Note: The Formal title should probably be expanded to include either "Royalty", "Nobility", or both. There has been some discussion of this point with the [[Royalty & Nobility Committee]], but they seem conflicted about whether "Nobility" is sufficiently encompassing.
=Style manual — Chicago Manual of Style= Primary source of style is the Chicago manual:
The Chicago manual of style.<br>
16th ed.<br>
The University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Specific points of style include:
*Serial commas in all situations — alpha, beta, and gamma
*Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957
*Calendar designation shall be either "BC" or "AD" whenever there may be ambiguity — AD 1957 or 3400 BC, but 2 January 201 AD
*Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods — thus USA, FAS, PhD
*Endnotes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not <sup>1</sup>
*Endnotes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1]
=Format=