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

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 One of the bones of contention following the divorce of Prince Charles and Diana was that her HRH was withdrawn, so that there was no longer any requirement to adress her as Your Royal Highness.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.. 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 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 > > > >