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Our articles List of British monarchs and List of English monarchs both include Queen Anne, which contradicts the claim here that no person ever was both Queen of England and Queen of Great Britain. Perhaps someone with a more subtle mind than I have could find a way to reword the page to avoid the contradiction?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Photon (talk • contribs) 03:17, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Queen of England "incorrect" to describe queens of Great Britain and the United Kingdom?[edit]
This label may be unofficial, but it is correct on two counts:
1. "England" can be used synecdochically to stand for the whole of Great Britain or the whole of the United Kingdom. This usage has gone out of fashion in most modern contexts, but that doesn't make it incorrect. This example could be cited as one context where the usage has been retained.
2. There is a country called England. The only person holding the office of queen in that country is the person holding the office of queen of the United Kingdom (and, formerly, Great Britain). So even if you refuse to acknowledge the synecdochic usage, "queen of England" represents the facts on the ground, so how could it be validly called "incorrect"? Subjects can individualise and refer to "my queen", i.e. "queen of me". So a part of a jurisdiction (i.e. England) can validly be acknowledged as having a queen, even if the office is not limited to that part of the jurisdiction.GSTQ (talk) 23:45, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This is ridiculous. England is not an independent nation. It is a geographical area, not a country. There is no title of "Queen of England" (or "King of England", for that matter). Implying that "England" includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is misleading, and we do not aim to mislead, I trust. --Pete (talk) 06:24, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Queen of England is indeed incorrect, for British female monarchs & consorts. GoodDay (talk) 23:41, 7 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
