changes to the ATR FAQ (part 1: Britain)

What follows are the changes made to the ATR FAQ since the last posting.
The changes are presented as output of the "diff -c" Unix utility. Each
change is separated by a line with a dozen *'s. A certain amount of context
is provided for each change. Within that context, the lines removed from
the previous version are marked with '-'; those added to the new version
are marked '+'. Lines that are changed from one file to the other are
marked in both files with '!'.


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! Last updated on: 29 Apr 2011

For comments, additions, suggestions, please contact the maintainer,
François Velde (http://www.heraldica.org/contact.html).
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! Last updated on: 17 Jan 2012

For comments, additions, suggestions, please contact the maintainer,
François Velde (http://www.heraldica.org/contact.html).
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Anyone who is not the sovereign or the holder of a substantive (as
opposed to courtesy) peerage. This includes all members of the royal
family who are not peers, and all members of peerage families except
! the actual peer: for example, the duke of Cambridge, the Princess
Royal, the earl of Arundel (son of a duke) are all commoners.

While this definition is legally correct, it seems counter-intuitive to
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Anyone who is not the sovereign or the holder of a substantive (as
opposed to courtesy) peerage. This includes all members of the royal
family who are not peers, and all members of peerage families except
! the actual peer: for example, Prince Harry of Wales, the Princess
Royal, the earl of Arundel (son of a duke) are all commoners.

While this definition is legally correct, it seems counter-intuitive to
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François R. Velde
velde@xxxxxxxxxx (replace by "heraldica")
Heraldica Web Site: http://www.heraldica.org/
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