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princess of wales or england?
im confused. princess diana was the princess of wales.. are there 2 princes/princesses/queens/kings that are in wales AND england? and who are they? so.. prince william is the prince of wales and queen elizabeth is still the queen of england? -confused-
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Wales is a principality of Great Britain, (a principality is a small sovereign state), the title Prince of Wales was first given to Edward II in 1301. He was born in Wales and was supposedly given this title in an effort to unify the two countries in turbulent times. Since then, it has been the practice to name the future male heir to the British throne, Prince of Wales. It is not an heriditary title, it has to be conferred on the son in a ceremony called an Investiture. For the current Prince of Wales, this was carried out in 1969, by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in Caernarfon Castle, Wales, the birth place of Edward II.
The title Princess of Wales is an honourory name given to the wife of the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles and Princess Diana had two children, Prince William and Prince Harry. When Prince Charles becomes king, it is expected that he will make Prince William the new Prince of Wales.
This makes no difference to the fact that Queen Elizabeth remains Queen of Great Britain and all it's Dominions, of which Wales is just one.
As for how people originally became queens and kings, it goes back many centuries to the times when there were small tribes and chieftans all over the country. Over the years, the stronger chieftans built up tribes with greater numbers and followers. They then went to war with neighbours, if they won, they kept the territory and 'disposed' of the former chieftan. With the passing of centuries the main 'tribes' settled into three groups, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. There were other, smaller areas, but these were the biggest. By this time, the leaders were no longer called chieftans, they had raised themselves to the grand title of king.
Some more time passed and these kingships became united under one ruler. Then Wales was brought into the fold, followed by Scotland and Northern Ireland, then much later the Dominions.
So, people became kings initially because they were better fighters, had more followers and weapons than their enemies. This then lead to the thought that they ruled by the Divine Right of Kings, which meant they had been especially chosen by God, and were better than anyone else. However, this way of thinking was challenged at the start of the English Civil War, and by the end of it, the re-instated monarchy had no divination, with less power than before, and what they were left with has been gradually eroded over the years, until these days they are little more than figure heads.
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Princess Diana was the Princess or Wales but Prince Charles is Queen Elizabeth's son...it's all rather confusing...I believe they are under the same rule...but I'm not completely sure...Prince William and Prince Harry are the two princes you are referring to...and Prince William will get the thrown right after Prince Charles dies or gives the crown to him...and people were kings and queens by birthright... I don't know who the original was but following that it was all by royal bloodline or being married to a royal which was a rarity considering that they wanted everyone to marry someone else with a royal bloodline...usually a dutchess(someone who wasn't in line for their own thrown or so far down that they wouldn't ever get to the thrown?
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