Titles and Styles
The titles and styles of the Royal Family are as follows:
- The occupant of the Throne is The King, together with other titles pertaining to the Crown or belonging to members of the Royal Family. He or She is styled His or Her Majesty.
- The King's wife is The Queen with the style Her Majesty.
- The husband of the Queen regnant is the Prince of Spain and is styled His Royal Highness.
- The King's heir apparent or heir presumptive bears the title Prince of Asturias with the style His or Her Royal Highness. The spouse of a Prince or Princess of Asturias holds the title Princess or Prince of Asturias with the style Her (or His) Royal Highness.
- The King's sons and daughters, not being the Prince or Princess of the Asturias, as well as the children of the Prince or Princess, bear the title Infante or Infanta of Spain, and are styled as His or Her Royal Highness. The children of an Infante or Infanta have the rank of Grandees, and the style of or His or Her His or Her Excellency.
- Spouses and widows/widowers of the monarch's sons and daughters, other than those of the Prince or Princess of Asturias, are entitled to the form of address and honours the monarch may grant them.
- The sovereign may also grant the dignity of Infante or Infanta and the style of Highness.
- If the heirs of King Juan Carlos I were to expire, the 1978 Constitution reserves the right for the Cortes Generales to designate the successor branch as may be suitable for Spain.
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