Talk:Duke of Lancaster
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[edit] Duke of Lancaster
Here is a cite from alt.talk.royalty regarding the Queen as Duke of Lancaster. Noisy | Talk 14:09, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- It's wrong, too. Have a read through alt.talk.royalty on the subject yourself and see if what's said in the newsgroup is reflected in the FAQ (which is produced by one poster whose expertise isn't British Royalty, and is hardly a group statement of belief). Proteus (Talk) 15:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- Nods, Proteus is correct, any way you look at it the Dukedom doesn't exist even if the 'Duchy' does. The titles created would have decended according to their creation - heirs male, so would have become extinct that way. Constitutional law doesn't allow the monarch to hold a title from themself so it couldn't be recreated each reign and the only way to get around that would be an act of parliament which has never been passed. The usage is then much like the use of Duke of Normandy - traditional but not legal or real.Alci12 15:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- See also the newly formed Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. 81.159.58.248 23:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- Nods, Proteus is correct, any way you look at it the Dukedom doesn't exist even if the 'Duchy' does. The titles created would have decended according to their creation - heirs male, so would have become extinct that way. Constitutional law doesn't allow the monarch to hold a title from themself so it couldn't be recreated each reign and the only way to get around that would be an act of parliament which has never been passed. The usage is then much like the use of Duke of Normandy - traditional but not legal or real.Alci12 15:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
