Royal House versus Royal familes

[Dame Margaret of Fermoy]

I posted this question a long time ago and got no reply I am trying it again.

My question, is about royal houses versus royal familes I am interested in knowing the different between them.

Both Norway and the Netherlands makes a distinction between both.

In Norway His Highness Prince Sverre Magnus is only a HH will he be upgrade to a full HRH when his father becomes king from what I read only the king queen crown prince and crown princes and the crown princes heir, Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra are members of the Royal house and are titled HRH. and that HH Prices Sverre Magnus is not as of right now. I did note Her Highness Princess Märtha Louise the king daughter was a HRH before how did she qualify and not Prices Sverre Magnus. I noted she gave up the title for business reason and became a HH why was she made a HRH at birth and Prince Sverre Magnus was not.

I do find the system in the Netherlands even more confusing to as to who is part of the royal house versus royal family and having to be related to the king with in three degrees of kinship to the monarch to be in the line of succession. it includes the king the queen the former Queen all the kings daughters.

I see in Demark the grandsons and granddaughter of the Queens sons are only HH why is that when there father is a HRH

Is there othere countires that hae simlar rules

if anyone has more details I love to read it

[observer]

Oct 14, 2015 22:36:59 GMT Dame Margaret of Fermoy said:

I posted this question a long time ago and got no reply I am trying it again.

My question, is about royal houses versus royal familes I am interested in knowing the different between them.

Both Norway and the Netherlands makes a distinction between both.

In Norway His Highness Prince Sverre Magnus is only a HH will he be upgrade to a full HRH when his father becomes king from what I read only the king queen crown prince and crown princes and the crown princes heir, Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra are members of the Royal house and are titled HRH. and that HH Prices Sverre Magnus is not as of right now. I did note Her Highness Princess Märtha Louise the king daughter was a HRH before how did she qualify and not Prices Sverre Magnus. I noted she gave up the title for business reason and became a HH why was she made a HRH at birth and Prince Sverre Magnus was not.

I do find the system in the Netherlands even more confusing to as to who is part of the royal house versus royal family and having to be related to the king with in three degrees of kinship to the monarch to be in the line of succession. it includes the king the queen the former Queen all the kings daughters.

I see in Demark the grandsons and granddaughter of the Queens sons are only HH why is that when there father is a HRH

Is there othere countires that hae simlar rules

if anyone has more details I love to read it

As you note above, I believe that the distinction is that members of a Royal House are in the line of succession as determined by the country's constitution, while members of the Royal Family are not in the line of succession as determined by the country's constitution.

I don't believe Prince Sverre Magnus will become an HRH when his father becomes king, as membership of the Royal House is limited to the monarch and his or her spouse, the heir apparent and his or her spouse, and the heir apparent's eldest child. He would become an HRH only if his sister dies without heirs, or if she becomes Queen before she marries or has legitimate heirs - when she does, he will again no longer be in the Royal House according to the Norwegian Constitution. With regard to Princess Martha Louise, I believe that she received her HRH before Norway's change in its line of succession, which affected only unborn heirs.

With regard to whether or not someone is an HRH or an HH, it depends on the country's practice and whether the individual is, e.g., a child or a grandchild of the sovereign.

In Great Britain, both of the Duke of Cambridge's children were created HRH by a modification on 31 December 2012 of the Letters Patent issued by King George V on 30 October 1917, which had reserved the style of His (or Her) Royal Highness to the children of a sovereign, the children of sons of a sovereign (that is, grandchildren in the male line of a sovereign), and the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.