British princess

This is a list of British princesses from the accession of King George I in 1714. This article deals with both princess of the blood royal and women who become princesses upon marriage.

Letters Patent, Royal Warrants, and Implied Grants

Since 1864, there are have been several Acts of Prerogative specifically dealing with the titles of princess of the blood royal and princesses by marriage.

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On 5 November 1905, Edward VII ordered Garter King of Arms to gazzette his female-line granddaughters, Lady Alexandra Duff and Lady Maud Duff, as Princesses of Great Britain and Ireland with the style Highness and precedence immediately after all members of the British Royal Family styled Royal Highness. On the same day, the King declared their mother, Princess Louise the Princess Royal.

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5 November - 1905 - Edward VII - Garter King of Arms - Lady Alexandra Duff - Lady Maud Duff - British Royal Family - Princess Louise

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Princess Patricia of Connaught, a male line granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was allowed by King George V's Royal Warrants of 25 February 1919 to "relinquish the style of Royal Highness and the title of Princess of Great Britain and Ireland" and to assume the style of "Lady Patricia Ramsay" (precedence immediately before Marchionesses of England) upon the solemnization of her marriage to Commander the Honourable Alexander Ramsay, R.N. This change in style and title did not affect Lady Patricia Ramsay's membership in the Royal Family or her place in the line of succession.

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Princess Patricia of Connaught - 25 February - 1919 - Alexander Ramsay

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On 9 November 1948, George VI issued Letters Patent granting the title of Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom, with the style Royal Highness, to the children of The Duke of Edinburgh and The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. Thus, the current Princess Royal was styled "Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Edinburgh" from birth. Previous to this letters patent, she would have been styled "The Lady Anne Mountbatten" as a child of a duke, although she would have been elevated on the accession of her mother to the throne as a child of the sovereign.

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9 November - 1948 - George VI - The Duke of Edinburgh - The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh - Princess Royal

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In 1974, The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester, widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, was granted a request by Elizabeth II to assume the style Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Although not specifically created a Princess by letters patent, the Princess was entitled to style herself as a British princess. The main reason for the change was to distinguish herself from her daughter in law, HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, wife of HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester - Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester - The Duchess of Gloucester - Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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In 2003, TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex decided to style their daughter, Lady Louise Windsor in place of HRH Princess Louise of Wessex. This was a personal decision that was taken before the Earl and Countess married, and with the permission of the Queen.

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2003 - The Earl - Countess of Wessex - Lady Louise Windsor - Queen

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In 2005, when Camilla Parker Bowles married HRH The Prince of Wales, she used the style Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall rather than Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales, mainly due to the fact that the latter style was associated with Diana, Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales's first wife.

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2005 - Camilla Parker Bowles - HRH The Prince of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales

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