The Royal Wedding and the Bank Account

[justcarol67]

Geoff earlier:
> It has remained as a title for the monarch, although the Dukedom became extinct after Henry VI as the original charter limited it to "heirs male". Originally, the crown would pass to the eldest male child but there was an exception with Queen Elizabeth I. In the 20th century, George V, the Queen's grandfather approved the continued use and nowadays, the rule of primogeniture applies so that an eldest daughter can become a Queen regnant even with the existence of brothers.
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Carol earlier:
> Does the same apply to any other royal dukedom involving property or is Lancaster a special case because of the Lancastrian (and Yorkist) claims to the throne during the so-called Wars of the Roses? Is there, for example, a present-day Duke of York?
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> Geoff:
> As you can see, the title was not really an outcome of the Wars of the Roses.
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> To your latter question, yes, there is a Duke of York. It is the title of Prince Andrew, the Queen's second son.
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Carol:

(Slaps forehead.) Actually, I knew that! The tradition of making the monarch's second son the Duke of York started with Edward IV, himself the Duke of York before he became king. Not sure how Fergie, ex-Duchess of York. slipped my mind. Andrew himself doesn't seem to make much of a splash, nor does his younger brother, Edward.

As for the queen regnant idea and primogeniture relating to the eldest child rather than the eldest son with regard to royal succession, are you sure? I thought that Princess Anne was far back in the succession, behind her younger brothers and their children. Andrew has two daughters as I recall, both styled "Princess." I don't know about Edward.

Carol, hoping that her brain is not quite so sleepy this morning as it was when I asked about the Duke of York