring of Emperor Alexander II, for example, was...

You mean Grand Duke Igor Konstantinovich? Yes, but 'Igor son of Alexei' sounds to me just like 'Nicholas, son of William of Wales'--there is Lord Nicholas Windsor, but 'Nicholas' is an uncommon name for a future king.

Any son of the Emperor's son was titled 'Grand Duke'. P.S. Igor was an uncommon name for Romanov.

Velikiy knyaz (the Grand Duke) with the style of 'His Imperial Highness'.

King George VI died in 1952. I reckon that his last State Opening was in 1951, after Churchill's election win.

Yes. It is her inherited property. To be precise, 'The Queen, The Duke of Lancaster'. It is a matter of tradition, not law. Yes. The Duchy of Lancaster is the personal property of the British monarch and not a part of the Crown Estate.

The Dukedom of Lancaster is a peerage just like any other British dukedom. The monarch is the fount of honour who creates peerages, and the Lord Chancellor wrote in the Buckhurst Peerage Case (1876) that 'the fountain and source of all dignities cannot hold a dignity from himself. The dignity...

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/ukregency.htm The exact style of the Queen Consort seems to vary. Caroline of Ansbach was called 'His Royal Consort the Queen' in 1728. Mary of Teck is styled 'Her Majesty Queen Mary' in the text of the act from 1910. In the lists of the counsellors of...

Are you sure? I'm trying to find a text of one of the orders-in-council issued between 1937 and 1952 appointing the counsellors of state. I have a vague feeling that the Queen Consort was referred to simply as 'Her Majesty the Queen' there.

Mmm... Wikipedia disagrees with you, although it is prone to error. Diplomatic Ceremonial and Protocol by Wood and Serres is unclear. I'll look into it.

If William V ascends the throne when his stepmother is still alive, she will be styled, most likely, as 'Her Majesty Queen Camilla'. The correct style for Kate is going to be simply 'Her Majesty The Queen'. .

Ah yes, the Archbishop did. I've forgotten...

This is true, but, as far as I know, Charles and Camilla are not considered validly married in the eyes of the Church of England. This fact may interfere with Camilla being crowned as a Queen... :confused: