WHAT IS A PRINCESS ROYAL and why have there been so few of them? That’s the basis of this documentary from History Calling in which I’ll take you through the origins of the title and why it has only been bestowed upon seven women in history. I’ll also explain why Princess Charlotte is not the Princess Royal at the moment and why she might never be and tell you why the title is similar to the title Prince of Wales and to the extinct French title, Madame Royale.
As part of this video we will look at the lives of all the Princesses Royal, specifically Princess Mary, daughter of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria of France; Princess Anne, daughter of George II and Queen Caroline of Ansbach; Princess Charlotte, daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Princess Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Princess Louise, daughter of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and Princess Anne, daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I’ll also cover the Jacobite Princess Royal, Princess Louise, daughter of James II and Mary of Modena (who actually shouldn’t have been Princess Royal at all) and her older sisters Mary II and Queen Anne, who were entitled to be Princesses Royal, but never were, as was Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. We’ll look too at the Kings and Queens who never had a daughter who could become Princess Royal and at the delays in bestowing the title upon some princesses and why some of these delays lasted decades. Please enjoy this video on the history of royal women who have held this distinguished title.
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