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If Charles predeceases Camilla, what titles would we expect her retain as his widow? Queen Dowager, obviously, but would she retain any ducal titles or anything like that?

One thing that never occurred to me previously is that Edward VIII would have inherited the bulk of George V's private fortune, including Sandringham and Balmoral. Various sources note that these properties were purchased by George VI after the abdication. But how? Where would the second in...

Thank you, Curryong and Addapalla. Makes sense.

of Hesse and by Rhine What's the deal with the name of this house? Specifically ... why by Rhine rather than of?

Thanks for that correction! Good Lord, how did I drop that part out: it's even mentioned in the video that Sofia is the most senior extant member of the House.

The inimitable Matt Baker of UsefulCharts has created a series of three videos on the major matrilineal dynasties of Europe. (Links below) In particular he has focused on the matrilineal descent from Garsenda of Forcalquier, a 12th century Countess of Provence, which Matt terms the House of...

Marriages between European royal houses When was the last marriage between members of different European royal families? I'm struggling to think of one since Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.

Thanks for these comprehensive responses.

Who in the Liechtenstein Princely Family is entitled to the style HSH and to be called Prince/Princess? On the face of it, it seems to be just about all descendants of Johann I Joseph, which is a pretty big group...

I was given to understand that Charles is likely to use the name George when he is monarch.

Best wishes to them.

Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex's visit to Nunavut was their first visit to that territory. They got quite a lot of attention in the small capital.

Russian princes got quite a few knockbacks in the 19th century.

William and Kate carried on thrones in Tuvalu

What will Prince Daniel's title and style be once Victoria becomes monarch?

Probably you've never seen them topless because no one has published pictures of them topless, not because they've never sunbathed topless in a private place.

Greece Plans Sale of London Diplomat Home, Palace - Businessweek

Perhaps my understanding is somewhat stereotyped but I do think toplessness remains more acceptable on the Continent than in Britain, even today, so it would be considered less "scandalous". I do think some of you are being a bit harsh on TRH. The Duke and Duchess might have looked at the...

Well this should just be just about the biggest thing to happen to Tuvalu since, well, ever.

8-/ She might have felt she had something to hide from the readership of Closer. I hope they sue the magazine back to the stone age.

That would be a very odd decision, Osipi, and I don't see why you would think Charles would do that.

When did the Queen Mother give up?

Perhaps some of the readers aren't very good at following the ball and might be scratching their heads about who the Duchess of Cambridge is.

I was thinking about the fact the other day that it will have been quite a while since the monarch (or the heir) selected a non-royal consort. Albert (later George VI) chose a bride who was not part of a royal family (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth and subsequently the Queen...

"applying it to all aristocracy is just more of the same." What statutes cover succession among the nobility? I would have assumed that these days it is a civil matter...