Word: rothesay
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which Edward I first bestowed upon his own son in 1301. "I intend," said the Queen, "to create my son Prince of Wales today. When he is grown up, I will present him to you at Caernarvon." In addition to being Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Charles Philip Arthur George can also look forward to being Earl of Chester and Knight of the Garter. The last Englishman to hold such honors: the former Edward VIII, now Duke of Windsor...
...noble lord among them. But one day last week a black Ford pulled up to the door, and out jumped a chubby-cheeked new boy of eight. For England, this was big news indeed: His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, was going to elementary school-the first heir apparent to the throne to do so in the history of the kingdom...
Unlike his three-year-old son Prince Charles, who on his mother's accession automatically became Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Grand Steward of Scotland, the Duke of Edinburgh has no change in titular status: he is still simply the Queen's husband. It is an awkward and difficult position. His last predecessor was Victoria's German-speaking husband, and Britons took a long time getting used to Albert. Philip, born in Corfu and once sixth in line for the Greek throne, is a great...