# English Royalty Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930 "2002-03-12T22:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_willard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@don\_willard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_willard)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930/1 "2002-03-12T22:42:48Z")
I heard on the radio something about Lord Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, the children of Princess Margaret. Shouldn’t they be called Their Royal Highnesses because they are of royal blood, and are they Prince and Princess? Is Linley his first name, or is “Lord Linley” the title given to the first son of the sister of any English king or quen? Is Lady Sarah married to someone named Chatto? Also, when does the royal blood run out, like if there was a king and he had several sons, each son would be royal blood, then what if each of these sons had children, would those children, who are cousins to each other, also be of royal blood, and so on? Signed, Confused About Royalty ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930/2 "2002-03-12T22:49:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don willard \* > \*\*I heard on the radio something about Lord Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto, the children of Princess Margaret. Shouldn’t they be called Their Royal Highnesses because they are of royal blood, and are they Prince and Princess? Is Linley his first name, or is “Lord Linley” the title given to the first son of the sister of any English king or quen? Is Lady Sarah married to someone named Chatto? Also, when does the royal blood run out, like if there was a king and he had several sons, each son would be royal blood, then what if each of these sons had children, would those children, who are cousins to each other, also be of royal blood, and so on? > Signed, Confused About Royalty \*\* According to the [alt.talk.royalty FAQ](http://www.heraldica.org/faqs/britfaq.html#p2-25) : The children of HM The Queen (Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward) are styled HRH because they are children of the sovereign, a queen. Their style and title are allowed to them as children of the sovereign. The children of HRH Princess Margaret (David and Sarah) are not HRH because princesses do not usually transmit their titles to their children. Instead, David and Sarah’s names and titles come to them from their father, the Earl of Snowdon. As children of a peer, David is allowed the courtesy use of his father’s subsidiary title of Viscount Linley, while Sarah is allowed the use of the prefix ‘Lady’ before her Christian name followed by her surname. The children of HRH Princess Anne (Peter and Zara) and HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent (James and Marina) are in a similar situation as those of HRH Princess Margaret. They are the children of a royal mother but take their rank from their father. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930/3 "2002-03-13T01:57:17Z")
Jeez, no wonder we revolted in 1776… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930/4 "2002-03-13T03:01:57Z")
and are still revolting today boom boom! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-royalty-question/97930/5 "2002-03-13T03:56:56Z")
\*\* don willard \*\* you know, if you’d like to learn more about them, we’d be really really happy to export the whole family! 😃