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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I thought of this rant just now, reading a book set in the Regency, by a UK-born and raised author with an MA in History. She keeps refering to a character about to receive a baronetcy as "being ennobled" and that character addressed the Prince Regent as "Your Majesty"  |
If by "noble" you mean a Peer, like (most?) Knights they aren't. A simple search also reveals what I didn't know, a Baronet is not a sort of Baron, but invented by James I of England (James 6th Scotland) to raise money.
"Your Majesty" when the Prince is a Regent? Hmm, Tricky, maybe technically only a Monarch. Definitely your Highness for actual Princes, even if ruling a principality. Or maybe your Royal Highness. Some of these things vary by country. Debretts have a website now.
Even if the author had only read Georgette Heyer!
