For starters, she is not Princess Catherine. She's Princess William, The Duchess of Cambridge. We know that her tiara was borrowed, her earrings were new as they were gifts from her parents, she had pieces of lace from a dress of Diana's sown into the waist of her skirt, so that was old, as for the blue......perhaps she had a blue stitch somewhere on the inside of her dress.
Yes I realise what her official title is ...... but she's such a lovely young lady, and every bit a princess, that she deserves the title. I'll think of her as "Princess". I'm glad she used some lace from one of Diana's dresses on her gown.
Yes I realise what her official title is ...... but she's such a lovely young lady, and every bit a princess, that she deserves the title. I'll think of her as "Princess". I'm glad she used some lace from one of Diana's dresses on her gown.
You are free to call her a princess - she is.
What she isn't is Princess Catherine. She wasn't born a princess and in Britain that means she doesn't becomes a Princess with her own name.
Her formal title is Duchess of Cambridge.
You are free to call her a princess - she is.
What she isn't is Princess Catherine. She wasn't born a princess and in Britain that means she doesn't becomes a Princess with her own name.
Her formal title is Duchess of Cambridge.
We'll see if Charles on becomeing king does not grant her the style of "Princess Catherine" - after all he said he thinks of her as the daughter he never had. And his daughter would of course be "Princess Catherine of Wales" and later "The Princess Catherine".
We'll see if Charles on becomeing king does not grant her the style of "Princess Catherine" - after all he said he thinks of her as the daughter he never had. And his daughter would of course be "Princess Catherine of Wales" and later "The Princess Catherine".
Charles can't create her Princess Catherine of Wales because the "of Wales" denotes the son/daughter of the PoW, and when Charles is King, he will no longer be The Prince of Wales.
I didn't meant hat Charles could make her "Princess Catherine of Wales" but that if he had a daughter named Catherine, this daughter (which in reality he never got) would be HRH Princess Catherine of Wales. Just like his son Henry is HRH Prince Harry of Wales... (last example shows that it is possible to use Pet-names in official titles.
I'm betting that the media will continue to use Princess Catherine (or Kate) no matter how often they are corrected!
That's what they did with Diana and they probably won't care if someone informs them that they got the title wrong. JMO.
You're right of course, but I'm betting that the media will continue to use Princess Catherine (or Kate) no matter how often they are corrected!
That's what they did with Diana and they probably won't care if someone informs them that they got the title wrong. JMO.
Charles can't create her Princess Catherine of Wales because the "of Wales" denotes the son/daughter of the PoW, and when Charles is King, he will no longer be The Prince of Wales.
SM I am wondering if Charles when he becomes King or even QE2 can give Catherine a title like:
HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales or HRH Catherine Cambridge Princess of Cambridge... or HRH Catherine, Princess Mountbatten Windsor.
None of those titles make any sense. "Catherine, Princess of Wales" is what her title would be if she divorced William sometime after his creation as Prince of Wales. She would lose the HRH automatically. "Catherine Cambridge, Princess of Cambridge" doesn't even exist. She is not a Princess of Cambridge, she's The Duchess of Cambridge, which is a big difference. There is no such thing as a "Princess of Cambridge" anyway, and her surname is not Cambridge; she no longer has a surname. There is no such thing as "Princess Mountbatten-Windsor" either, as Mountbatten-Windsor is not a place, but rather the surname used by the Queen's descendants who don't have a princely status.
Also, "First name, Title" is the style that divorced women use. Why would Catherine use the style of a divorced woman if she isn't one?
fandesacs2003 said:We say for all bride's gowns :
Something new : Her earrings
Something old : Diana's ring
Something blu : Diana's ring
Someting borrowed The tiara
Is that correct for Catherin's dress????