Changes to British Royal Titles Since the Death of Queen Elizabeth II

hi this is Matt Baker today I'm going to show you the changes in Royal titles that have occurred since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II so this is what the line of succession looked like just prior to the death of the queen and this is what it looks like now the most important change is of course that Prince Charles is now King Charles III there had been some speculation over what regnal name he would choose because monarchs actually do get to choose their name but it was revealed during the prime minister's speech on the day that the queen died that he had chosen Charles III the other possibility had been George VII being that most British Kings since 1714 have gone by George for example the Queen's father had actually been called Albert but when he became king he was known as George VI even though he had a younger brother named George Camilla is now Queen consort it had previously been thought that she would use the title princess consort however during Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee the queen announced that Camilla would use the term Queen consort now keep in mind that there is a difference between the type of queen that Queen Elizabeth was and the type of queen that Camilla is Queen Elizabeth was a queen regnant meaning that she was the reigning monarch not her husband however Camilla is a queen consort meaning that she's the wife of the Monarch the last time that the UK had a queen consort was in 1952 when Queen Elizabeth's mother also called Elizabeth held that role she was not however Elizabeth the first queen consorts don't get numbers Queen Elizabeth the first was the famous queen that reigned during Shakespeare's time now as soon as the Queen passed Charles's firstborn son William became both the Duke of Cornwall in England and the Duke of rothsey in Scotland because those titles are automatically given to any male who is first in line to the throne now he already held the title Duke of Cambridge so he is now a Duke three times over in England he's the Duke of Cornwall in Cambridge Cornwall comes first because it's the higher title and his wife is the Duchess of Cornwall in Cambridge their Roth seed titles are only used when they are in Scotland however the day after the Queen's death King Charles bestowed upon William the additional title of Prince of Wales now this is something that did not happen automatically the king had to actually bestow it traditionally ever since the year 1301 the title has almost always been bestowed upon The Heir Apparent to the English or later the British throne prior to this the title had been used by actual Welsh monarchs who ruled the principality of Wales which was an independent monarchy that existed from 1216 to 1283 however in 1283 Wales became part of the kingdom of England and hence the title is now used as more of a ceremonial one rather than being an actual title that indicates who's in charge of Wales now because William is the new Prince of Wales this means that his wife Catherine is the new Princess of Wales the title Princess of Wales being simply a courtesy title the last person to use it was of course William's mother Diana technically Camilla had the right to use it as well but she chose not to and prior to becoming Queen consort she was known as The Duchess of Cornwall previously William and Kate's three children used the phrase of Cambridge after their names however they will now use the phrase of Wales there are places in the line of succession have also gone up with William's son George in particular now being second in line to the throne instead of third now some people have asked why Harry is not second well the reason is because European titles are usually passed down not across a system known as primogeniture keep in mind that if Prime of janitor was not used this would mean that Andrew would be first in line followed by Edward rather than William followed by George and speaking of Harry he does move up from six to five in the line of succession but he and Megan did not receive any new titles in case you were thinking that the second born son always receives the title Duke of York no this is not the case traditionally a second-born son does often receive this title but only if it is not already held by someone else and currently the title is held by the king's brother Andrew so basically it's unavailable however there is one big change that has occurred with regard to Harry and Megan's family their children Archie and lilibit are now officially a prince and princess in order to be a British Prince or princess one has to be either a child of a monarch a grandchild in a male line or a child of the heirs eldest son previously William and Kate's children met the requirement but Harry and Megan's did not however now that they are the grandchildren of the king in a male line they are automatically prince and princess now whether or not their parents will actually choose to let them use those titles is yet to be seen in a similar scenario Prince Edward's two children were automatically born prince and princess but their parents chose to have them use lesser titles instead so those are the main changes but let me point out a few more things obviously everyone else moves up one place in the line as well but I won't go through everyone because I actually did that in a previous video earlier this year I'll link to that in the description if you want to learn more about some of the quote-unquote Lesser Royals however I will remind everyone that both Harry and Andrew are still in the line of succession even though in both cases they are not official working members of the royal family albeit for very different reasons basically the only thing that can remove you from the line of succession is death or actually becoming the Monarch and then quickly abdicating one more title that is likely to change soon is that of the king's youngest brother Edward he is currently known as the Earl of Wessex however it has long been known that he will eventually be named the Duke of Edinburgh this title was previously held by the King's father Prince Philip but it automatically passed to Charles when Philip died however now that Charles is king the title has basically gone extinct because a king cannot officially hold any lesser titles this now means that he can bestow it Anew on whoever he chooses and it's almost certain that he'll bestow it on Edward from there it will presumably pass to his son James and then on to James's son if he has one the king's only sister is currently known as The Princess Royal a title traditionally given to a Monarch's eldest daughter but again a person can only receive the title if it is available for example Queen Elizabeth was never Princess Royal even though she was the eldest daughter of a king this is because during the entire time that George VI was King the title was held by his sister Mary if Princess Anne were to die anytime soon the title would become vacant because Charles does not have any daughters however if Anne dies when William is King then presumably the title will be bestowed upon William's daughter Charlotte I should also point out that it's possible that Louis May someday be given the title Duke of York as this title has traditionally been given to second-born sons and unless the king decides to strip Ander of his title and give it to Harry the next person who's likely to get it will probably be Louis sometime after William is King okay so that was a look at some of the changes that have occurred since the passing of Britain's longest reigning monarch of all time thanks for watching [Music] [Music]

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Published: Wed Sep 14 2022