Meghan & Harry: *New Duke and Duchess of Sussex*

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*Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Become Duke and Duchess of Sussex* Sky News, May 19, 2018

There has only been one Duke of Sussex before, an uncle of Queen Victoria's who gave her away at her wedding to Prince Albert.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have become the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their wedding day. The Queen bestowed the dukedom on her grandson this morning, with his wife-to-be automatically becoming a duchess to his duke.
Prince Harry was also given Scottish and Northern Irish titles, becoming the Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel.
As the fountain of honour in the UK, the Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards. A statement said: "The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel.

There has only been one previous Duke of Sussex, Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. He had the title conferred upon him at his birth in 1801. However, his two children did not inherit the title because both his marriages were in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act, as his father did not approve of the women's standings, making the children illegitimate. Like Harry, he married for love rather than choosing a bride of royal lineage. Because neither of his marriages were approved by King George III, there has never been a Duchess of Sussex before, meaning Meghan is the first. Notably, the first Duke of Sussex was appointed Governor of Windsor Castle in 1842 by his niece, Queen Victoria, who said he was her favourite uncle. Sky News royal commentator Alastair Bruce said the first Duke of Sussex gave Queen Victoria away at her wedding to Prince Albert...Read More: https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-become-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-11377824



Prince Augustus Frederick is the only former Duke of Sussex. Pic: National Portrait Gallery
9th Child of King George III and Queen Charlotte (the Last King and Queen of America)

Harper's Bazaar,"Prince Harry Meghan Markle Royal Titles, Who Was the Last Duke of Sussex, He Was Known to Be A Bit of A Royal Rebel," Read More: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a20743664/duke-of-sussex-prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-titles/

["The Liberal Duke."] Prince Augustus became estranged from his father over their differing political beliefs. The prince supported the abolition of the slave trade, catholic emancipation, the removal of civil restrictions on Jews and parliamentary reform which were apparently all at odds with his ruling father King George.



King George III and Queen Charlotte with their 6 eldest children, by Johan Zoffany, 1770

https://www.royal.uk/queen-charlotte-19-may-1744-17-november-1818
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom

[Crunchy Frog]

1. I wish them a long and happy marriage.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. (Previous one born 1773, not 1801 as Sky wrote)

1801 would have been rather late for a mother born 1744 ...

[appalachiablue]

3. Congratulations to the happy newly-weds Meghan and Harry! :)

Last edited Sat May 19, 2018, 07:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Prince Augustus (b. 1773-d. 1843) received the title Duke of Sussex when he was of age.*NOT at birth, article error. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Frederick,_Duke_of_Sussex

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[IluvPitties]

4. Good for them.

[underpants]

5. George Clooney is there

In the room

[appalachiablue]

7. And Clooney's wife Amal, David Beckham & wife, Oprah, Carrie Mulligan

Meghan's mother, Sarah Ferguson and daughters are some notables I caught. Kate M. and Wm. look great.

Beautiful service and chapel- love all the floral greens, flags, architecture.

The choir group was terrific, same for the young cellist now.

[underpants]

10. Haven't seen the Obamas

Ismthat in deference to Spanky?

[appalachiablue]

11. Last nite I thought about that too, haven't heard a word!?

[handmade34]

12. they intentionally

did not invite any politicians (or such) to avoid concerns... sure they would have liked to have invited the Obamas but trying to keep peace

[Tarc]

14. I don't think they give a care at all to Herr Trump's feelings

Harry and Barack have an actual friendship, in a perfect world they would have been able to be at the wedding on that basis alone. But the logistics of the security for a former president to be there, meshing the Secret Service detail with what England already has in place would have been a mess.

I have no doubt we'll see them all together somewhere in a few months.

[underpants]

15. That makes sense. The PM Theresa May wasn't even there

[appalachiablue]

16. It would have been wonderful to see Barack and Michelle Obama there.

And Sasha and Malia. How unfortunate, they should have been guests. Hang the protocols and peace keeping!

[Biggles53]

6. Thankfully, mercifully...

The US pastor finally sat down....

[smirkymonkey]

8. Little Charlotte is adorable!

[TNNurse]

9. I wish them well, I think they will do good in the world.

They will use that influence for others.

[handmade34]

13. love this

wonderful distraction for a few minutes and a very positive event