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These letters patent, dated 30 November 1917, stated that "the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign (as per the above Letters Patent of 1864) and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales (a modification of the Letters Patent of 1898) shall have and at all times hold ...
King George V issued letters patent on 30 November 1917 (issue 30428, Dec. 14, 1917, p. 2.), predefining who held the title, style and rank of a British Princess [1] to restrict the automatic assignment of the title "princess" and the use of the style "Royal Highness" to the following persons: the legitimate daughters of a British Sovereign
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria , as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King ...
The 1917 Letters Patent was issued by King George V and counter-signed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir George Shuster, and sealed by the Great Seal of the United Kingdom. [4] The 1917 Letters Patent were issued following the proclamation of the Dominion of New Zealand in 1907, renaming the office of "governor" to ...
Letters patent are a form of open or public proclamation [3] and a vestigial exercise of extra-parliamentary power by a monarch or president. [citation needed]They can thus be contrasted with the Act of Parliament, which is in effect a written order by Parliament involving assent by the monarch in conjunction with its members.
Letters patent issued by Queen Victoria in 1900, creating the office of Governor-General of Australia as part of the process of federation.. Letters patent (always in the plural; abbreviated to LsP by the Crown Office), in the United Kingdom, are legal instruments generally issued by the monarch granting an office, right, title (in the peerage and baronetage), or status to a person (and ...
According to letters patent issued by King George V in 1917, the sons and daughters of sovereigns and the male-line grandchildren of sovereigns are entitled to the style. It is for this reason that the daughters of the Duke of York , Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie , carry the HRH status, but the children of Anne, Princess Royal , Peter ...
King George V's letters patent of 30 November 1917 restricted the style Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince to the sons of the sovereign, the male line grandsons of the sovereign, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.