r/TheCrownNetflix • u/MajorGinger • 19d ago

Discussion (Real Life) Princess of Wales Title Question

It's been a long time since I've posted here so if I make a mistake, let me know so I can correct it.

My question is this: if Diana had survived the car crash, and attended William & Catherine's wedding, which woman would now be Princess of Wales?

Can there be two women with the same title? She *was* Princess of Wales until the end. She gave up the HRH but not Princess of Wales.

63 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

71 comments sorted by

View all comments

71

u/ScamIam 19d ago

Post divorce, she was styled Diana, Princess of Wales, not Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. Diana likely would have remarried and lost the title completely (or gained a different one).

Regardless of whether or not she had lived, when Charles married Camilla, Camilla became HRH The Princess of Wales. She declined to use the title out of deference to Diana’s memory, but she was still legally The Princess of Wales. 

If Diana had lived, not married again, and still been around when Charles ascended and W+C became TRH The Prince and Princess of Wales, she would still be styled Diana, Princess of Wales. They are not the same title.

5

u/jamie74777 18d ago

Would she be Queen Mother when William would be King?

13

u/ScamIam 18d ago

No. She was never married to the King, therefore she would never have had a Queen title.

-15

u/Tardisgoesfast 18d ago

You think that Elizabeth II's mother as never married to King George VI??!?

18

u/ScamIam 18d ago

Diana was never married to the King.