Even The Royals Can Have An Error on a Birth Certificate

The Royal family has been celebrating Prince George’s fourth birthday this weekend…

… and the celebrations have reminded everyone of this minor discrepancy on his birth certificate!

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There’s one part of the document that has raised eyebrows in particular, have you noticed it?

The little rascal, officially named HRH Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, was of course born on July 22 2013.

But it’s his mother Kate, that has people’s attention.

Catherine’s official title is Catherine Elizabeth, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge – which is what we all know her as.

However, her official occupation on the form is the interesting bit, which we’ll get to later.

When she married Prince William in 2011, she was given the official title of Duchess of Cambridge because she can’t, in fact, be known as Princess as she wasn’t born a royal.

But despite all that her occupation is listed as ‘Princess of the United Kingdom’

And that’s because she fulfils the duties of a princess – without being allowed to be called one.
Altogether a bit unnecessary to continue to make the distinction, isn’t it?

By Aoife Ryan Christensen

23/07/2017

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