Household of King George V and Queen Mary Household of King George V and Queen Mary The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British Royal Family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has his own separate Household. King George V (1865–1936) was created Duke of York in 1892, and received a separate household together with his brother. Courtiers appointed to assist the Prince George of Wales until that year had been part of his parents´ household. After his marriage to Princess Mary of Teck
Duke of Teck German titles on behalf of himself and those of his family members domiciled in his realms, including the Tecks. The Duke of Teck thus renounced, in July 1917, his German titles of prince and duke in the Kingdom of Württemberg, as well as the styles of "Highness" and "Serene Highness". Adolphus, along with his brother, Prince Alexander of Teck, then assumed the name "Cambridge", which had been borne as his territorial designation by their maternal grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. This "renunciation" had no legal effect whatsoever in the state where the title existed, Württemberg, or in Germany as