Letters Patent - Granting Style of Royal Highness and Titular Dignity of Prince/Princess to Children of the Eldest Son of the Prince of Wales [2012-12-31]

Letters Patent - Granting Style of Royal Highness and Titular Dignity of Prince/Princess to Children of the Eldest Son of the Prince of Wales [2012-12-31]

Royal Family

Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II granting the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales the style of Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince/Princess.

Queen Elizabeth II

College of Arms record MS I. 85, pp. 272–3 and the College of Arms' website

2012-12-31

Jason Loch

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 to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of January in the twenty-seventh year of Her Reign did in exercise of Her Royal Prerogative establish define and limit entitlement to the style “Royal Highness” and did declare Her Royal Will and Pleasure that certain Members of The Royal Family namely the children of a Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of a Sovereign should have the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour: And Whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent dated the twenty-seventh day of May in the sixty-first year of her Reign did extend and amend the said Letters Patent by declaring that as well as hereinbefore mentioned the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have the style title or attribute of Royal Highness in addition to such titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or other titles of honour: And Whereas His late Majesty King George V by His Letters Patent dated the thirtieth day of November in the eighth year of His Reign did amend the said Letters Patent and declared that of the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales only the eldest living son of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour: And Whereas We deem it expedient to declare and define by due Authority the entitlement of all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales to have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with their other titles of Honour Now Know Ye that We of Our especial grace certain knowledge and mere motion do hereby declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour And further Our Will and Pleasure is that Our Earl Marshal of England or his Deputy for the time being do cause these Our Letters Patent or the enrolment there of to be recorded in Our College of Arms to the end that Our Officers of Arms and all others may take due notice thereof In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the thirty-first day of December in the sixty-first year of Our Reign

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