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Thanks for that. I know this doesn't relate to French royalty but, to quote our old friend wikipedia again:

"His or Her Grand Ducal Highness (abbreviation: HGDH) is a style of address used by the non-reigning members of some German ruling families headed by a Grand Duke. No currently reigning family employs the style, although it was used most recently by the younger sisters of the late Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. Since Grand Duchess Charlotte's marriage to Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, all of their male-line descendants have used the style Royal Highness, which he bore."

Is that in keeping with what you described Panto (can I call you that?)?

The reason why I'm asking all this is because, in keeping with the "foreign imported dynasty" and, like in Uncle Noel with references to the Soviet Union, I quite like to link my fictional countries to real ones. So, rather than make-up an entirely new royal family I'm trying to create a fictional younger son of a real European monarch (current contenders are Braganza though I'm worried about the mechanics of this since the Portuguese Royal Family starts to petter out at just about the time I need a wastrel prince to casually begat an heir for my dynasty) so I'm wondering whether the fact that the first Leagrani sovereign would be His Royal Highness would mean than subsequent male heirs would be.

So if the fictional heiress to the Principality of Monaco marries Prince Harry, would their children be Royal or Serene Highnesses? (The other alternative for a royal family is Bourbon-Two Sicilies but I'm not sure whether I can manhandle the very extensive coat of arms into something I can manage)

What a rambling post, sorry about that. But hey, my streams of consciousness have to be better than six months of silence.

Charles X of France extended the title Prince de Bourbon with the style Royal Highness to all the members of the House of Capet (illegitimate lines are not considered part of the dynasty). That's why Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma could extend the style. Previously, collateral lines were Serene Highnesses, as Panto said. The Luxembourgs took advantage of this to upgrade themselves, which they are entitled to, of course.

If Harry were to marry a Monegasque heiress, I suppose their childrne would be technically entitled to be HRH, since the 1917 Letters Patent that regulated royal titles states that "the children of any Sovereign of these Realms and the children of the sons of any such Sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honour". If Charles becomes King, Harry's children could be HRH, but not his grandchildren.

This has been very interesting even beyond NationStates and role-play so thanks very much for the input :)

This is all leading up to the fact that, like in NationStates of old, there's going to be a ball to which all are cordially invited

Yay! A ball!

I will post in the ball soon.

I am in support. I haven't checked the offsite in several years.

Sure thing!

Would anyone like Lucinda, the wife of Prince Samuel, Duke of Huntington, to be a royal from their country?

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Would anyone like a parliamentary factfinding committee visiting them?

Yes I would. As you can tell I keep having grand ideas for threads that I then lack the time to progress. Plus they tend to be stories in my head as opposed to an actual rp. So it might be a good excuse to expound on my country without having to worry about a narrative too much.

Myself and Daytanistan (and, cough, Snefaldia but just ignore that) are ready for you capitalist pig-dogs according to today's ratings.

No prob, Knoot.

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