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Harry and Meghan’s English, Scottish, and Irish Titles Confirmed
breitbart ^ | BREITBART LONDON

Posted on 05/19/2018 2:27:31 PM PDT by davikkm

(AFP) — Prince Harry and his bride Meghan Markle will be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their wedding on Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced just hours before the ceremony. “The Queen has today been pleased to confer a dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel,” it said in a statement.

“Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex.”

A dukedom is the highest rank in the British peerage. It is traditional to give royal sons titles reflecting the three historic realms — England, Scotland and Ireland — that made up the United Kingdom.

Hours before his wedding in 2011, Prince William, Harry’s brother and best man, became the Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.

Sussex is a historic county on the southeast English coast, with a population of around 1.6 million. The name derives from the South Saxons. Its main city is the hip seaside resort city of Brighton.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 1776; royals
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To: davikkm
Maybe I am a prude, maybe I should lighten up like Francis. But all this fascination of the Royal Wedding and the Royal Family is annoying to me. Many a GOOD man give his life to banish such from this country. These lines from Shaara's 'The Killer Angels' puts it well:

No two things on earth are equal or have an equal chance, not a leaf nor a tree. There's many a man worse than me, and some better, but I don't think race or country matters a damn. What matters is justice. 'Tis why I'm here. I'll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. I'm Kilrain, and I God damn all gentlemen. I don't know who me father was and I don't give a damn. There's only one aristocracy, and that's right here - " he tapped his white skull with a thick finger
21 posted on 05/19/2018 3:35:46 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: 50mm

> Whenever I witness the silly British obsession with “royal titles”... <

What I find interesting is that most of these silly titles mean nothing, absolutely nothing. So you’re the Duke of Sussex. You have no control of Sussex, no special powers in Sussex.

Oh, I take that back. Maybe you get to cut the ribbon when a new store opens in Sussex.


22 posted on 05/19/2018 3:39:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Beagle8U

That might have closed the deal


23 posted on 05/19/2018 3:41:38 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: 50mm
Classic 😎
24 posted on 05/19/2018 3:42:25 PM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel. community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Leaning Right

This is true enough, but to watch my Irish friends on Facebook and their reactions to the royal wedding, it has been worth the price of admission. Most of them are eerily silent today or they are poo-pooing the entire event.


25 posted on 05/19/2018 3:43:33 PM PDT by Crapgame (What should be taught in our schools? American Exceptionalism, not cultural Marxism...)
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To: Snickering Hound
wonder if there's a Vegas over/under line?
26 posted on 05/19/2018 3:45:33 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Leaning Right

Now, if they had included Lizzy II using a gold scepter on Harry’s head while conferring these nonsense titles, 50mm would have tuned in, but just for the scepter part.


27 posted on 05/19/2018 3:46:35 PM PDT by 50mm (.. / -.. .. -.. / - .... .. ... / ..-. --- .-. / -. --- / .-. . .- ... --- -. .-.-.-)
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To: Crapgame

> Most of them (Irish) are eerily silent today or they are poo-pooing the entire event. <

As well they should. The British brought nothing but misery to Ireland.


28 posted on 05/19/2018 3:48:31 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: littleharbour

See post 27.


29 posted on 05/19/2018 3:49:14 PM PDT by 50mm (.. / -.. .. -.. / - .... .. ... / ..-. --- .-. / -. --- / .-. . .- ... --- -. .-.-.-)
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To: KavMan

This picture makes me recall some story from a few years ago when some guy married this beautiful woman. When they had a kid it was ugly as hell. He found out the wife had a whole lot of plastic surgery and she was ugly as hell prior to the surgery.

He was so pissed he divorced her.


30 posted on 05/19/2018 3:59:03 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: dforest

https://www.business2community.com/trends-news/man-divorces-his-wife-for-being-ugly-sues-her-and-wins-0316864


31 posted on 05/19/2018 4:02:08 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: KavMan

Clear case of cultural appropriation!


32 posted on 05/19/2018 4:02:16 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: grania

LOL...great speculations.


33 posted on 05/19/2018 4:05:22 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: davikkm

Ireland is in the United Kingdom now?
(ha ha! Ulster, Northern Ireland maybe.... But Ireland in UK now? this will come as a surprise to at least a few Irishmen of the older generation anyway)

or am I overlooking something maybe????????


34 posted on 05/19/2018 4:13:51 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Crapgame

Kilkeel is in Northern Ireland, in County Down. It is has Unionist leanings.


35 posted on 05/19/2018 4:35:45 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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To: faithhopecharity

See post 35.


36 posted on 05/19/2018 4:37:25 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

THANK YOU. yes, i figured that ... thanks thanks...
(I was just reacting to the article text itself.....
possibly i reacted a bit too quickly? but anyway.... the wording that triggered my inquiry was...
“titles reflecting the three historic realms — England, Scotland and Ireland — that made up the United Kingdom.”

seemed a bit imprecise, maybe not...
anyway its fine with me...
thanks!


37 posted on 05/19/2018 4:45:20 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

It was - up until what, 1927?

The blue with white diagonals on the Union Jack is the cross of St. Patrick. White with red plus = cross of St. George (England), White with red diagonals = cross of St. Andrew (Scotland).


38 posted on 05/19/2018 4:47:50 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON

Do they ever run out of places to be Dukes of? What if someone wants to be a Duke of someplace else, like Duke of Earl, or Duke of Entenmanns?


39 posted on 05/19/2018 4:47:56 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: scrabblehack

got it, THANKS!
and the article’s sentence DID say...”traditionally MADE up” so it was carefully in the PAST tense...making it more accurate than it sounded on first blush

got it!
thanks
very much


40 posted on 05/19/2018 4:50:00 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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