on 12/11/04 5:12 PM, Sandra J Smith at [email protected] wrote: > Gertie, > Depends on whether or not you are referring to the British Royal family. > This is called Order of Precedence and a full list usually appears in > Burke's Peerage. However, there are a number of web pages about this.. eg > http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/order_precedence.htm > > In the case of our Queen, on first being introduced, you must call her > Your Majesty and thereafter Ma'am (rhyming with Jam). I believe that if > we had a king it would be your Majesty followed by Sir. In the case of > Royal Princes and Princesses, they are first addressed as Your Royal > Highness and then either Sir or Ma'am. I have met the Queen, Prince > Charles and Princess Anne on a number of occasions and was so briefed. > > One of the bones of contention following the divorce of Prince Charles > and Diana was that her HRH was withdrawn, so that there was no longer > any requirement to adress her as Your Royal Highness. > > Precedence, as far as Royalty is concerned, is that Royal Dukes come > immediately after the King, Queen, Prince and Princesses, These would > be close relatives of the Royal Family. eg Nephews, Uncles, cousins. > Then came the other Dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, barons, knights > banneret, knights bachelor.. Pleasw what are their wives known as - Duke, Dutchess, ect................. The precedence within each of these groups > was determined by the date of creation of the t itle. Somewhere in > there came the Lords Spritual - the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, > but I'm not sure quite where. > Hope this helps Thank you it does. Gertie > Sandra > > L Stitt wrote: > >> Please could anyone advise me re royalty line. >> >> King _ Queen >> Prince- Princess >> What is the line after the above in order = also how do you address them - >> Sir? Madam? >> >> Thanks >> >> Gertie >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >