I would turn down any of these signs of oppression sp1814.
Neither would I call Lizzie "ma'am" now any judge 'mi'lord' etc.
pixie374,- "What kind of people would take any notice of a title?
old Bess is still queen in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
I fear you are under not aware of the sheer servile , obsequious conformity that has been conditioned and inculcated into a huge mass of humanity... never seen the Japs, Chinese, Americans..... grovel in glee outside Buckie Place, Changing of the Guards, etc.
Do you realise how many 'Royal' families exist in Europe and beyond.
I would guesstimate 70- 90% on this forum that use News, R&S,Culture etc., would grovel/curtsy at the ex- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha gaze.