For the record this sort of thing has happened in the UK fairly often, where an MP has inherited an hereditary title unexpectedly. Since MP’s aren’t allowed to also be Lords.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @mssilverstein and
Yeah the US hasn't actually adopted the harsher version of the Title of Nobility Clause (no US officeholder is allowed to ever have had a title, or must renounce all titles they hold) because it is create unnecessary headaches
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Since officially renouncing a title is a big deal and has all kinds of implications in the countries that give them IIRC the UK doesn't actually have an official procedure for you to unilaterally renounce a knighthood for instance
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
You can have your knighthood officially stripped due to dishonor but if you just personally say "I'm not a knight anymore" you still officially are one
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Yeah John Lennon is still listed as an MBE on Wikipedia even though he sent his insignia back as an antiwar protest
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
I think that if, for instance, Sir Patrick Stewart OBE goes through with the process of acquiring US citizenship the protocol would just be to not call him "Sir Patrick" in an "American context" but to continue to do so in a "British context" as long as he's a dual citizen
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
I didn't know he was planning that he should also adopt Kristen Stewart, just to keep things clear
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
He said as a US resident for decades he thought it was time to finally pull the trigger so he could vote against Donald Trump, although he may not make the deadline
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
would he lose his UK citizenship (separate from title)?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @bazzalisk and
Not automatically, he'd be a dual citizen
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Dual citizenship happens because usually you don't automatically lose citizenship in one country when you gain it in another unless the two countries are enemies
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