The Earl of Saint Andrews
By that logic, the elder son of the Duke of Kent is not technically THE Earl of Saint Andrews: his father is. The son simply uses this as a courtesy title. So he would really be George, Earl of Saint Andrews. But that's not how he seems to be referred to. Previous Message Previous Message I noticed that on the Line of succession (see thread above), after The Duke of Edimburgh # 13, comes # 14 plain Earl of Wessex but followed by # 15 The Lady Louise M-W. Shouldn't James be The Earl of Wessex too ?
No, because James is not *the* Earl of Wessex, his father still is. I don’t think it really makes for great grammar so I would personally still say “the Earl of Wessex”. In normal conversation though he would just be called ‘Lord Wessex’.
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