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  The Royal Family > Royal titles > Style and titles of The Queen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Style and titles of The Prince of Wales
The Queen's title in the UK is "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith".
Legislation on the Royal title was to be enacted by each country separately, allowing The Queen to adopt a title suitable to the circumstances of the country concerned with a common element, symbolising the role of the Sovereign as a unifying factor in the Commonwealth.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page390.asp   (279 words)

  
 titles. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Napoleon assumed the title of emperor of the French in 1804, and Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India in 1877.
The title of viscount, formerly that of a county sheriff, became a degree of honor and was made hereditary in the reign of Henry VI.
Titles of the hereditary imperial nobility conferred on members of the imperial house were of 12 degrees, or lines of descent.
www.bartleby.com /65/ti/titles.html   (1530 words)

  
 titles
title for the dukes of Austria, Lorraine, and Brabant
This was a title given to certain kinds of senior Roman border commanders in the late period of the Empire and was specifically in use in Britain during the period when the Saxon invasions began in the mid forth century.
The title was the highest ranking nobility in England next to the princes, until Edward III supplanted the title by creating a duchy for his son the Black Prince in Cornwall.
www.geocities.com /the_medieval_world/titles.html   (2039 words)

  
 Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1640
Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1699
Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_and_Parliamentary_Titles_Act_1927   (1017 words)

  
 The Royal Family > Titles and succession > Royal titles > The Prince of Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The title cannot be used by the Sovereign's daughter, even if she is heir to the throne.
The Welsh regalia (Crown Jewels associated with the Princes of Wales) used at the investitures in 1911 and 1969 are on loan to the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff.
The Scottish titles were all vested in the heir to the throne of Scotland by an Act of Scottish Parliament, 1469.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page391.asp   (1094 words)

  
 Queen of Canada - Royal Heritage Trust Library Shelf
The preamble of the Statute of Westminster in 1931 affirmed that "any alteration in the law touching the Royal Style and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament of the United Kingdom", as recorded in JR Mallory's The Structure of Canadian Government (1971).
The prime ministers of the Commonwealth gathered in December 1952, and discussed altering the style and titles prior to the Coronation to reflect India and Ireland's having become republics, as well as the desire of the Dominions to be included by name.
An act providing the assent of the Parliament of Canada to the Queen's issuing a proclamation to that effect was enacted on 11th February 1953, and the new Royal Style and Titles was proclaimed by Her Majesty on 28th May 1953.
www.crht.ca /LibraryShelf/QueenofCanada.html   (575 words)

  
 Royal Styles
By proclamation of April 28, 1876, the title of Empress of India was added, and by proclamation of 1901 the style was changed to by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions beyond the Seas king, defender of the faith, Emperor of India.
The title of Emperor of India was abandoned by proclamation of June 22, 1948, by virtue of the India Independence Act (10-11 Geo 6 c.
hereditary title of the Habsburgs, from the marriage of Juaña with archduke Philip of Austria in 1496
www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/royalstyle.htm   (8702 words)

  
 Monarchy in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Assent is required for acts passed by all legislatures except the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.
The ACT and NT legislatures are subject to the oversight of the Australian Parliament.
When a new Royal Style and Titles Act was passed at the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign, it explicitly identified the Queen's role in the United Kingdom and her role in Australia separately, with her role as Queen of the United Kingdom listed before her role as Queen of Australia.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Queen_of_Australia   (4762 words)

  
 Royal Arms, Styles, and Titles of Great Britain
Proclamation as to the Royal Style and Titles and as to the Ensigns Armorial, Standard, and Union Jack.
And upon a Royal helmet mantled argent doubled gules the Crest, that is to say, On a wreath of the colours argent and gules a lion passant guardant or imperially crowned proper and holding in the dexter paw a maple leaf gules.
ROYAL PROCLAMATION reciting the altered Style and Titles of the Crown.
www.heraldica.org /topics/britain/britstyles.htm   (2553 words)

  
 South Africa: Legislation: 1910-2006 @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
This Act of the British Parliament is regarded as establishing the Union of South Africa as a sovereign state.
The official style, both in legislation and in letters-patent and instructions is Governor-General of the Union of South Africa = Gouverneur-Generaal van de Unie van Zuid Afrika = (Afrikaans) Goewerneur-Generaal van die Unie van Suid-Afrika.
The style Officer Administering the government of the Union of South Africa is in official use during a vacancy in the office of Governor-General; the style "acting Governor-General" is not in official use.
www.archontology.org /nations/south_africa/01_laws.php   (920 words)

  
 Rona Joyner condemns Politicians breaching Oath of Allegiance
A.C.T. I know it is my duty to keep you informed as to my will on any matter that comes before the Parliament, or that should come before Parliament.
Referring to the suggestion that Parliament's Royal Style and Titles Act which changed the style or title by which the Queen is to be known in Australia [i.e.
This Act, and all laws made by the Parliament of the Commonwealth under the Constitution, shall be binding on the courts, judges and people of every State and of every part of the Commonwealth, notwithstanding anything in the laws of any State.
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 maldives
Although normally conferred on members of the Royal House or on aristocrats, the appointment of commoners was not uncommon.
Ma'a Banderi: Minister of the Royal Household and Keeper of the Royal Seal.
The title was usually accompanied by the Maldivian style of Kerithi Maha Radun.
www.4dw.net /royalark/Maldives/maldives.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Style Weekly : Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion
This discontent is apparent in his new novel “Gertrude and Claudius” (Knopf, $22.95), in which the reader revisits the events that led to the tragedy of Hamlet.
Shakespeare is not rewritten but is observed in a refreshing way from the perspective of Gertrude and Claudius, whose desire to escape from a stultifying morality compromises not only the bonds within the royal family, but the throne of Denmark itself.
If the titles haven’t given it all away, here’s her gimmick: Her amateur-sleuth protagonist, Goldy Bear Schulz, is a caterer.
www.styleweekly.com /article.asp?idarticle=1532   (718 words)

  
 ARCHIVES: Independence Act 1947
(b) the remainder of the territories comprised at the date of the passing of this Act in the Province of the Punjab shall be treated as the territories which are to be comprised in the new Province of East Punjab.
(4) No Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to either of the new Dominions as part of the law of that Dominion unless it is extended thereto by a law of the Legislature of the Dominion.
In paragraph (4) of section one hundred and thirty-seven (which relates to penal stoppages from the ordinary pay of officers), the words “or in the case of officers serving in India the Governor-General” the words “India or” and the words “for India or, as the case may be” shall be omitted.
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 Canada: Legislation: 1867-2006 @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
The Royal Proclamation alluded to in the Act is issued on 22 May 1867, and Canada comes into being on 1 Jul 1867 accordingly.
The Province of Canada is replaced, by the cited Act, by the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec.
The Royal Style and Titles prescribed by Statute in the United Kingdom are necessarily in use in English-language documents in Canada before 29 May 1953.
www.archontology.org /nations/canada/01_laws_a.php   (1313 words)

  
 Preamble
Every power conferred on the Governor-General by or under any Act is a royal power which is exercisable by the Governor-General on behalf of the Sovereign, and may accordingly be exercised either by the Sovereign in person or by the Governor-General.
Where, under the law of the United Kingdom, the royal functions are being performed in the same and on behalf of the Sovereign by a Regent, the royal functions of the Sovereign in right of New Zealand shall be performed in the name and on behalf of the Sovereign by that Regent.
The Parliament of New Zealand is the same body as that which before the commencement of this Act was called the General Assembly (as established by section 32 of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) and which consisted of the Governor-General and the House of Representatives.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/nz.html   (1905 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Statute of Westminster, 1931
No Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act shall extend or be deemed to extend, to a Dominion as part of the law of that Dominion, unless it is expressly declared in that Act that that Dominion has requested, and consented to, the enactment thereof.
(3) The powers conferred by this Act upon the Parliament of Canada or upon the legislatures of the Provinces shall be restricted to the enactment of laws in the relation to matters within the competence of the Parliament of Canada or of any of the legislatures of the Provinces respectively.
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to confer any power to repeal or alter the Constitution or the Constitution Act of the Commonwealth of Australia or the Constitution Act of the Dominion of New Zealand otherwise than in accordance with the law existing before the commencement of this Act.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1936westminster.html   (909 words)

  
 A Regular Meeting of the Royal Oak City Commission was held on Monday, June 19, 2000, in City Hall, 211 Williams Street
As the title of their association says they are professional and technical employees such as the engineers and planners.
BE IT RESOLVED the Royal Oak City Commission approves the Professional/Technical Association contract for five years from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005.
If someone acting under the authority of Royal Oak's ordinances decides that you are not properly maintaining a property, which had been designated historical or a non-historic located in a historic district, the City may mandate repairs or else.
www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us /clerk/cc2000/061900cc.html   (9432 words)

  
 British Royal Standards since 1042   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The flag for military officers afloat was the Union Jack defaced with the Royal Cypher on a blue disc surrounded by the usual garland, and the Royal Cypher also appears on the Colours of some military units.
The English arms are crowned with a royal crown and encircled with a ribbon with the motto of the Garter.
The royal standards of all the monachs listed in the section would have been the same (except for artistic differences in the portrayal of the charges) as the royal standard used by Elizabeth II.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-rost2.html   (2677 words)

  
 New Titles in Miller Nichols Library
Materials for which call numbers have not yet been assigned are included at the end of this list.) If you have questions or comments, please send them to Linda J. Fox, University Libraries Technical Services Division.
If you would like to suggest a title or subject area for purchase, please send us a note using the Online Purchase Request Form.
Royal, Robert, 1949- The God that did not fail.
www.umkc.edu /lib/gen-info/newtitles-mnl.htm   (9202 words)

  
 Royal Style and Titles Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Royal Style and Titles Act (R.S., 1985, c.
This Act may be cited as the Royal Style and Titles Act.
The assent of the Parliament of Canada is hereby given to the issue by Her Majesty of Her Royal Proclamation under the Great Seal of Canada establishing for Canada the following Royal Style and Titles, namely:
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/r-12/text.html   (192 words)

  
 Peerage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
His general style is the most Noble with his sons by courtesy styled Lords and daughters Ladies.
Formerly their servants enjoyed the same privilege, but they were deprived of it by act of parliament in 1770.
Lord Kingsale is the only peer who has the privilege of being covered in the royal presense without permission.
www.royalstuarts.org /precedence.htm   (387 words)

  
 Peerage Basics
A peer of the realm is one who holds one (or more of five possible) title(s) of nobility and the estate(s) bestowed upon him or his direct ancestor by the monarch.
Women were not allowed a seat in the House of Lords, even if they held a peerage in their own right, until the 1963 Peerage Act granted them that right.
Nonetheless, before then they held all of the other privileges which attended their specific peerage, although often if the peerage carried with it some special office, the office would be fulfilled by the peeress's husband.
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 British Titles of Nobility
This she will not do until there is no question regarding the inheritance of the peerage and the peer is of age.
By the act for the Union of Ireland, 39 and 40 Geo.
All the foregoing regarding the Act of Parliament from the article on the Duke of Marlborough in Cokayne's Complete Peerage, which quotes the Act of 6 Anne (cap.
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 Amazon.com: Royal Albert Old Country Roses Pierced Small Tray: Kitchen & Housewares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This tableware's vintage style comes from much earlier than the '60s and is more reminiscent of heirloom china patterns that grandmother--or great-grandmother--may have owned at the turn of the century.
The tray's interior bears the signature English roses that the pattern is named for in shades of gold and magenta on a milky white background.
Royal Albert's Old Country Roses is one of the most popular bone china patterns ever produced.
www.amazon.com /Royal-Albert-Country-Pierced-Small/dp/B00023DRS2   (760 words)

  
 International Law In Brief: Feb 15-20, 1999
First the parties asserted that while the Constitution was an act of the U.K. Parliament, the High Court has held that sovereignty rests with the people of Australia, consequently certain provisions of the Constitution and legislation are invalid.
Applicants challenged the validity of section 25(5) of the Aliens Control Act of 1991, which permits regional committees to issue an immigration permit to a spouse of a permanent and lawful resident of South Africa, on the grounds that the term spouse unconstitutionally excludes same-sex couples.
In the context of the constitutional commitment to a plurality of identity and that everyone should be treated with equal concern and respect it must follow that section 25(5) cannot be justified on the grounds of fairness.
www.asil.org /ilib/ilib0204.htm   (1945 words)

  
 RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - Michael Windsor (Prince Michael of Kent)
His wife being a Roman Catholic, Michael is excluded from the succession, in accordance with the Act of Settlement.
From the beginning of monarchical power in Norman times to the present queen, the British royal family has experienced many scandals, triumphs, and changes in public image, but few of their reigns can be described as uneventful.
With contributions by specialist authors and contemporary illustrations of royal heraldry and coats of arms, Antonia Fraser has edited a definitive and entertaining history of one of the most powerful monarchies in the world.
www.royalist.info /execute/biog?person=774   (292 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - History of Egypt - Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh
Cleopatra arrived in style on a barge with a gilded stern, purple sails, and silver oars.
Although it is possible that they had prearranged their retreat, the Romans saw it as proof that Antony was enslaved by his love of Cleopatra, unable to think or act on his own.
Examines the roles played by Ptolemaic royal women, the extent of their power, the price they paid, and how they shaped Cleopatra's reign.
www.royalty.nu /Africa/Egypt/Cleopatra.html   (3629 words)

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