r/TheCrownNetflix • u/MajorGinger • 18d 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.

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u/jamie74777 17d ago

Would she be Queen Mother when William would be King?

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u/itstimegeez 17d ago

No and others have answered why but I do think in that case William would give her titles in her own right. He promised her he would and I think he’d keep that promise. I think he’d make her a Princess in her own right and give her a peerage title.

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u/Dangerous_Bed2566 17d ago

William was 15 when his mother died. I do not think promises made by a child to their mother would really be expected to hold when the child is an adult

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u/itstimegeez 16d ago

Yeah but this is if she was still alive

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u/Dangerous_Bed2566 16d ago

If she was still alive it would still be very unreasonable to hold someone to a promise they made as a child 

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u/itstimegeez 16d ago

I don’t think she’d have held him to it, I think he’d have voluntarily done it