The International Commission on Nobility and Royalty

The International Commission on Nobility and Royalty was originally conceived to protect the field of nobility and royalty from modern day pirates who impersonate, and by their fraudulent declarations defame and denigrate those who hold authentic titles and valid claims. Education through articles are the chief means the Commission will use to defend and preserve the field from the menacing forces that are presently besieging it and denigrating its members.

Regrettably, there are literally thousands of people with phony titles of nobility, who claim royal or noble descent. They are masquerading as genuine title holders throughout the earth. Some thirty or more foul organizations are deceifully pumping out hundreds of counterfeit title holders, and at least forty plus self-appointed phony orders of chivalry exist — giving out imitation knighthoods rather than authentic ones. By the turn of the century, this kind of fraud has more than quadrupled. The problem is, not only are they fake, but title inflation cheapens the greatness of those who are real, and hold authentic titles and genuine honors.

Another way this hurts what is real, is that number of these self-deceived impersonators believe they are suddenly high class and give out bad examples, which makes what is real look bad. That is, instead of being unpretentious and dignified, they are, to some degree, showy, high minded and haughty, which behaviour turns people off; such that, those who deal with them tend to consider all title holders with distain as snobby individuals. The legitimate nobles are not this way, but it is often quite difficult to discern the actual and real from the fakes without specialize knowledge — hence, the existence and importance of this website.

Others claim illustrious ancestors based on nothing more than family fairy tales or vague legends passed down through the generations, or because of unscrupulous greedy men who sell unproven pedigrees on the internet to the unwary and unguarded.

In general, internet fraud is a frightening and growing problem. The Internet Crime Complaint Center reports over $500 million worth dalors worth of fraud in 2010. This huge amount only expresses what has been complained about to the authorities. Much more fraud actual occurred — probably seven to eight times as much, but was never reported. This kind of crime is rampant and epidemic. It also exists in the field of nobility and royalty.

It is a very sad and undeniable fact that we live in a day of increasing frauds, bogus titles and scoundrels who plunder and take advantage of the innocent and the ignorant. Hence, there really needs to be a practical and effective organization designed to help protect the public and safeguard it from the lies and deceit of the self-proclaimed title consultants, fake knighthoods and unaccredited genealogists.

Another threat to the field is the domestic or nationalistic belief that any title of nobility given by a former sovereign house in current times is for private use only and has no worth or value, because no government will recognize it. However, under international law, deposed royal houses are legally sovereign and therefore can preserve those rights by obedience to the laws that can preserve it intact from generation to generation.

The International Commission has been organized as a private, non-public organization. It was with the idea in mind of protecting the public like a professional association or licensing board would. It has not been set up to expose false nobility or make believe titles, but to educate people so they can recognize counterfeiters as some create impressive websites, and mislead very skillfully.

Another equally important priority is to promote the ideals of nobility, royalty and monarchy in modern times, including its illustrious past, its future and its potential to benefit all mankind.

We have the ambition of making it eminently obvious to all people that constitutional monarchy is a choice that has brought prosperity and stability to most of the richest and most democratic nations on earth — nations that are doing an unusually good job of protecting our most precious of rights as human beings — principles such as life, liberty and the free pursuit of happiness.

In order to be effective in combating the identified threats to nobility and royalty and in promoting the immense potential for good that monarchy can create, we invite people everywhere to become members though donations to enable us to fulfill our important purposes.

To become fully operational, to accomplish our mission, to make a real difference in the world, we need your support. No one makes a salary in this organization. Everyone is a volunteer from the president on down. Every little amount contributed means that we can expand and enlarge our operations to measure up to the immense task that is before us. Your help is needed and wanted. Please make the future brighter and contribute.