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In 1974, the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex was replaced with one each for East and West Sussex, which became separate ceremonial counties. In the 21st century a county day and a county flag were created for Sussex and a National Park was established for the South Downs.
The county retained a single lord lieutenant and sheriff until 1974, when they were replaced with separate posts for East and West Sussex and Sussex lost its status as a ceremonial county. Sussex is widely regarded as a single unified entity for some purposes, including provision of some public services, [ nb 1 ] food and drink [ nb 2 ] and sport .
It is a hereditary title of a specific rank of nobility in the British royal family. It has been created twice and takes its name from the historic county of Sussex in England. First created in 1801, the title lapsed in 1843 but was revived when Queen Elizabeth II bestowed it on her grandson Prince Harry on 19 May 2018 just before his marriage ...
The UK’s papers have joined the calls for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to give up their royal titles. The national mastheads drew issue with the couple for attacking Britain’s institutions ...
A source close to the royal family has called on the Sussexes to speak out and defend their ... Prince Andrew and examines why the Princess of Wales is perfect in the mould of Britain’s ...
The last Anglo-Saxon kingdom to be Christianised, [3] Sussex has a centuries-old reputation for being separate and culturally distinct from the rest of England. [4] This relative isolation until recent times is due to Sussex's geography , with the sea to the south, the forest and sticky clays of the Weald to the north and coastal marshes to the ...
Prince William and Kate Middleton are going on a royal tour of the United States, and apparently they won't be visiting the Sussexes due to a "packed schedule."
The Kingdom of the South Saxons, today referred to as the Kingdom of Sussex (/ ˈ s ʌ s ɪ k s /; from Middle English: Suth-sæxe, in turn from Old English: Suth-Seaxe or Sūþseaxna rīce, meaning "(land or people of/Kingdom of) the South Saxons"), was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England. [6]