Talk:Princess Maud of Fife

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[edit] Move article

Why was this moved from Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk? Her sister is located at Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, why the sudden move to Maud. Prsgoddess187 14:58, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

• She was never known as Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, since she stoped using her title of Princess following her marriage. I moved it to her maiden name of Princess Maud of Fife, which was the highest title she ever used. This makes her the same as her sister, who is located at her maiden name also. Astrotrain 15:06, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

• • Okay, I was just trying to find out the reason. Thanks for the quick response. Hopefully, she will stay here for a while, and not be moved about. Prsgoddess187 15:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Titles

Just because Princess Maud stopped using her titles after her marriage doesn't mean she ceased to have them. You cannot just decide you want to give up your titles; it requires Letters Patent from the sovereign to do so. After her marriage she was still legally HH Princess Maud of Fife, Lady Carnegie, though she did not style herself as such. Her situation was similar to that of The Duchess of Cornwall, who is Princess of Wales but does not call herself that. Also reference Lady Louise Windsor, whose real title is HRH Princess Louise of Wessex. She does not use her royal title, but, lacking any letters patent or other legal move, still holds it. Thus I am changing Princess Maud's titles, to reflect her royal status. Furthermore, The Lady Maud Carnegie would never have been correct anyway; Carnegie was not her husband's last name but a courtesy title he held- the only correct title would be just Lady Carnegie. TysK 07:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

The header (which ought to be "styles," and not "titles") is meant to indicate what the person was actually called, not all the titles and styles they were theoretically entitled to. I'm going to change it back (correcting "Lady Maud Carnegie" to "Lady Carnegie," - although it ought to be noted that Carnegie was both her husband's last name and his courtesy title.) john k 02:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Calling the section "styles" does solve the problem, and thanks for leaving in the sentence I added explaining the situation. Thanks for pointing out the issue with her husband's title-I had forgotten that (though of course "Lady Maud Carnegie" is still incorrect.) TysK 06:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)