Fallible wrote:I guarantee close to no one here in the UK cares about, or even knows, her exact title. Unfortunately pedantry, not Liz 2 - The Return, reigns on this forum.
I have not doubt on the fact the majority of British don't care and don't know her exact title for UK.
Outside of royal family and relatives of royal family there are certainly no more than thousand of passionate who know.
Does the monarch know what is her official title for UK and others countries ? I haven't the answer.
The majority of people in UK passionate for the royal family seem to be from the upper middle class or above this class. This is the perception I have but I can be wrong.
Scot Dutchy wrote:I know no one here who has watched it. It is never discussed like it is in the English language media. People who watch Netflix seem to think the world revolves around it. Here that is far from the case as there many Dutch alternatives on the cable network and I am quite sure the same is true in other countries in their own language. I am surprised the viewing figures are so low or how accurate are they?
Very few Dutch people know the full titles of King William Alexander:
Koning der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Graaf van Katzenelnbogen,
Graaf van Vianden, Graaf van Diez, Graaf van Spiegelberg, Graaf van Buren, Graaf van Leerdam, Graaf van Culemborg, Markies van Veere enVlissingen, Baron van Breda, Baron van Diest, Baron van Beilstein, Baron van de stad Grave en het Land van Cuyk, Baron van IJsselstein,Baron van Cranendonk, Baron van Eindhoven, Baron van Liesveld, Erf- en Vrijheer van Ameland, Heer van Borculo, Heer van Bredevoort,Heer van Lichtenvoorde, Heer van 't Loo, Heer van Geertruidenberg, Heer van Klundert, Heer van Zevenbergen, Heer van Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe,Heer van Naaldwijk, Heer van Polanen, Heer van Sint-Maartensdijk, Heer van Soest, Baarn en Ter Eem, Heer van Willemstad, Heer van Steenbergen,Heer van Montfort, Heer van Sankt Vith, Heer van Bütgenbach, Heer van Dasburg, Erf-Burggraaf van Antwerpen.
Lol ! Even Elizabeth II haven't a title long like this for any country in which she's the monarch.
You forgeted Bij de Gratie Gods
(By the Grace of God) before Koning der Nederlanden
(King of the Netherlands).
Full style in Dutch : Bij de Gratie Gods, Koning der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Markies van Veere en Vlissingen, Graaf van Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam en Culemborg, Burggraaf van Antwerpen, Baron van Breda, Diest, Beilstein, de stad Grave, het Land van Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonck, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay en Nozeroy, Erf- en Vrijheer van Ameland, Heer van Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Klundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, Sint-Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn, Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St. Vith, Bütgenbach, Niervaart, Daasburg, Turnhout en Besançon
Translation of the full style in English : By the Grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg, Marquis of Veere and Flushing, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg, Burgrave of Antwerp, Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the town of Grave and the lands of Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy, Hereditary and Free Lord of Ameland, Lord of Borculo, Bredevoort, Lichtenvoorde, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Clundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge and Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn, Ter Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfort, St Vith, Bütgenbach, Dasburg, Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon
Short style in Dutch : Koning der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, etc.
Translation of the short style in English : King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, etc.
Can you say me which kind of relation does have the average Dutch subject with his / her monarch ?
Does the average Dutch citizen have an interest about life of royal family ?
Does the average Dutch love , hate or don't care about his / her king ?
What does think the average Dutch about the monarchy ?