Sounds royally cromulent to me.
The title “Prince” has two meanings:
- Offspring of a monarch (German “Prinz”, Spanish “Infante”).
- Feudal ruler of a principality (German “Furst”, Spanish “Principe”).
Chuckie Windsor is “the Prince Charles, Prince of Wales”.
In Spanish it would be “Infante Carlos, Principe de Wales”.
In German, it would be “Prinz Karl, Furst von Wales”.
A monarch’s son is born “HRH the Prince Wilbur of the United Kingdom”.
His son is born “HRH Prince Gomer of the United Kingdom”.
If he is granted another title, he becomes “HRH the Prince Wilbur, Duke of Gooberville”.
His son becomes “HRH Prince Gomer of Gooberville”.
Prince Philip was born “HRH the Prince Philip of Greece”.
He gave up his Greek titles when he became a UK national.
For a fraction of a second he was a commoner, “Philip Mountbatten”.
Then an act of Parliament made him a Prince of the UK, “HRH the Prince Philip of the United Kingdom”.
Then the Monarch (with the consent of the Government) made him Duke of Edinburg.
So he is now “HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburg”.
I don’t know, Anything that leads to Peter O’Toole being given the throne would hugely increase my respect for the Monarachy
and of Denmark too.
Other way round. He got the HRH and the Edinburgh dukedom in 1947 when he married the Queen. The title of Prince didn’t come until ten years later.
Nitpick: “Edinburgh.”
How about “principate” or “principiate”?