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I've always had a notion that referring to a person by a title such as "your majesty", "your highness", "your Worship", "your Honor" and so on had its roots in the sense that it may be impolite to say just "you". So one refers to his Eminence in the third person, you see, and it became a tradition, at least for some titles. It's just a notion, though.
I'm surprised that this is thought exceptional, as it isn't just a facet of monarchy but honorifics in general, and especially as the U.S. retains titles like “His Hono(u)r, the Judge†- indeed, I read on Wikipedia that: ‘the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the largest unified trial court in the United States, has a rule that the judge shall be addressed only as "Your Honor", and never as "Judge", "Judge (name)", "ma'am", or "sir".'
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