I am sure that both MOR and I agree that it's good to educate forum members who may not be aware of the niceties of protocol etc in countries outside of the US. Rejection should not be an excuse for isolation or lack of knowledge and it remains a fact that many Americans are fascinated by a system that they themselves no longer have.

I am aware that the letters patent were designed to have the effect of "deprincing" all the German relatives but it was also to restrict the proliferaton of royal titles ad infinitum to British ones also. George V's only daughter, Princess Mary, the Princess Royal was not able to pass on royal titles to her children whereas all her brothers were (apart from the childless Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor and the unfortunate Prince John who died young).

A lot of the royal males we have been discussing are kilt wearers though (some more than others)!