What makes someone a duchess

Basically, duchess is the feminization of duke. Dukes and duchesses are usually referred to as "Your Grace," rather than "My Lord" or "My Lady," which is said to their royal peers, Insider reports.

But as soon as he and Kate Middleton wed, he was bestowed the title of Duke of Cambridge Kate received the complementary title of Duchess of Cambridge. As Prince William is second-in-line to the British Royal Throne, he will presumably one day in the future gain the title of King William.

Kate will become Queen Consort, a title of which she is second-in-line for, behind Prince Phillip's wife Camilla Parker-Bowles — the full line of succession is visible on the royal family's website here. As Markle was not born into the royal family, she will never technically be a princess. Duchess Kate is not eligible to earn the title of princess either, as she, too, is royal by marriage and not by blood.

She is fourth-in-line to the throne behind her grandfather, father, and older brother, George Philip Louis. Where this gets even more confusing is the fact that Prince William and Prince Harry's late mother is commonly known as Princess Diana. In actuality, Diana Spencer was never given the title of princess. The most famous couple of this rank would be Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, who is the Queen's youngest child, and his wife.

The lowest rank of the peerage system is baroness, and this can be hereditary or given out, such as was the case with Baroness Karren Brady. The title has origins in the English feudal system, and is a rank of nobility and title of honour.

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