The Royal Titles Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2 c. 9) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. It authorizes the Queen to alter
her style and titles for the United Kingdom as well as territories whose foreign relations are under the responsibility of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
A royal proclamation was made under the Act on 28 May 1953. It defined the Queen's titles as:
* in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
:
* in
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
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See also
*
Royal Style and Titles Act In the Commonwealth realms, a Royal Style and Titles Act or a Royal Titles Act is an Act of Parliament passed in the relevant jurisdiction which defines the sovereign's formal title in that jurisdiction. The most significant of these acts is the Ro ...
References
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1953
Titles in the United Kingdom
1953 in the British Empire