Royalty 101: British Titles of Royalty & Nobility 

My thoughts exactly!!

Exactly 😂

Lol

I believe that was Richard II, who started that. Because he had an massive ego and a sense of extreme self importance. But it didn’t come into common usage until Henry VIII.

I don't think we can actually judge a historical figure like that, please note that I am not justifying his actions, I'm just merely pointing out that our social parameters now are conpletely different from theirs, and while we have a great understanding of what was going on, we weren't really there.

Even more fun fact, way before Elizabethan era times, The Talmud stated that a spouse that had the stench of snails from working with the snails needed to produce Tyrian Purple dye, was grounds for divorce. Imagine. "My spouse stinks like snails, can I please get a divorce?"

@@bedazzledmisery6969 I guess a vegan wrote that bit of legislation

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It’s interesting how historians differ in opinion on how the nobility was structured over the course of Britain’s history. I read an article which stated that Elizabeth I only banned the baronage or the lower ranking peerage (non-royal earls, viscounts, barons & landed gentry ie knights & squires) from wearing these colors but not the high ranking peerage (dukes, marquess, and royal-born earls) coz they were few since the Tudors didn’t like to investiture too many high ranking nobles coz of what happened during the war of roses.

@@juliie007 i was just saying what i knew.

Don’t forget Mary queen of scots right above ypu

Dat is dope

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Except that she has it wrong. Perhaps you need to get a better life. What is wrong with you Americans? You can scarce run your own country without looting and burning it to the ground, how about you leave other countries alone?

@@hayekfriedman9078 Someone needs to chill.

She's the Queen, she can wear whatever she wants.

@@RobinPM86 that and she thinks people wouldn’t recognise her, if she doesn’t wear bright coloured clothing.

@@dylancarroll4623 more like it’s for the secret service to easily identify her in a crowed, that’s why she picks bright colours

She has said that she’s short, so she wears bright colors so people can find her and say they saw the queen. Which is cute.

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yeah. iove that color! and contrasted with the red carpet/uniforms, she's as bright as a light bulb. the queen has excellent taste and style. ......... even if she is secretly a shapshifting reptilian.....

If I wore than colour green I'd not only look jaundiced, but also look as though I was going to throw up 😝 any minute.

I mean Black people look great in neon colors so 🤷

Love it!

Yes!!! nothing looks better than a beautiful dark complexion with the bright colors. 🥰😍 ​@@honeyhernandez91

Thanks

Thank you

Eric of Sweden was my suitor

I adore Crown Princess Victoria. I met her once and she was absolutely delightful.

@@bbbb-db9gr Given the precedent of Prince Albert, Prince Phillip, Prince Henrik and the like, Daniel is very likely to become Prince Consort instead. Think about it this way, in a set of cards the King ranks higher than the Queen, the actual monarch must be the highest ranking, thus the male consorts remain princes.

@@bbbb-db9gr Very interesting thought. In the spirit of equality I almost think royal traditions could be updated so that only sovereigns get the title of king or queen in such a way that consorts would always be titled Prince/Princess Consort. That way it makes the titles of King/Queen actually equal, rather than a queen always being subordinate to a king. So in the case of a queen regnant, the consort would be titled prince consort, as has been the case in the past. In the event of a king regnant, the consort would be titled Princess Consort, not Queen. Reserving the title of Queen exclusively for queens regnant would make the regal titles equal and reserved only for born hereditary rulers. Just a thought. If the Duchess of Cornwall ends up being Princess Consort upon Prince Charles' accession, as it has been said, it would seem logical for the Duchess of Cambridge to eventually assume the same title when Prince William becomes King - rather than taking the title of Queen. I know divorce and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales factored into that but I think it would be a good opportunity for the British monarchy to modernize the way they use titles...

@@Asigedge you’ve met a royal? Wow! What was it like?

No Kath ! I’m the virgin 👑

Unfortunately, I do not believe that’s how it works, Your Grace.

Hi Katherine❤

These replies 😂

@@dollpartsgirl 😒

Right, in Spanish royalty there is a naming distinction between "Prince(ss)" as rank of honor (child of the monarch) and Prince(ss) as an actual title (Prince of *somewhere* ), which *is* applied to the heir

Yes you are right. Princess Leonora currently holds the title

What if the Princess/Prince of Asturias dies? will the Infanta/Infante change title to Princess/Prince of Asturias?

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Never forget about Lord and Lady Douchebag. His mind was the keenest/cleanest!😘

i read them as both the same sentence and got hella confused

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He planned to come back as a virus. I'm nearly convinced that he did so in his previous incarnation.

@@roberthouston6562 Who is the alleged incarnation?

Is he really dead now?! No way!!

@@Fransisca_Athanasia ?

Right??? You were so pretty!

Akward

what you mean awkward

@@avxlk My queen,your daughter is the best

And you did nothing wrong. King Henry need to be mad at himself that he couldn’t produce sons. Men carry the X and Y clearly his Y was defective

@Lettice Knollys Did I hear something :O I had no clue :( I’m really sorry 😞

Hi Mary, wanna join the crusade against Henry VIII? Go to queen Catherine of Aragon’s discussion tab. That’s our base

Aye, I could’ve helped u

@@SungSNam Hi Kaiya! Naaaah! Uncle Henry is currently having a lot on his plate. Let's just wait for his own health to deteriorate. That would be better! 😂

@@maryqueenofscots2511 alright! I’m sure that will happen sooon.....like maybe a billion years. I’ve visited him at he’s channel, he isn’t really Prince Charming

@Karla Carmona Thank you, You are now Duchess of Cornwall

@Karla Carmona Your Welcome

@@queenelizabethiofengland7338 wait, isn’t the dukedom of York for the second child of the monarch? Or something?

YAS QUEEN 👑

you are my favourite queen 😌

yes, I think when the House of Commons was established "commoners" weren't allowed to vote, only the "Land Lords" could, which is where the term land lord comes from, the lowest ranking land holder were lords.

Not property, but property holders

After watching her videos we all should have an honorary associates degree in British History!

and it’s a 30min episode!!!

Ooh I watched that one too, it was a great documentary!

I watched that too! It’s really good

Seen it too, it's very insightful

Yes, I very much enjoyed the doc. It was sad how some had died out, because the last Duke of whatever only had daughters.

Yeah I enjoyed that

Although it should be said that the heir of the king of France was not an actual dolphin but takes the title from the traditional appanage for the heir, the Dauphiné of Viennois.

@@calmeilles truly disapointing

is there a title for Son of a B!tch, 'Jus askin

That would be a good one. I know virtually nothing about the Japanese monarchy.

Yess that would be great !!

Apparently they have around 1 heir left

I didn't expect that so many people would like this idea. Thanks 😊

I know it’s the longest continuously-reigning imperial dynasty in the world (though for a lot of that time they have “reigned” only symbolically, with the Shoguns having the real power), and know that their knight-equivalent class, Samurai, was abolished completely in the meiji restoration, but don’t know much about the aristocratic clan ranks between the lowest (Samurai) and the highest (Shogun, which seems to basically = Warlord or King) besides that “Daimyo” is some sort of noblity-related term. Or whether or to what degree they still exist. Would be very interested to see how the titles worked mechanically or if it was just an ad-hoc mess.

She's an excellent educator and entertainer with these videos.

Yep, just look at the Wikipedia pages for royals! There's usually a list of all the titles they held and when. Some are super long.

You ain't seen nuthin' yet. Look at Mountbatten. He was born Lord Louis Mountbatten (actually he became that after his father was made the Marquess of Milford Haven; before that, he was Prince Louis of Battenberg). Then he became a Viscount in 1946, so Louis, Lord Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten. The next year, he became Earl Mountbatten of Burma, so, Louis, Lord Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Fortunately for us, that's where it stopped.

omg yes Anastasia romanov

I really want a video of your Auntie Elizabeth Feodorovna and your other auntie Duchess Olga

Hello Anastasia!

@@avxlk hey Queen Anne

@@justanobodyonyoutube3580 hello!!!

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It’s all up to the monarch. Queen Elizabeth could strip everyone of their titles right now

@@stenbak88 everyone?

@@stenbak88 No, she cannot. She would need Parliament to give assent. If this were true, George V would not have needed to seek Parliamentary committee to strip titles away from his German relatives after WW1.

I think you are right, a lot of the time it is the Queens choice to give titles. I mean there was quite a gap between the death of the previous Princess Royal, and Princess Anne being given the title. It's all going to become so much more complicated too, as so many generations are still alive at the same time. 500 years ago, you were lucky to be around to see your children become adults, let alone see grandchildren. Now it will take much longer for titles to be passed down as their current owner could live so long!

glad i am not the only one who was annoyed by this

Yeah, she goofed on that one but she got the facts right.

I also noticed 'marquess-state' instead of the correct 'marquisate'. I guess we Brits can get our own back though with the likes of ArkansaS, ConneCticut and IllinoiS.

Waiting for this one haha

A typical American not pronouncing words properly 😂😂

Lucky!

I got IBS and organized all visits to the loo

@@lagvin719ify LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

So?

You have to be sad, if you are interested in this sort of thing.

Ok, your right this time,

@@SungSNam I was first IMAO

@@zoezhang5413 Thank you 😊 Ill make you Duchess of Kent

Hi Albert❤

HRH Diana, Princess of Wales is the correct title…. Officially Camilla is now Camilla, Princess if Wales, but out of respect to Diana, that title is not used….

@@lesleywilliams323 Diana, Princess of Wales was only the correct styling following her divorce from Prince Charles, and she did not have the right to use the HRH styling during that time. Her styling when she was married to Prince Charles was HRH The Princess of Wales. Camilla is entitled to the styling of HRH The Princess of Wales but chooses to instead be styled HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

@@lesleywilliams323 Almost but not quite. Her title when Married was HRH The Princess of Wales (No Christian name used), Her divorced title was Diana, Princess of Wales (losing the HRH and the infinitive) - So a loss of "HRH THE and replaced by Diana

Wonderful bit of information

Yes, it's only a few years ago that the girls became in line to the throne, so Charlotte, William's daughter, becomes queen in her own right if George dies before he has children. So Harry is now down in sixth place.

@@lesleyhawes6895 Harry would have been 6th regardless of the gender of William's 3 children. Louis is the one who would have been affected had the law not changed. He would have been behind George and ahead of Charlotte instead of being behind both of his elder siblings.

Victoria Duchess of Medinaceli with 43 titles. The record was previously held by Cayetana Duchess of Alba who had 51 but passed some to children other than her principal heir so when on her decease Carlos became Duke of Alba he had only 38 other titles to comfort him and two of those he has ceded to his own heir. The Excelentísima Señora, Doña Cayetana held another record in being nineteens times a Grandee of Spain and possibly might even deserve further mention in the record books for the glorious name: María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay. All in all a rather glorious lady!

I was wondering if anyone was going to make this correction.

Why were Diana and the queen mum born not Lady but rather Honourable?

@@jcruby2328 neither were. Lady Diana Spencer and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon were both born daughters of Earls.

@@noelt2238 wrong. Their fathers were not yet Earls when Diana & the queen mum were born. They were Viscounts. The daughters were born The Honourable.....When their fathers inherited their Earldom was when their courtesy titles became Lady.

I concur! One of my ancestors has so many things listed it became confusing to me with no knowledge of titles, ranks, positions, knighthood, orders, sheriff, etc. He was knighted by Henry VII on 18 January 1478. Then In 1489 he was made a Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry VII's eldest son, Arthur Tudor, as Prince of Wales. also he was installed as a Knight of the Garter (Most noble Order of the Garter) in 1510, As well as In 1524 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. I do wonder what exactly a High Sheriff actually did as well as this other Orders. I'm not sure if they still exist but it would be very interesting to obtain more knowledge about these topics. I hope Lindsay does us a video on this. Much Respect from North Carolina, USA ps. He was one of the 'chief commanders' of an English force sent to Flanders in 1491 to assist the Emperor Maximilian against the French, and in 1496 was the 'chief commander' of forces raised to suppress the Cornish Rebellion, commanding a retinue at the Battle of Deptford Bridge. He participated in the sieges of Therouanne and Tournai in 1513, and was made a knight banneret after the French defeat at the Battle of the Spurs on 18 August 1513. He attended Mary Tudor at her marriage to Louis XII of France in 1514, and attended Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. ..so yes I just recently found this out and now I can't get enough about my familys heritage . I'm currently trying to find (if any) ancestorial homes, if so are they still around in England. I didn't mean to ramble in my reply to you lol. I apologize. Take care and stay safe xxxooo

good history 🇬🇧

Your Royal Highness *curtsies*

oh nah we got cleopatra vii philopator

@@subway830 you mean "your Majesty"

@@Rekusasu827 well hello there

@@cleopatraviiqueenofegypt159 I'm so sorry Your Majesty *bows frantically*

Because he is a great grandson and not in direct succession, he could be earl of Dumbarton, prince Harry’s subsidiary title ,at any time they want the daughter will be a lady . My guess is lady Diana Mountbatten Windsor

Archie also has not get a title as a Royal family which means Archie must do curtsy everytime meet up with Royal family just like Diana did after divorce from Charles.

I think if charles,harry's dad becomes king then archie may become a prince,but I don't think charles( 70 years old)will take the crown,I think he may hand it to his eldest son William.

@@MsEviera I don't think Archie will be near the UK to do any courtesy, not at least Charles becomes King & he becomes a prince in his own right.

@@paulwillock3189 She will be called Diana am sure.

Yes. There's even a living Indian baron, but he hides it.

Indeed Americans do not use nor recognize any titles of royalty or nobility of our citizens. No one can be a citizen if they have any such titles or in line of succession to any royalty. I’m not sure how Meghan was allowed to be styled except that essentially she doesn’t hold them in her own right as she is styled with Harry’s titles not her own. Still she should have renounced us citizenship and become a British/uk citizen before marriage. Its sad she never actually finished her citizenship there. I’m not sure how it’s going to work with their children as by us law if one parent is us citizen then so is the child. As she held hers they technically can be citizens except the children like Harry are in the line of succession which would ban their us citizenship. It’s an interesting situation but Harry unless he renounced everything including his right to inherit throne in succession no matter how long down he is.. can never be a us citizen. I don’t understand why they want titles if they don’t want to be involved and don’t live there. I don’t understand how that’s allowed honestly. Maybe in a common wealth country? But not here. We don’t want a monarchy and we don’t want nobility of other countries coming in n getting involved either. They seem to want the best of it all and it just seems illogical and unjust. I wish them health and happiness but they need to decide in or out. If out - renounce everything! Done! Or move back and take up your role if they would have them.. not sure much of the population would be pleased but who knows. I could care less about race nonsense they are a beautiful family all across and its sad to see the broken bond of the brothers but life happens. If H&M wish to live outside the country and not follow the protocols and expectations of the titles thats ok, but don’t continue to use them for publicity and strife. Let go and live the best life. But for goodness sake’s Americans do not want a prince in line of succession to the British monarchy, literally a descendent of the monarchy, the King our founding fathers addressed directly in the Declaration of Independence. No thank you. Yes it’s lovely to watch the beautiful historical institution of monarchy in other countries do their thing. But we watch from afar, we don’t want it here.. and we don’t use such titles nor should we.

Sounds like a young historian in the making! :)

@@SendPeaches Thank you! it's actually one of my dream jobs when I grew up

That is awesome!! I wish you well with your interest in history. You will go far. God bless you too.❤

The Royal Court was established at St. James Palace then. It, btw, still is. For example, all ambassadors of foreign countries in the UK are accredited to the Court of St. James. Buckingham Palace was the place Queen Victoria chose to make use of, it was known as Buckingham House before she had major extension work done to it. That was mainly because she literally lived like a prisoner in Kensington Palace before ascending to the throne and loathed the place as a consequence. St. James as a building of Tudor origin was considered too old fashioned for the young queen, and so she established her London court life at Buckingham Palace. Today, some royals (Princess Anne, I believe, and also Princess Beatrice of York Mrs. Mapelli-Mozzi) still make use of some apartments at St. James Palace when they need to stay overnight in London. The King lives in Clarence House, but uses Buckingham Palace for State Occasions. BP currently undergoes a major, and very expensive, re-vamp, as some of the equipment and installations, like electrics and heating, had been very outdated. Most offices and the court administration, however, are based at Buckingham Palace.

I am german. My father told me, that some decades ago, in an inn in my village there was a trouble between a Mr. Graf ( count) and a Mr. König ( king). A man, Mr . Kaiser ( emperor) went to them and said: Be quiet! There is someone higher than you!

When referring to historic hereditary peers a seat could refer to one of two things: - A seat in the House of Lords - The estate connected with the title HofL seats are not automatic for hereditary peers anymore and it is extremely rare - but still possible - for a new hereditary peerage to be created. The last non-royal ones to be created were in the 1980s.

In the UK we have peers which gain seats but only they gain the seat. They are known as life peers. They hold the title for life - having been awarded it (in theory because of good service or skills) - but the title lives and dies with them. For example, ex-PM Harold Wilson was created a life peer. This enabled him to sit in the House of Lords, however, when he died, that peerage died as well. That is how Life Peerages work. They were introduced by MacMillan in the late 1950s.

I was rather taken with the Chinese declining titles which drop a rank with each generation until they expire entirely.

What’s the point in that?

@@SusannaEmily Wilson was created hereditary peer (earl of stockton)

Yeah we know the difference. Prince Philip should be King Philip consort

There is no Monarchy in the world which allows a ruling Queen, Princess or Grand Duchess (as in Luxembourg) would there be a male consort of equal rank. These things may change in time of course.

@@jimwatson2462 I just said that. But let me rephrase that statement. What I meant was that, a consort is not of equal rank of their sovereign spouse, they are a royal subject. Mary, Queen of Scots, her husband, Henry, Lord Darnley, was King Consort, and wore the crown matrimonial, meaning he did not wear the monarchial crown, only Queen Mary did. And for all intents and purposes, William of Orange, had no business being William III, he should have been given the title of King consort, nothing more; for it was his wife Mary II, who had inherited the English crown from her father James II, he was not William's father Hence came the farce of the reign of "William and Mary". What a joke.

We've had 6 certain or possibly 8 queens of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Only once was a consort king Maud - despite receiving the barons fealty during her father's lifetime was never actually crowned. Her husband was Count of Anjou, later duke of Normandy, never entered England and had no English title at all. Lady Jane Grey - really doesn't count and in any case neither she nor her husband Guilford Dudley lived long enough for it to be an issue. Mary I - a problem. She insisted that Philip of Spain get both the title and authority of king. Parliament equivocated and the Marriage Act gave "the crown matrimonial" making it clear that while he could be king and be called king that was only to be for Mary's lifetime. Elizabeth I - famously never married. Mary II and William III - neither was consort because, uniquely, parliament made then _joint_ sovereigns, co-equals. Ann - her husband was Prince George of Denmark and he was made Duke of Cumberland but never bore a title specific to being consort. Victoria - the title Prince Consort was create uniquely for Albert. The title King Consort had been considered but not used on the "advice" of the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne - on the basis really that Parliament wouldn't allow it. Elizabeth II - Prince Philip has no title directly relating to his status as consort to the monarch.

They always pronounce it wrong lol

I love this channel I really do, but Lindsay really isn't the best with non-english and now apparently non-USA english words 😂 I say this with all due respect but I really suffered through her video on Wu Zetian lol

@@sailormoonserenity99 You would think she would understand how to pronounce things like Gloucester though. British royalty is her speciality apparently

Agree!!

To be fair, English pronunciations make no sense. Berkshire should be "Berk-shyer," like the mountains in Massachusetts, and not "Bark-shur," like it's pronounced in Britain.

Good strategy, right? 😉

Meghan Markle..,

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They lied at least three times during the Oprah Winfrey interview. Take whatever they say with a pinch of salt...

@@Victoriacariad Right? I (an American housewife) had to pause the interview and explain to my television how the titles work. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂

They’re still legally HRHs, their parents just wanted them styled like children of an earl. They could choose to use their titles once they turn 18 and are legally adults.

@@piratesswoop725 Yes, exactly. They're so far back on the line of succession that E & S wanted them the option. Who knows, with Harry not doing any royal duties anymore William may need his young cousins once the older generations pass on/retire.

Prince Edward is to inherit the Dukedom of Edinburgh from his father in due course. At that point his son will assume the style of Earl of Wessex.

@@jimwatson2462 He could also use the Edinburgh subsidiary, Earl of Merioneth. It'll be up to Prince Edward which one is used. Right now, James is Viscount Severn, the subsidiary to the Wessex Earldom.

@@jimwatson2462 Why did The Artist Formerly Known As Prince lose his title? Did the Queen hate him too!

@ David Smith: Another one to add to the list: Ireland does not have a Peerage system.

And Prince Andrew's daughter is Eugenie (Not Eugene!) To be honest, I came here for the Glow-chester comment 🙈🙈