header-logo header-logo

A prince in all but name

23 May 2019 / Michael L Nash
Issue: 7841 / Categories: Features , Constitutional law
printer mail-detail

A child who is the great-grandson of a reigning Queen could never be anything but royal, as Michael Nash explains

The birth and naming of a son to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan is certainly in keeping with the line they are taking within the Royal Family. Whichever line they were to take it is inescapable that they are part of the most famous and elevated family in the world: who are their competitors?

One of the most interesting spin-offs from the population living longer than it did is that we get to know our great-grandchildren, something vouchsafed only to women generally before. Thus Queen Victoria did know her great-grandchildren, but George V and George VI did not. Queen Elizabeth II and her nonagenarian husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, now have eight great-grandchildren. This may explain why George V in 1917 did not provide for the contingency of great-grandchildren, with regard to titles, although there is one important clause in the Letters Patent issued on December 11th of that

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
back-to-top-scroll