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                <text>Grant of the style of "Princess Royal" to Princess Mary</text>
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            <text>L. S.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:center;"&gt;(Sgd.)  &lt;em&gt;George R. I.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Our Will and Pleasure is that you forthwith cause to be passed under the Great Seal of the Realm the Instrument bearing date with these Presents (a copy whereof is hereto annexed) declaring that Our Most Dear Daughter Her Royal Highness Prinxcess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary (Countess of Harewood), Dame Grand Cross of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire shall henceforth be styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;Given at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James's&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;em&gt;Fifteenth &lt;/em&gt;day of &lt;em&gt;December, 1931&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By His Majesty's Command.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Herbert Samuel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
To Our Right Trusty and&lt;br /&gt;Well-beloved Counsellor John,&lt;br /&gt;Baron Sankey, G. B. E., Our&lt;br /&gt;Chancellor of Great Britain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(marginal note 1: Memo for Sir Claud&lt;br /&gt;may this instrument be sealed [uncertain initials] 16 12 31)&lt;br /&gt;(marginal note 2: CS 16.12.31)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(uncertain initials)</text>
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            <text>Herbert Samuel (Secretary of State for the Home Department)</text>
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Court, day, month, and year entered by hand.</text>
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            <text>Ten shilling stamp in the left margin.&#13;
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The notes in the lefthand margin relate to the sealing of the Instrument. The first instructs Sir Claud Schuster (Clerk of the Crown in Chancery) to affix the seal, though the author's initials are difficult to make out. Below that Sir Claud initialed his acknowledgement. &#13;
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              <text>T. Onslow</text>
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