Question about "Diana"?

Question

I am writing an essay about Diana.

what is different between

"Princess Diana" and "Diana, Princess of Wales"

Is there any special meaning inside the writing style?

(I am not a British and have no idea about history of this country)

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Princess Diana is, in fact, incorrect. It assumes that she was born royal like Princess Anne (the Queen's daughter) or Princess Margaret (the Queen's sister). HRH Diana, Princess of Wales denotes both her name, style, and the peerage granted to her husband, that of Prince of Wales.

Better put, if Kate Middleton were to marry Prince William before he is given a title, she would be called, Princess William of Wales. If William has been made Prince of Wales upon his father's succession to the throne, Kate would be called, Kate, Princess of Wales never Princess Kate.

Answer 2

I think her real title is,  HRH Diana, the Princess of Wales.  Princess Diana (which she hated) was a moniker made up by the media.  American most likely.

Answer 3

No not at all. Cause thats what we knew Princes Diana as. We knew of her as Princess of Wales, as the peoples princes and as Diana. That's just that simple!

Answer 4

Princess Diana was HRH (Her Royal Highness). She lost the HRH title when she divorced Charles but was still the Princess of Wales

Answer 5

Diana, was fully titled and styled as "HRH The Princess of Wales at the time of her marriage to Prince Charles of Wales and became "Diana, Princess of Wales" after her divorce.

She is most popularly referred to as "Princess Diana", a title she never held since she was not a “Princess” in her own right. Diana was not born as a "Royal Princess" so therefore, it is incorrect to refer her as "Princess Diana." She became a "Princess" after her marriage to a "Prince" so her courtesy title and style is the feminine version of her husband's. Diana's full style, while married, was Her Royal Highness The Princess Charles Philip Arthur George, Princess of Wales and Countess of Chester, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, Lady of the Isles, Princess of Scotland.

Under the current practice, princesses of the blood royal are the legitimate daughters and the legitmate male line granddaughters of a British Sovereign. They are dynasts, that is potential successors to the throne. For these individuals, the title "Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and the style "Her Royal Highness" is an entitlement for life. The title Princess and the style Royal Highness is prefixed to the Christian name, before another title of honour.

Princesses by marriage are the recognized wives of the Sovereign's sons and grandsons. Generally, these women are entitled to the style Royal Highness by virtue of marriage. They retain the style during their widowhood. However, Queen Elizabeth II issued Letters Patent dated 21 August 1996 stating that any woman divorced from a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the style "Royal Highness" would no longer be entitled to the style "Royal Highness".

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_pri...

Answer 6

Princess Diana was what she was known as when she was still married to Charles and could use the title HRH (Her Royal Highness) Her full title was actaully HRH The Princess of Wales. She was known as Diana, Princess of Wales after her divorce and had lost the HRH. The same way that HRH The Duchess of York became Sarah, Duchess of York.

Answer 7

Diana, Princess of Wales was Diana's royal title at the time of her death. She lost her HRH The Princess of Wales title after she and Charles were divorced. During her marriage, she was known as Princess Diana because during that time her title was HRH The Princess of Wales. They're two different titles.

Answer 8

I'm also American,but have read up on the subject for many years. The proper,formal title for the late Diana is "Her Royal Highness, Diana,Princess of Wales,"or "Her Royal Highness,the Princess of Wales." To be utterly correct,Diana would have been known by her husband's name,since she was a commoner,"Her Royal Highness,Princess Charles of Wales," but people did not accept this archaic way of nomenclature: Diana was a personality in her own right and people wanted to call her "Diana." "Princess Diana" is the informal way that most people call her.

Answer 9

Her title was Diana, Princess of Wales. She was not entitled to the term Princess Diana, as she was not born into the royal family, but she was popularly known as Princess Diana.

Answer 10

Diana was not a Princess in her own right. Through her marriage to Prince Charles she became The Princess of Wales. After her divorce she lost her HRH status.

The term Princess Diana was used as a form of endearment by the public and like.

Coming from a very privilaged background and being the daughter of an Earl she was entitled to use the prefix of Lady Diana.

Answer 11

she was married to the prince of wales so thats why she became known as the princess of wales and princess diana was exectly what she was so not any difference

Answer 12

I think "Diana, Princess of Wales" is her formal title.  It wouldn't read very well in your essay to constantly refer to her as that.

Answer 13

Her actual title was "Diana Spencer, Thick Sloan of this Parish". She lost her "royal" titles after that unfortunate episode with Harry's father, Major Whatshisname.

Answer 14

She was Princess Diana when she married Charles, but Diana, Princess of Wales after they separated