I've just been reading who's called what. Talk about complicated! It appears that Diana was never Princess Diana - Princess as a title is only applied to girls of royal birth, not marriage. When a woman marries a prince, she takes the name of their husband, eg Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent. Although Diana was called Princess of Wales, being the wife of the Prince of Wales, plus Duchess of Cornwall and a few others. When they divorced she became Lady Diana (Lady as the daughter of an Earl, which she was before marriage), Princess of Wales as a surname and not a title. She lost all her other titles. Because she no longer had Princess of Wales as her title, she also lost 'Her Royal Highness' because she wasn't 'royal' any more.
If she'd lived, she still be Lady Diana, Princess of Wales (as a surname), while Camilla would be Camilla, Princess of Wales (as a title). Fergie is no longer Duchess of York (no longer being married to the Duke of York) - just plain Sarah Ferguson. 'Debrettes Peerage' (the authority on titles and etiquette) keeps getting its knickers in a twist because the media still refer to Princess Di and to Sarah Ferguson as the Duchess of York. No-one else knows or cares. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
