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This was from my response in a Kratu long time ago.
Currently 10 European countries are monarchy.
Monarchs of 7 countries - United Kingdom, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden – use the title of King (or Queen) with the qualification of His (or Her) Majesty (HM). Hence, these countries call themselves Kingdoms.
2 countries – the Prinicipalities of Liechtenstein and Monaco – are reigned by Sovereign Prince (or Princess) with the qualification of His (or Her) Serene Highness (HSH).
Only 1 – the Grand Duchy Luxembourg – that the monarch uses the title of Grand Duke (or Grand Duchess) with the qualification of His (or Her) Royal Highness (HRH)
Not counting the Vatican City and Andorra, which practice non-hereditary succession, 10 European countries currently are monarchy.
For these 10, succession to the thrones can be categorized into 3 groups, as follows
1. Primogeniture (Eldest Male Preference):
a. The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
b. The Kingdom of Denmark
c. The Kingdom of Spain
d. The principality of Monaco
In this category, the “Crown Prince” title is usually installed on the Heir Apparent to the throne (the one whose right to succeed cannot be superseded by a birth of any other person). And that can only be a male and the eldest surviving son of the reigning monarch himself/herself.
If someone else, a brother or a cousin, is the current male heir. He would be called an Heir Presumptive, and usually NOT created a Crown Prince since the sovereign could still produce a male heir who takes over his place at anytime.
The same goes even if the reigning monarch has only daughters. The eldest surviving daughter would be the heir, but she could only be called an Heiress Presumptive NOT Heiress Apparent since there is still a possibility that a son could be born, even posthumously as in the case of Alfonso XIII of Spain. For this reason, the title “Crown Princess” could hardly exist.
But exceptions used to be made in Spain when sometimes an Heiress Presumptive was allowed to use the title “Princess of Asturias” temporarily before her younger brother was born and that title was taken away.
Monaco allows an heiress presumptive to be called the “Hereditary Princess” of Monaco, as Princess Caroline is currently styled. But if Prince Albert happens to sire a legitimate child in the future, that child would definitely take her place and title.
The only possible case when an heiress could be an Heiress Apparent in this category of succession is when she is the eldest surviving daughter of a deceased Heir Apparent.
2. Cognatic Primogeniture (Eldest CHILD preference, regardless of sex):
a. The Kingdom of Belgium
b. The Kingdom of the Netherlands
c. The Kingdom of Norway
d. The Kingdom of Sweden
This type of succession has been rather new in Europe, and in the world, starting with Sweden in 1980, followed by the Netherlands in 1983, Norway in 1990, and Belgium in 1991. (Denmark and Spain might follow in the near future.)
The succession laws in these countries allow females to assume the heiress apparent position for the first time and thus the title “Crown Princess” in her own right came into existence when Princess Victoria (born 1977) takes over the position from her younger brother Prince Carl Philip (born 1979).
The law in Belgium also resulted in placing Princess Astrid and her offsprings in front of her younger brother, Prince Laurent.
The law in Norway has no retroactive effect so Princess Martha Louise did not get to supersede her brother, the current Crown Prince Haakon.
The law in the Netherlands had no effect since Queen Beatrix has only sons and no daughter.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden still remains the only Heiress Apparent in the world although Princesses Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, Catharina Amelia of the Netherlands, and Elisabeth of Belgium will become Heiresses Apparent once their fathers become kings.
The title Princess of Orange is now reserved for the (future) Heiress Apparent to the throne of the Netherlands and no longer used for the wife of the Heir Apparent.
Unless Thailand amends the constitution and/or the succession law to follow Cognatic Primogeniture, I could not see how the title “Crown Princess” could exist in Thailand.
To me personally, I feel that the part of “Princess Maha Chakri” is the representation of the title “Chowfa Maha Chakri, Siam Boroma Raja Kumari” and equates to the title “Princess Royal” of Great Britain.
3. Semi-salic Succession (Female excluded UNLESS necessary, in case of the extinction of all male agnates):
a. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
b. The Principality of Liechtenstein
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