PRINCE OF WALES’S MANY TITLES

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1935, Page 12

PRINCE OF WALES’S MANY TITLES

Can Write 36 Letters After

His Seven Names

NOW ADMIRAL, GENERAL AND CHIEF AIR MARSHAL '

r I'O the many honours and titles x bestowed upon the Prince of Wales three more were added by the New Year list: Admiral of the Fleet, General of the Army and Chief Marshal of the.. Air Force. The titles and honours of the Prince fall into

three divisions; titles of nobility, orders of chivalry and merit, and military titles. ' ' ‘ Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, lias since his grandfather’s death enjoyed many of his present titles, among the best known perhaps being Earl of Chester and Duke of Cornwall. From the Duchy of Cornwall, including estates on the mainland and in the Scilly Islands, he receives the largest share of his annual income. He frequently uses the title of Baron Renfrew, which dates back to 1484. In the order in which they appear in the official list of the peerage, the titles of the Prince of Wales are: Prince of Wales. Earl of Chester. . > Duke of Cornwall. Duke of Rothesay. Earl of Carrick. Baron of Renfrew. Lord of the Isles. Great Steward of Scotland. High Steward of Windsor. After the name of the Prince is written: K.G., P.C., K.T., K.P., G.C.S.L, G.M.M.G., G.C.1.E., G.C. V. 0., G.M.8.E., 1.5.0., M.C., F.R.S. He is thus: Knight of the Garter. , Member of the Privy Council. Knight of the Order of the Thistle. Knight of the Order of St. Patrick. Grand Commander Star of India. Grand Master’ of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Grand Commander of thb Order of the Indian Empire. Possessor of the Grand Cross of Victorian Order. - ; . •:/ Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire. .. ; _ . Member of the Imperial service Order (civil service and administrative). Holder of the Military Cross. Fellow of the Royal Society. The Prince is personal A.D.C. to the King; Colonel of the Welsh Guards and of the Prince of Wales Volunteers; he is Colonel-in-Chief of the 12th Lancers, of the Middlesex Regiment, of Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, of the Seaforth Highlanders, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, of the South Wales Borderers, of the Leinster Regiment, of the R o^ l Wiltshire Yeomanry and /of the Cadet Corps of the United Kingdom. He is also Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets.