I can’t wait to see which dukedom William is granted. I have read that Cambridge is likely. Time will tell.

Let us hope that we have many, many royal issues to research, analyze, gain inside knowledge of, or understand from a peerage perspective in the next few months and next year!

Your latest post have been masterful, M-L

It has been said that when Prince Phillip passes, HM is going to make Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Earldom of Wessex will then revert to the Crown.

When Prince Andrew passes, because he has no male heirs the Dukedom of York will revert to the crown as well. As the Dukedom of York is usually granted to the second son of the Sovereign, it would normally go to Harry, but by the time Andrew is no longer here Harry will probably have been a Duke for years already.

So after Andrew is gone, the Dukedom of York will revert to the crown and if William is King at that time, he would be able to bestow it on his second son.

Ginger, the children of the Monarch are all styled HRH and are princes and princesses; but with regards to the GRANDCHILDREN of the Monarch, only the children of the Monarch’s sons can be HRH’s and princes and princesses.

And even the male-line grandchildren’s children ( the great-grandchildren) are not HRH, and they are not referred to as ‘prince’ or ‘princess’.

Instead the Monarch’s male-line great-grandchildren will carry the title of ‘Lord’ and ‘Lady’.

If HM follows normal tradition ( and somehow I think she will) then Wills and Harry will both be granted Dukedoms when they get married.

At that time Wills will become ‘HRH Prince William, Duke of XXXXX’ and his children will be ‘Lord XXXX’ and ‘Lady XXXX’. His wife will be ‘HRH Princess William, Duchess of XXXXX’

The same goes for Harry as well. Harry will be ‘HRH Prince Henry, Duke of XXXXX’ and his wife will be ‘HRH Princess Henry, Duchess of XXXXX’ and the children will be Lord or Lady XXXX.

It’s the same way that things are with Prince and Princess Michael and their two children, Lord Freddy and Lady Gabrielle.

Prince Michael and his wife are styled ‘HRH Prince Michael of Kent’ and ‘HRH Princess Michael of Kent’ but their children are only Lord and Lady, they are not HRH and they are not ‘Prince Freddy’ or ‘Princess Gabrielle’.

If Wills and/or Harry becomes a father before Charles becomes King, then their children will be the great-grandchildren of the current Monarch, and even though they’re of the male-line, they will be styled ‘Lord’ or ‘Lady’ only.

But when Charles becomes King, then both William and Harry’s children will be male-line grandchildren of a Monarch, and as such, the children’s styles will change to ‘HRH Prince XXXX’ and ‘HRH Princess XXXX’ for the rest of their lives.

In the case of Harry’s children, once Charles is King Harry’s children will be ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’ their entire lives, and the wife/wives of Harry’s son(s) will be styled ‘HRH Princess XXXX’, but Harry’s grandchildren will not.

Of course, they could always do what they did in the middle ages, and Harry’s grandchildren could marry Wills’ grandchildren. That would give them all the ‘HRH’ style.

*Before anyone gets outraged, I’m just kidding .

But Will’s grandchildren and Harry’s grandchildren would all be second cousins, and legally allowed to marry in the UK.