Letters Patent - Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, and Baron Kilkeel [2018-07-16]

Letters Patent - Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, and Baron Kilkeel [2018-07-16]

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Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II conferring the titles of Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton, and Baron Kilkeel upon Prince Harry.

Queen Elizabeth II

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2018-07-16

T. Onslow

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents advance create and prefer Our Most Dearly Beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order to the state degree style dignity title and honour of Baron Kilkeel of Kilkeel in Our County of Down And for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Baron Kilkeel to have and to hold unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten And Know Ye that We of Our further especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents advance create and prefer the said Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales to the state degree style dignity title and honour of Earl of Dumbarton and for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Earl of Dumbarton and by these Presents do dignify invest and ennoble him by girding him with a sword and placing a cap of honour and a coronet of gold on his head to have and to hold the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Earl of Dumbarton unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten And moreover Know Ye that We of Our more abundant especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do by these Presents advance create and prefer the said Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales to the state degree style dignity title and honour of Duke of Sussex and for Us Our heirs and successors do appoint give and grant unto him the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Duke of Sussex and by these Presents do dignify invest and ennoble him by girding him with a sword and placing a cap of honour and a coronet of gold on his head and by giving into his hand a rod of gold to have and to hold the said name state degree style dignity title and honour of Duke of Sussex unto him and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten and to be begotten Willing and by these Presents granting for Us Our heirs and successors that he and his heirs male aforesaid and every of them successively may enjoy and use all the rights privileges pre-eminences immunities and advantages to the degree of a Duke Earl and Baron respectively duly and of right belonging which other Dukes Earls or Barons of Our United Kingdom do at present use and enjoy In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the sixteenth day of July in the sixty-seventh year of Our Reign

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Printed in Times New Roman. Royal name is capitalized. "Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God" is printed in blue, and "of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith" is in red. Prince Harry's name and the first instance of his titles are in boldface.

The use of red and blue is unusual and may have been done for the benefit of the scrivener who was to illuminate the Letters Patent.

The consolidation of different degrees of the peerage in a single instrument is typical when someone receives multiple titles at once. The wording generally follows the templates set out in The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992, but it omits language about having a seat in Parliament since hereditary peers are excluded under the House of Lords Act 1999.