Royal Titles Act 1901

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The Royal Titles Act 1901 was a UK law that authorized a change to the monarch’s official style and titles to reflect the constitutional relationship with the British Empire and its dominions at the start of the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
appliesTo royal style and titles of the British monarch ⓘ
appliesToInstitution Crown ⓘ
appliesToOffice Sovereign of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
centuryOfEnactment 20th century ⓘ
classification public general act ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance reflected the imperial character of the British Crown at the start of the 20th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effectOnMonarchy updated formal representation of the monarch’s imperial role ⓘ
enactedBy United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
enactedUnderMonarch Edward VII ⓘ
governingLawArea constitutional monarchy ⓘ
public law ⓘ
historicalContext early 20th century British Empire ⓘ
historicalRole formalized imperial terminology in the royal style ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
legalCitationStyle Royal Titles Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7) ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatus spent ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make provision with respect to the Royal Titles ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment Edward VII ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
purpose to authorize a change in the monarch’s royal style and titles ⓘ
to reflect the constitutional relationship with the British Empire and its dominions ⓘ
region Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
relatedTo British Empire ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1876 ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1953 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1901 ⓘ
shortTitle Royal Titles Act 1901 ⓘ
subjectMatter British Empire ⓘ
constitutional status of dominions ⓘ
royal style and titles ⓘ
typeOfChangeAuthorized modification of the monarch’s official style ⓘ
modification of the monarch’s official titles ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1901 ⓘ

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Royal Titles Act 1953 → relatedTo → Royal Titles Act 1901 ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1901 → shortTitle → Royal Titles Act 1901 ⓘ
Royal Titles Act 1901 → legalCitationStyle → Royal Titles Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Titles Act 1901