I missed the part about 'what does royalty do'. Royalty prevents the judge from banning you. Also, a title at the end of your messages.
EDIT:
- Also, for the shortened title in game-generated texts (Title Name) where only your most important title is used, Royal of RealmName will be used for non-rulers, rather than any other titles they hold.
- If a royal is tortured or executed, the judge loses more prestige and honour than usual.
- Dukes can swear allegiance to royals at tournaments.
- Dukes can swear allegiance to royals whose characters are visiting their duchy.
- Dukes can swear allegiance to royals if they're both within the same region.