[HPFGU-OTChatter] More on succession and styles of address

[Shaun Hately]

On 31 Oct 2003 at 23:59, pengolodh_sc wrote:

> The ruling sovereign is always adressed "Your Majesty", and referred 
> to as "Her (His) Majesty".  There may be an oddity exception to this 
> when referring to the British Sovereigns as emperors of India prior 
> to indian independence, but I am not entirely certain.

Britain never used the style of His (or Her) Imperial Majesty, even in useages 
where the Monarch was acknowledged as Emperor or Empress.


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