In monarchies, people {nobility} can have hereditary and/or life titles. In England, the king or queen, and princes and princesses, are royalty. Non-royal titles descend as duke/duchess, marquess/marquessa (marquis/marquise), earl/countess (count/countess), viscount/viscountess, and baron/baroness. Life peers can be only barons or baronesses. Honorary non-noble titles descend as baronet/baronetess, knight/dame, and esquire. A baronet's wife is a lady, a knight's wife is a dame, and an esquire's wife may be a lady. England has the Prince of Wales and the Dukes of York, Kent, Gloucester, Cornwall, and Edinburgh.
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