Editing Duke of Normandy (section)

==Modern usage==
[[File:La Reine Notre Duc 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|"La Reine, Notre Duc" ''(The Queen, Our Duke)'': title of a Diamond Jubilee exhibition at the [[Jersey]] Arts Centre in the Channel Islands]]

In the [[Channel Islands]], the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British monarch]] is known informally as the "Duke of Normandy", irrespective of whether or not the holder is male ([[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], for instance, was known by this title).<ref name=cds>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/crown-dependencies |title=Crown Dependencies|work=The Royal Household|access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711004012/https://www.royal.uk/crown-dependencies}}</ref> The Channel Islands are the last remaining part of the former Duchy of Normandy to remain under the rule of the British monarch. Although the English monarchy relinquished claims to continental Normandy and other French claims in 1259 (in the [[Treaty of Paris (1259)|Treaty of Paris]]), the Channel Islands (except for [[Chausey]] under French sovereignty) remain Crown dependencies of the British throne.

The British historian [[Ben Pimlott]] noted that while Queen Elizabeth II was on a visit to mainland Normandy in May 1967, French locals began to doff their hats and shout "Vive la Duchesse!", to which the Queen supposedly replied "Well, I ''am'' the Duke of Normandy!"<ref>{{Google books |id=eNHriNq-89QC |page=314 |title=The Queen: Elizabeth II and the Monarchy |date=2012 |publisher=HarperCollins UK}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2023}}

However, the king is customarily referred to as "The Duke of Normandy", the title used by the islanders, especially during their loyal toast, where they say, "The Duke of Normandy, our King", or "The King, our Duke", "''L'Rouai, nouotre Duc''" or "''L'Roué, note Du''" in [[Norman language|Norman]] ([[Jèrriais]] and [[Guernésiais]] respectively), or "''Le Roi, notre Duc''" in [[Standard French]], rather than simply "The King", as is the practice in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/hierarchies/official-functions/loyal-toast |title=The Loyal Toast |work=[[Debrett's]] |year=2016 |access-date=25 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307234624/http://www.debretts.com/forms-address/hierarchies/official-functions/loyal-toast |archive-date=7 March 2016 |quote=In Jersey the toast of 'The Queen, our Duke' (i.e. Duke of Normandy) is local and unofficial, and used when only islanders are present. This toast is not used in the other Channel Islands.}}</ref><ref name=ChannelIslandsbook>{{Google books |id=UlY6unhtCEAC |page=11 |title=The Channel Islands |quote=...Queen Elizabeth II is often referred to by her traditional and conventional title of Duke of Normandy. However [...] she is not the Duke is a constitutional capacity and instead governs in her right as Queen [...] This notwithstanding, it is a matter of local pride for monarchists to treat the situation otherwise: the Loyal Toast at formal dinners is to 'The Queen, our Duke' similarly to [[The County Palatine, Lancashire]] with [[The Duke of Lancaster]], rather than 'Her Majesty, the Queen' as in the UK."}}</ref>

{{quote|...Queen Elizabeth II is often referred to by her traditional and conventional title of Duke of Normandy. However [...] she is not the Duke in a constitutional capacity and instead governs in her right as Queen [...] This notwithstanding, it is a matter of local pride for monarchists to treat the situation otherwise: the Loyal Toast at formal dinners is to 'The Queen, our Duke' rather than 'Her Majesty, the Queen' as in the UK."<ref name=ChannelIslandsbook/>}}

The title 'Duke of Normandy' is not used in formal government publications, and, as a matter of Channel Islands law, does not exist.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.jerseylaw.je/publications/jglr/PDF%20Documents/JLR9906_le_rouai.pdf |title=Lé Rouai, Nouot' Duc |first=Paul |last=Matthews |journal=Jersey and Guernsey Law Review |volume=1999 |issue=2 |date=1999}}</ref><ref name=ChannelIslandsbook/>