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List of honours of the British Crown awarded to heads of state and royalty

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This article serves as an index, as complete as possible, of all the honours (orders, decorations and medals) given by the British Crown to members of the British royal family and foreign royal families.

Awards edit

Monarchies edit

British royal family edit

Member of Family Garter Thistle Bath Merit SS Michael & George
The King KG (1958)
Sovereign (2022)		 KT (1977)
Sovereign (2022)		 GCB & Great Master (1974)
Sovereign (2022)		 OM (2002)
Sovereign (2022)		 Sovereign (2022)
The Queen LG (2022) LT (2023)
The Prince of Wales KG (2008) KT (2012)
The Princess of Wales
The Duke of Sussex
The Duchess of Sussex
The Duke of York KG (2006)
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank
Jack Brooksbank
The Duke of Edinburgh KG (2006) KT (2024)
The Duchess of Edinburgh
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
Earl of Wessex
The Princess Royal KG (1994) KT (2000)
Sir Timothy Laurence CB (2007)
Peter Phillips
Zara Tindall
Mike Tindall
The Duke of Gloucester KG (1997)
The Duchess of Gloucester
The Duke of Kent KG (1985) GCMG & Grand Master (1967)
The Duchess of Kent
Prince Michael of Kent
Princess Michael of Kent
Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy KG (2003)
Member of Family Victorian Order Victorian Chain British Empire Companions of Honour St John
The King Sovereign (2022) Sovereign (2022) Sovereign (2022) Sovereign (2022) Sovereign Head (2022)
The Queen GCVO (2012)
The Prince of Wales
The Princess of Wales GCVO (2019)
The Duke of Sussex KCVO (2015)
The Duchess of Sussex
The Duke of York CVO (1979)
KCVO (2003)
GCVO (2011)
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank
Jack Brooksbank
The Duke of Edinburgh CVO (1989)
KCVO (2003)
GCVO (2011)
The Duchess of Edinburgh GCVO (2010) DStJ (2005)
GCStJ (2022)
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
Earl of Wessex
The Princess Royal GCVO (1974)
Grand Master (2007)		 DStJ (1971)
GCStJ (2009)
Sir Timothy Laurence CVO (1989)
KCVO (2011)
Peter Phillips
Zara Tindall MBE (2007)
Mike Tindall MBE (2007)
The Duke of Gloucester GCVO (1974) GCStJ & Grand Prior (1975)
The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO (1989) DStJ (1975)
The Duke of Kent GCVO (1960)
The Duchess of Kent GCVO (1977)
Prince Michael of Kent KCVO (1992)
GCVO (2003)		 KStJ (2001)
Princess Michael of Kent
Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy GCVO (1960)

Counsellor of State:

  • The Duke of York: 19 February 1981
  • The Prince of Wales: 21 June 2003
  • The Duke of Sussex: 15 September 2005
  • The Queen: 8 September 2022
  • Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: 8 September 2022
  • The Princess Royal: 7 December 2022
  • The Duke of Edinburgh: 7 December 2022

Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:

  • The Prince of Wales: 9 June 2016
  • The Queen: 9 June 2016

Personal Aide-de-Camp:

  • The Duke of Kent: 1 August 1966
  • Mark Phillips: 1 January 1974
  • The Duke of Edinburgh: 1 August 2004
  • Sir Timothy Laurence: 1 August 2004
  • The Prince of Wales: 17 March 2013
  • The Princess Royal: 15 June 2023


European monarchies

Belgian royal family edit

Danish royal family edit

  • Queen Margrethe II:
    • 1979: Stranger Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter
    • 1974: Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain

Dutch royal family edit

Luxembourgish royal family edit

Norwegian royal family edit

Spanish royal family edit

  • King Juan Carlos I:
    • 1988: Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (970th member)
    • 1986: Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
  • King Felipe VI:
    • 2017: Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (1009th member)
    • 1988: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[5]

Swedish royal family edit

  • King Carl XVI Gustaf:
    • 1983: Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (963rd member)
    • 1975: Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain
Asian monarchies

Japanese imperial family edit

Jordanian royal family edit

Malaysia royal families edit

Pahang royal family edit

Thai royal family edit

Oceanic monarchies

Tongan royal family edit

  • King Tupou VI:[citation needed]
    • Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
    • Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
    • Honorary Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John
    • Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Major Sosi'ua Ngalumoetutulu, 4th Kalaniuvalu-Fotofili (Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu's husband)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Members of the Order of the Garter - The official website of The British Monarchy
  2. ^ "King of Norway awarded Honorary Freedom of Newcastle". Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  3. ^ Solholm, Rolleiv (14 November 2008). "King Harald receives honorary title". Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Norway Post. Retrieved 14 November 2008. [dead link]
  4. ^ The Official Website of the British Monarchy, Members of the Order of the Garter
  5. ^ Martínez-Fornés, Almudena (28 April 2011). "La Reina llevará toccado y la Princesa pamela" (in Spanish). abc.es. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
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