The Royal Family are known all over the world for their long, official titles. The current royals are the descendants of an unbroken sovereign chain which stretches back nearly 1,000 years and includes some of the most famous historical figures, from Henry VIII to Queen Victoria.
When it comes to naming a new royal baby, it is traditional for there to be several historical and familial links in the full name. While many of the monikers of The Queen's great-grandchildren have become less formal over the last decade, they still contain many sweet nods to their royal heritage.
The current royals are named with links to everyone from Lord Louis Mountbatten to King George VI - and this trend has been unchanged ever since The Queen was born. Princess Elizabeth was born at 17 Bruton Street in London on April 21, 1926, to The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother ).
It was announced that she had been named Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary after several of her relatives.
Her first name Elizabeth can be immediately attributed to her own mother who was born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Alternatively, it is possible that she was named with respect to Queen Elizabeth I.
Her Majesty's first middle name is Alexandra which is in memory of her great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen Consort to King Edward VII.
The Queen's final given name is Mary which is a direct homage to her close grandmother, Queen Mary, the Queen Consort to King George V. There is also the possibility that the name derives from Queen Mary I or Queen Mary II, or perhaps it draws a religious link with the Virgin Mary.
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Her Majesty's official title is: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
The Queen also has some seriously unique titles as she is also the Queen of many Commonwealth countries such as Canada and Australia.
While she is just Queen Elizabeth II - or Her Majesty - to many of us in the UK, she is known as 'Mother of all People’ by the Salish nation in Canada, ‘Paramount Chief’ to many in Fiji and ‘The White Heron’ by the Maori people of New Zealand.
These styles are just a handful of ways that everyone around the world addresses the Queen - but they are by no means the most unbelievable!
While those titles are impressive enough on their own, it doesn’t mention Her Majesty's additional styles of the Duke of Lancaster and the Duke of Normandy,
It was her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria who started using the title Duke of Lancaster.
She did this because she believed the title Duchess was referring to the spouse of a Duke, as opposed to the holder of a royal Dukedom.
The Duchy of Lancaster website reads: "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the current Duke of Lancaster. During a reign which has lasted over 60 years, Her Majesty has taken a keen interest in the estate, paying regular visits to the Surveys.
"The title Duke of Lancaster continues to be used, even for a female monarch. At gatherings of Lancastrians within the County Palatine and worldwide, the toast is: “The Queen, Duke of Lancaster!”
Queen Elizabeth is also known as the Duke of Normandy, a title which she holds in the Channel Islands, consisting of the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and their dependencies.
