Notes and queries THIRD SERIES—VOL. VII. 1865
p.37 We believe Henry VIII. was the first English sovereign who was styled "His Majesty." The titles of English sovereigns have undergone many changes: Henry IV. was "His Grace;" Henry VI., "His Excellent Grace;" Edward IV, "High and Mighty Prince;" Henry VII., "His Grace," and "His Highness;" Henry VIII., first "His Highness," and then " His Majesty." "His Sacred Majesty" was the title assumed by subsequent sovereigns, which was afterwards changed to "Most Excellent Majesty."
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