THE OFFICIAL USE.
THE FIRST MENTION. The official use of the title Princess Royal, which is to be borne in future by Princess Mary, dates from Hanoverian times. The first definite mention of the title Princes Eoval in a State document is found in a Royal Warrant of 1727, when George 11. conferred armorial bearings on " our eldpst daughter the Princess Royal Anne," afterwards Princess of Orange. The title was also conferred by George 111. on his eldest daughter, subsequently, in turn, Duchess, Electress and Queen of Wurtemberg. On her death in 1828 the title remained vacant until after the accession of Queen Victoria, who bestowed it on the future Empress Frederick when the latter was but two months old. The Empress Frederick died on August 5, 1901, and Edward VII., on his own birthday, November 9, 1905, issued a Royal Warrant formally conferring the title on his eldest daughter, Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife ,who died in January of last year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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162THE OFFICIAL USE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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