Posted by Dag T. Hoelseth
on 11/6/2009, 11:10:07, in reply to "arveprins, arvfurste..."
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: The use of arvfurste, arveprins,
: for heir presumptive of a sonless monarch,
: or for heir of the heir apparent (= second
: in the line)
: is a centuries-long Scandinavian *custom*
Well, first of all a Swedish one.
: Quite a lot of titles actually have only the
: basis of custom, not originally an explicit
: law. however, laws often came even to
: protect the established customary titles.
:
: I do not find it anything like a legal
: mistake that Harald was described as
: arveprins. Rather, it's an expression of old
: custom.
It certainly is. When the Constitution tells what the titles within the royal family should be (prince or princess, with crown prince for the heir if he is the son of the king), then the reference "arveprins" is wrong.
DTH
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