Is Duchess Catherine also a princess?

Question

I read where prince and princess are royalty titles and duke and duchess are nobility titles, but I have yet heard anyone refer to Kate as Princess Catherine.

Answer 1

Acc. to protocol, if you do not have royal blood your name cannot be included in a princess or prince title. Since kate does not have royal blood...she is not a princess but people may call her princess kate/ princess catherine etc but one thing is for sure..she is a princess of fashion!!

Answer 2

Strictly speaking, usually prince/ss are royal titles and duke/duchess nobility and a lower stratum;however, there are many exceptions to this general rule of thumb. There are royal and non-royal dukes. A royal prince granted the title duke does not lose his princeship, he still has that as well. A royal prince can bear a usually merely "noble" title such as Earl or Count: examples are, the Earl of Wessex, the Count of Paris (heir to the throne of France), and the Count of Barcelona (heir to the throne of Spain), but remains a royal prince. IT can work the other way too: the title "prince" which sounds so grand and royal, sometimes is just a member of nobility, which can happen with russian noble titles, most notably. Kate is both "Princess William" (as William's wife, which she DID acquire upon their marriage, and NO, she did not have to be BORN a princess. (Princess Grace of Monaco also was not BORN royal or a princess byt DID acquire both upon her marriage to Prince Rainier), as well as Duchess of Cambridge by creation. Neither she nor William lost being either royal or princely by being created Duke/Duchess of Cambridge.

Answer 3

She will be referred as Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales Duchess of Cambridge. They won't refer to her as Princess Catherine nor Duchess Catherine. :/ Its very confusing. Both of their titles are very long now and its so easy to things messed up.



Basically her title is the feminine version of his. Its like a real long time ago if a woman named April Woods married a guy named Fred Roberts. She would've been referred to as Mrs. Fred Roberts instead of April Roberts. Understand? That is how they do with the titles too. A woman who marries to become a princess takes on the prince's name in a feminine form, but if she is born as royalty, she will put the princess title in front of her name. As for how Duchess is above her being Princess William, well that is because she can put the Duchess in front of her actual name. That is all.

Answer 4

Only those who are born with the title are Prince / Princess in their own right unless the Queen grants them the title. Philip only became Prince Philip due to this and only 10 years after the Queen ascended to the throne.



Catherine's title is: Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus.



She is not officially Princess Catherine and will not be unless the Queen makes her so.

Answer 5

Kate is not, and can never be, "Princess Catherine".

Her full official title is Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus - she is all that by virtue of her marriage to William (who's obviously HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Stratheam, Baroness Carrickfergus). It's pretty much the same if she'd married a John Smith; she would assume his 'titles' (surname). .



Kate could only be called "Princess Catherine" if:

a) She were born a Princess (like Princess Anne)

b) She were granted the style and title of a Princess by Her Majesty (like Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands created her daughter-in-law Maxima a Princess in her own right prior to Maxima's marriage to the Heir to the Throne Prince Willem-Alexander)



Neither of the above happened, so she is not entitled to the title of a Princess.



Since Kate isn't a Princess in her own right (she wasn't born one), and had the Queen not granted the new title, Kate would only be known as Princess William of Wales; to avoid the situation, William was created a Duke, so that his wife could be known as a Duchess.





There are 2 kinds of Dukes - Royal and non-Royal ones. Non-Royal Dukes are indeed Nobility, whereas Royal Dukes are most definitely Royal. Traditionally, Royal Dukedoms are granted only to the sons of a Monarch; William is Queen Elizabeth's grandson, however he'll be the King's son one day.



There are currently only 7 Royal Dukedoms:

1. Lancaster - held by queen Elizabeth II (she's the "Duke of Lancaster", not "Duchess" because the title can be held only by the Monarch and has only the masculine form)

2. Cornwall and Rothesay - held by The Prince of Wales (both titles are held by the Heir Apparent to the Throne)

3. Edinburgh - held by Prince Philip

4. York - held by Prince Andrew

5. Cambridge - held by Prince William

6. Gloucester - held by Prince Richard

7. Kent - held by Prince Edward

Answer 6

She is Princess William not Princess Catherine. as well as holding the tile Duchess of Cambridge.

Answer 7

It is correct to say she is a British Princess, but the old style remains. Since she derives the title of princess from her husband she is "HRH Princess William". However, she is HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. When QEII dies she will automatically become "HRH Catherine, Duchess of Cornwall". Finally when William is invested (a ceremony) as Prince of Wales she will become HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales".



The only royal titles today are Royal Highness , Prince,.Princess and King and Queen. But all adult royals are also given noble titles as well. In reality, for roughly the last 47 years, the only hereditary noble titles that have been given are to royalty (there are a few exceptions). Most people with hereditary titles have been passed down several hundred years,

Answer 8

She is a princess by marriage because the ducal title is a royal peerage, not a mere noble one. That is why she is styled "Her Royal Highness".



However, she cannot be called "Princess Catherine," because only women born princesses can use the title before their own given names. In other words, she is not a princess in her own right, only by marriage.



It was thought that the Queen might make an exception to the rule for her, but she did not.



Her full title is "Her Royal Highness, Princess William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus".



The Duchess title will be the one used officially, because it ranks higher than being merely "Princess William of Wales". But again, royal duchesses are princesses by marriage.

Answer 9

Camilla Parker Bowles is a legal Princess, but she doesn't use the title she uses Duchess of Cornwell, so with that said Catherine is also a Princess too.

Answer 10

Yes because she married a prince. But since Prince Charles (that's his name right?) hasn't taken the throne she is a Duchess. When he does she'll be "officially" a princess.

Answer 11

She married Prince William, so yes she is an official Princess now.