Queen Elizabeth II’s Titles Shockingly Include ‘Duke,’ ‘Lord’ Despite Being Female

Queen Elizabeth’s titles shockingly include “duke” and “lord” despite being female.

The monarch has many titles aside from being called Queen. There are ancient privileges belonging to Her Majesty that stayed exactly the same, which resulted in surprising quirks.

When Queen Elizabeth II is at home, she is called “The Queen” and maintains other titles and honors including the Defender of the Faith. But in other realms, she has unexpected titles. In fact, Queen Elizabeth II is called ”Duke” and “Lord” despite being female.

“The title the Duke of Normandy stretches all the way back the Middle Ages, and today the Channel Islands are all that remain of the former English claim to the French province,” Anna Kretschmer wrote.

“The Queen has the title, which remains as Duke and is not changed to Duchess for her, in the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. The loyal toast to her Majesty used on the islands is ‘The Duke of Normandy, our Queen.’”

The Queen is also known in the ancient Duchy of Lancaster as the Duke of Lancaster. In fact, the national anthem of Lancaster read “God Save our gracious Queen, long live our noble Duke.”

Meanwhile, in the Isle of Man, the Queen reigns under another male title as “Lord of Mann.” The title is used regardless of gender. Queen Victoria was also styled in the same manner.

In related news, Queen Elizabeth II reportedly told broadcaster John Humphrys that she would never do an interview with him. Humphrys was invited to a lunch with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. After their lunch, he asked the Queen if they could do an interview, but the monarch declined and told him that if she would do an interview, it would be certainly not with him.

There are also rumors that Meghan Markle left the Queen broken hearted and insulted Kate Middleton. An unknown insider claimed that the Queen was furious and upset when Markle turned down her invitation to join her in Balmoral because according to Prince Harry’s wife, her son Archie is still too young to travel.