His grandfather (still living) is a dual UK-US citizen. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth (he did not say what degree or order, didn't matter to the topic at hand). The American Social Security Administration (an office of the US Government) allowed him to add Sir to his Social Security Card.
In our discussions of passports and such I didn't think about SSA cards. But they are an example of a US document that can physically handle adding a title, and from this gentleman's example, they apparently do.
And as I've already made clear, titles are not recognized as a legal form of address on any U.S. document.
Simply not true. There is nothing in law refusing such recognition. As far as US documents go, they simply don't include anything other first, middle, and last names anymore.
Once upon a time ago (when I first started in the travel industry) airplane tickets issued in the United States would allow Sir, Dame, Hon. Lord, Lady, Count, Baron, (but not Prince oddly), Rev. Rabbi, Sister etc. in addition to the standard Mr. Mrs. Miss, Mstr, and Ms. Airplane tickets are regulated by the US Dept of Transportation so are therefore federal documents.
Then, after 9/11, there was a move to standardization across he travel industry (and to accommodate security computer systems) and all of them (including Mr. Mrs. etc) were removed from US tickets. It doesn't mean they were illegal, they were merely impractical.
Will Lilibet have Princess on her US Passport? No, but not because of any law. Because the computer that generates US passports will not accommodate it. Should she follow her mother in a career as a actress, can she have her contract in the name Princess Lilibet of Sussex? Yes she can.
Now, if she grows up and decides to run for Congress, yes, THEN she will have to at least disavow her title because that IS covered in the US Constitution.
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