Posted by Gary
on 25/9/2009, 16:16:48, in reply to "Re: PM - Your Excellency?"
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I'm not sure this is correct. I recall reading (and I think it was from Lord Archer, so perhaps not the most reputable source!) that Rt. Hon. and Hon. (for MPs) is only correctly used in a parliamentary context. I'll check Debrett's Correct Usage when I get home.
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: Isn't it used in the UK? In the Netherlands
: formal titles are seldom used by ministers
: are His/Her Excellency.
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: The correct formal address for a prime
: minister or any other member of parliament
: in the UK is 'The Right Honourable'
: preceding their names.For instance if Gordon
: Brown were to be introduced at a formal
: occasion he would be referred to as 'The
: Prime Minister,The Right Honourable Gordon
: Brown'.
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: If anyone started referring to him as 'His
: Excellency' (or any other title) people
: would probably burst out laughing!
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