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all monarchs are equal... but precedence is based on how long they have ruled... see for example, Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Monarchs' lunch you will notice that the most senior monarchs (by length of time ruling) sit in the portrait (the more senior, the closer to Queen Elizabeth in...

In Germany, old defunct titles can be incorporated into the surname..like Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt (formerly known as Hans Robert Lichtenberg) (husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor) and (adopted adult son (for money consideration) of Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt)... BUT it is laughable to call him...

thanks! I noticed that the world's attending monarchs (18 reigning and 3 non-reigning) were seated/standing (in the first two rows) in strict seniority order according to the date of the their assumption of the throne.... however, I do not understand why the King of Tonga (albeit the most...

sorry if posted before.... almost all of the world's royal families attended the Diamond Jubilee lunch (18 May 2012) Jubilee monarchs' lunch: the full guest list - Telegraph but Princess Anne seemed to be missing also representatives from the Kingdoms of Spain, Bhutan and Cambodia (as well...

name: HRH Princess Elizabeth of Cambridge much later HM Queen Elizabeth III godparents: Pippa Middleton Prince Harry Countess Mountbatten of Burma The Lady Saltoun Earl & Countess Spencer Viscount & Viscountess Linley Tom van Straubenzee a Van Cutsem

LADBROKES betting odds at present: Alexandra (favorite) 5/1 Elizabeth 6/1 Diana 6/1 Victoria 7/1 Frances 8/1 George 10/1 Mary 10/1 Charles 12/1 Anne 12/1 Alice 12/1

yes of course, but any speculation? gambling sites like Ladbrokes gave favorite odds on title of Prince William (Cambridge and Cumberland were favorite odds)

what title will Prince Harry be granted by the Queen when he marries? HRH The Duke of Clarence? HRH The Duke of Albany? HRH The Duke of Cumberland? HRH The Duke of Windsor? or will he just continuing being HRH Prince Harry (and his wife will be HRH Princess Harry)?? (like Prince &...

it appears that members of almost all reigning royal families around the world attended the wedding (except for Jordan (because of internal protests), Japan (because of tsunami), Cambodia (other engagements), Liechtenstein (because of beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II) & Bahrain...

would a more objective definition be to classify anyone with the title HM or HRH (and an adult) as a "senior royal" (20 persons) and anyone else in the extended royal family as a "minor royal"? HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duchess of Cornwall TRH The...

a British Coronation should be ostentatious .......full royal pomp, banners & horses....tradition and ceremony....all other ceremonies can be more austere and spartan, but not a once-in-a-lifetime Royal Coronation in Great Britain IMO...

I think the Royal Coronation ceremony is the zenith of pomp and circumstance...I hope buses (like in Prince William's wedding) are banished for this particular ceremony (at least for the main guests)....

I understand that tradition holds that foreign monarchs do not attend the coronation of a monarch, BUT Commonwealth sovereigns (currently King of Lesotho, King of Swaziland, King of Malaysia, King of Tonga, Sultan of Brunei) are invited as well as Prime Ministers from 15 foreign commonwealth...

to partially answer my own question, it appears that Princes and Princesses of the Blood have a particular type of princely coronation robe (even if they are not a peer of the realm). For example, HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent (with no separate peerage title) wore a robe (as a Princess of the...

lots of people wear a crown or coronet at a coronation ROYAL CROWN crown with 4 crosses & 4 fleurs-de-lis with TWO arches = 1 sovereign ROYAL CORONETS coronet with 4 crosses & 4 fleurs-de-lis with ONE arch = 1 heir apparent (+ wife) of the sovereign coronet with 4 crosses & 4 fleurs...