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William and Kate are known around the world as the Prince and Princess of Wales. In Scotland, they actually use a different title – the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay. As they visited the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, that’s a name they both had to get used to again. Many members of the Royal Family have Scottish titles which they use in preference to others while in the country. After their…

Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, carried an extraordinary burden for the final years of her husband’s life – choosing never to tell Prince Henry that their eldest son had died. The deeply personal decision followed the tragic death of Prince William of Gloucester in a plane crash in 1972, at a time when the Duke of Gloucester’s own health had deteriorated dramatically after…

The decision to strip Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of his knighthood has shone a spotlight on one of the least-used parts of Britain’s honours system – the forfeiture of royal honours. While knighthoods are among the country’s highest honours, they are not necessarily held for life. In exceptional circumstances, recipients can be stripped of their titles if they are deemed to have brought the…

It is one of the most symbolic pieces of jewellery in the royal collection and it will be worn again the first time that new Prime Minister, andy Burnham, oversees a State Opening of Parliament. It was originally created for a king but has only been worn by queens for almost two decades. Now, it can only be worn by Queen Camilla. The George IV State Diadem is one of the most sparkling gems in any…