I was thinking of Clarence standing alone in its own right when I referred to William IV's title before he inherited the throne MOR.
Albert Victor was "double barreled" so to speak as he was Clarence and Avondale.
You raise an interesting point about the use of Scottish titles in Scotland. Apart from Rothesay (and Edinburgh of course) I am not aware that Prince Andrew, for example, is anything but Duke of York rather than Earl of Inverness when in Scotland.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
Originally Posted by McClef
) would have mitigated against a current revival of that title.
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