Template talk:British princes

message: I have given some of the princes, like the Hanovers and the Saxe-Coburgs, the titles of their immediate line as well as giving the kings those names because I feel their identities are otherwise partially obscured. We know that they were/are British princes because they are on this template, so let's use their other titles. Charles 05:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. DrKay (talk) 12:26, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Titles

message: I changed James' name back to James of Wessex. My reasoning for this is that Viscount Severn is a courtesy title, not like his father, uncles and the rest of the princes with ducal titles. Now, once he becomes Earl of Wessex (or Duke of Edinburgh) I think we could fix that, but until then, I think James of Wessex is okay.  Morhange (talk) 19:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid I have to disagree — "Prince James of Wessex" is entirely an invention of Wikipedia! The styling of second-generation princ(ess)es is simply a matter of custom, and, customarily, we have never seen Prince/ss James/Louise of Wessex in writing anywhere else — he is customarily styled Viscount Severn. This is undeniable. DBD 13:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Custom dictates he would be James of Wessex. If you are disputing that, let's remove him, because that means he is not a prince in your opinion. Charles 15:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I'm not disputing that. He would be of Wessex, but he's not. Even if we accept he's a prince, which as we all recognise, is up for grabs, his practical style is VS, he's not once been given a princely style — which we could surely only derive if he's been shown to have it. Surely we can only style him PJoW with an objective scholarly source independent of this 'pædia. DBD 16:08, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Can we not agree that a "Viscount" is not a "Prince" in any way, shape or form in the United Kingdom?  Ludicrous!  I recommend immediate removal from this list.114.146.144.150 (talk) 13:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

text: I think that a star should be put by James, Viscount Severn's name. The note at the bottom should read *=Is legally a British prince, but uses a courtesy title. The same goes for her sister, Lady Louise, in the British princesses template. What do you think? Should this be included?--PrincessAlice13 (talk) 17:42, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to find some other form of words if that or a similar footnote is to be inserted, as I don't think "legally" is verifiable: there is no statute as far as I'm aware determining who is or is not a prince. DrKay (talk) 17:54, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

text: Maybe 'technically' would work, or if not, we could leave it out. --PrincessAlice13 (talk) 22:16, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viscount Severn 

message: 86.146.129.174 (talk) 21:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.  The template already lists Price George.  RudolfRed (talk) 01:42, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 February 2017 

message: Shouldn't we include infos as note labels on those were also Princes of Hanover and Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Dukes in Saxony? This indicates historical connections of the Royal Family to other dynasties and their status as not only British royals Kowalmistrz (talk) 07:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other titles 

message: Please remove the brackets around Prince Alexander John of Wales, as it is a redirect. 2601:241:301:4360:85D1:2F79:2B87:9E94 (talk) 03:09, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2020 

message: Can (8th generation) Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn be removed from the list of Princes.  According to the National Archives, he was never created as a prince.https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/HO_45_18980.htm  I have edited the article itself. 78.149.69.143 (talk) 19:34, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Another page at that same website (https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness.htm) says it was customary for great-grandchildren of a sovereign to have the style Highness and title Prince(ss) by courtesy. DrKay (talk) 20:40, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @DrKay - Umm - I hate to be a killjoy but the page that you refer to particularly mentions Alastair lower down and indicates he isn't a prince...  Your page supports my earlier statement. 78.149.69.143 (talk) 17:09, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It says "His birth registration designates him as a 'Prince'.  Several contemporary references (Kelly's Handbook, Whitaker's Peerage) style him as prince. " and  "'it would be in accordance with usage that the son of Prince Arthur of Connaught should be styled 'Prince' and 'Highness'", which is exactly what I've said. DrKay (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

text: Alastair was born in 1914. The Letters Patent only restricted titles to grandchildren in 1917. Alastair ended up losing his title, but he was still born a prince and remained as such for three years, so he should included. Same with Johann Leopold & Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg, and Ernst August and Georg Wilhelm of Hannover who were all born before 1917. They were male-line descendants who were entitled to be British princes, and held these titles at birth--even if they lost them later, they were still at one time British princes. Piratesswoop (talk) 23:04, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2022