Why are Prince Charles' sons considered to be Princes and Princess of Yugoslavia's children not royalty?

Question

Why are Prince Charles' sons considered to be Princes and Princess of Yugoslavia's children not royalty?

Answer 1

Children of the reigning monarch in Great Britain are given titles of prince/princess at birth.  Grandchildren, through the male line, are also titled.  Grandchildren of the Queen or monarch, are not titled from the females.  They can be given titles by the monarch, which one would expect the Queen to do, if a grandchild was doing a particular public job.  They would not draw from public funds for any honorary title.

Answer 2

Because Yugoslavia hasn't existed since 1992.

Answer 3

Of course they are royalty...whether or not they rule as a Monarchy makes no difference to the titles they hold.  The following are the members of the Royal Family of Serbia:

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II

HRH Crown Princess Katherine

HRH Prince Peter

HRH Prince Philip  

HRH Prince Alexander

Answer 4

Titles are usually inherited through the male line and that is how things were done in the former Yugoslavia. If a Princess were to marry someone from the nobility or a member of another royal house, then the children would be titled.  However, when a princess marries a commoner, the children are not usually titled and simply take their father's surname. Of course, the exception would be made if the princess was the crown princess who was set to someday become monarch. In that case, the princess' husband would most likely have a title created for him (usually Prince) if he was a commoner.

A good example of this is actress Catherine Oxenberg whose mother is a Princess of Yugoslavia and married a commoner. Catherine and her sister took their father's surname and did not receive any titles.

Answer 5

Yugoslavia doesn't have a monarchy does it? It's now a republic...The last monarch was a king who's onlt child is a crown prince but has no kingdom. They're a monarchy without titles because the monrachy doesn't exist any more. The British monarchy is still going strong and all of the highest heirs have titles because they are more likely to become king or queen.

Answer 6

Prince Charles sons are princes because Charles is the heir to the throne.  The children of Charles' siblings (Anne, Edward and Andrew) are also not princes or princesses.

Answer 7

Both Prince William and Prince Harry are sons of Prince Charles, who is also next in line to the English throne. A royal title such as prince/princess are only given to the legitimate children of a British Sovereign and the legitimate male line grandchildren of a British Sovereign. The title "princess" is also given to the wife of a British prince.

However, when a royal princess marries a commoner, her children takes on the surname of her husband and are consider a "commoner." They have no royal titles or duties, however, they are still line of succession to the throne.

Some of the most well known "commoner-royal children" are Peter and Zara Phillips (children of Princess Royal Anne of the United Kingdon) and Andrea Albert Pierre, Charlotte and Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (children of Princess Caroline of Monaco) who all are in line to the thrones of their individual nations.

Answer 8

Because there is no sitting monarch in Yugoslavia

Answer 9

Well, for a start there is no longer a country called Yugoslavia. Perhaps the pretenders to this particular piece of monarchism now call themselves 'King (or Prince etc) of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes', taken from the first name for Yugoslavia.

Answer 10

Because the Kingdom of Yugoslavia existed for only 25 years and fell to the n***s in 1943.  Since the monarchy does not exist, there can be no legitimate claims of royalty in Yugoslavia or any of its constituents.

Answer 11

Her husband was a commoner so the children do not get titles.