What you say about titles and styles is interesting: it seems that much of it was arbitrary and inconsistent. If it came to that, it wasn't clear as to what a queen regnant should be called. Holy Roman Empress Matilda, who should have succeeded her father (King Henry I), was called "Lady of the English."
It wasn't just England and Scotland: in France, too, they used terms such as FILS, PETIT-FILS, FILLE, and ENFANT -- not "Prince(ss)'. When it came to royalty prior to 1500, women were commonly referred to without any titles -- e.g. Matilda of Flanders, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Philippa of Hainault, Isabella of France, Eleanor of Castile, etc.
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