Prince Charles III and his wife, Camilla, will be crowned as King and Queen of the British Empire and other realms at Westminster Abbey today, succeeding the late Queen Elizabeth II after her 71-year reign.
After about 71 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s steady reign over the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from February 6, 1952 until her death in 2022, Prince Charles who is the first-born son of the queen and her late husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh will ascend the throne to become King Charles III.
Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a royal title normally granted to sons and grandsons of reigning and past British monarchs. The title is granted by the reigning monarch, who is the fount of all honours, through the issuing of letters patent, as an expression of the royal will. Individuals holding the title of prince will usually be granted the style of His Royal Highness .
Subsequently some amendments regarding princes were made, with the issuance of specific letters patent changing the standing title and style. In 1898, the children of Prince George, Duke of York, the eldest living son of the Prince of Wales, were customarily titled princes, with the style of Highness, as great-grandchildren of Victoria in the male line. With letters patent dated May 28, 1898, the Crown granted the children of the eldest son of any Prince of Wales the style of Royal Highness.
Also, when a British prince marries, his wife also becomes a British princess; however, she is addressed by the feminine version of the husband’s senior title on his behalf, either a princely title or a peerage.
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