{{Short description|Type of title of nobility or royalty}} A '''substantive title''', in the United Kingdom, is a title of nobility which is owned in its own right, as opposed to titles shared among cadets, borne as a courtesy title by a peer's relatives, or acquired through marriage.<ref name="gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/titles-included-in-passports/titles-accessible|title=About titles|website=GOV.UK|access-date={{date|18apr24}}}}</ref>
== Current monarchies ==
* {{flag|United Kingdom}} – ''Prince of Wales'' (must be conferred by the monarch after merging in the Crown) * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – ''Duke of Cornwall'' (restricted to the eldest son of the monarch who is also heir apparent) * {{flag|United Kingdom}} – ''Duke of Rothesay'' (restricted to the eldest son of the monarch who is also heir apparent)
== Granted titles ==
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' treated titles used by dynasties of abolished monarchies:<ref name="diesbach">{{Cite book|title=Secrets of the Gotha|last=de Diesbach|first=Ghislain|authorlink = Ghislain de Diesbach |year=1967|publisher=Chapman & Hall|location=UK, pp. 23-24, 29, 37}}</ref> the head of the house bearing a traditional title of the dynasty in lieu of or after the given name.
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * {{flag|United Kingdom}}: ** ''Princess Royal''; since 1987 ** Duke of Albany ** Duke of Cambridge; since 2011: on occasion of the recipient's wedding ** Duke of Clarence ** Duke of Edinburgh; since 2023: on occasion of the recipient's birthday ** Duke of Gloucester ** Duke of Kent ** Duke of Lancaster ** Duke of Sussex; since 2018: on occasion of the recipient's wedding ** Duke of York; since 1986: on occasion of the recipient's wedding ** Duke of Windsor; from 1936, on occasion of the recipient's abdication ** Earl of Forfar; since 2019: on occasion of the recipient's 55th birthday ** Earl of Wessex; since 1999: on occasion of the recipient's wedding }}
In accordance with a tradition dating back to the reign of Napoleon I, titles in pretence were treated by the ''Almanach de Gotha'' as if still borne by members of reigning dynasties.<ref name="diesbach"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
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