
The dangers facing massage therapists made headlines last month, when NFL quarterback Deshuan Watson was suspended by the Cleveland Browns for 11 games and given a $5 million fine after he was accused of sexual misconduct by 24 massage therapists. She’s also on a mission to combat harmful stereotypes that plague the massage industry. In response, Fleming launched the ethics course, “Safety & Solicitation: Gaslighting and Power Dynamics” to help other therapists recognize threatening behavior from clients. I wasn't sure if it was worth it, but I stuck it out, “ says Fleming. So I really contemplated just leaving the industry all together between the vulgar messages and then trying to navigate that. “At that point I now had to process this traumatic experience while also navigating a brand new industry that put me alone in a dark room with strangers. What she didn’t expect was sexual harassment, which she says began almost instantly. Priscilla Fleming became a licensed massage therapist in 2019 to help people. The prince was given his baron title when he married Sarah Ferguson back in 1986.

Queen Elizabeth’s third born holds the title the Duke of York, the Earl of Inverness and the Baron Killyleagh. Often while visiting the country, he goes by Baron (or Lord) Carrickfergus. The royal was given the title when he married Kate Middleton (making her a baroness) back in 2011. Like his father, the Duke of Cambridge also holds a baron title-the Baron Carrickfergu, referring to Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In fact, he holds many other noble titles, including the Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland. Not only is he the official successor to the throne, but as it turns out, the Prince of Wales is also the Baron Renfrew (an area in Scotland). Not to mention, if you marry someone who holds the title, then you get one too.ĪRE THERE ANY FAMOUS MODERN-DAY Barons? 1. You can be named one by the Prime Minister, as long as Queen Elizabeth approves, of course. That’s right-you technically don’t have to be born into nobility, or inherit a peerage, to be a baroness or a baron. The titles can be passed down or bestowed. Simply stated, a barroness is the wife or widow of a baron or a woman who holds the title in her own right-by being given it or having it handed down (but more on that below). However, it’s use has declined in a handful of countries aside from the U.K. Throughout history, the title has existed in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

There are more barons (over 400, to be exact) than any other title in the peerage system. Per PEOPLE, during a tour of Kate’s garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2019, William called Princess Charlotte “Mignonette.” The name is derived from the French word “mignon”, meaning “small, sweet, and delicate” or “cute.”Īlso in 2019, a fan learned Kate’s nickname for Princess Charlotte through a quick and casual chat with the Duchess, who asked her son’s age then replied, “Oh, he’s the same age as Lottie ”įortunately, seeing as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge might be a bit of a mouthful for fellow classmates, the little royal just goes by Charlotte Cambridge while attending school at Thomas’s Battersea in London.The rank was initially created to denote a tenant-in-chief to the monarch (someone who owned land and used it for feudal land tenure) who was allowed to attend Parliament, but now it doesn’t come with those bells and whistles. Prince William and Kate Middleton also have been heard calling their children by nicknames. According to a 2021 story in PEOPLE, Princess Charlotte penned a letter to her “Granny” - the late Princess Diana - in honor of Mother’s Day, writing “Papa is missing you.”Īt the G-7 summit last summer, Kate appeared to address Prince Charles as “grandpa.” Over the years, the media have unearthed several nicknames that are used within the Royal Family.

To the public, Prince William is His Royal Highness, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus - but to 9-year-old Prince George, he’s just “Pops.”Īccording to Fiona Sturgess, who in 2018 told reporters that she spotted Kate Middleton while she was visiting Leicester, “Kate said that William was playing football with the children last night and one of them said, I think it was George, ‘Are you playing football tomorrow, Pops?'”
