Anne, Princess Royal has received numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments as a member of the British royal family and the sister of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Princess Anne of Edinburgh being given as from her birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.
Styles of Anne, Princess Royal | |
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Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
From birth, thanks to letters patent issued by her grandfather George VI on 22 October 1948, Anne was a British princess with the style of Royal Highness and the territorial designation "of Edinburgh". Upon her mother's accession to the throne in 1952, the territorial designation was dropped and she became styled as "The Princess Anne". After she married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she was styled as "The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips" until her mother created her Princess Royal, an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign, on 13 June 1987. Anne is the seventh Princess Royal since the title was first granted to Mary, daughter of Charles I. [4] The previous holder was Anne's great-aunt Mary, daughter of George V.
Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
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![]() | 1969 | Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II [13] | ![]() | |
25 January 1971 | Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem [14] | ![]() | DStJ | |
5 May 2009 | Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem [15] | GCStJ | ||
15 August 1974 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order [16] [17] | ![]() | GCVO | |
20 April 2007 | Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order [18] | |||
![]() | 6 February 1990 | Extra Companion of the Queen's Service Order [19] | ![]() | QSO |
![]() | 23 April 1994 | Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter [20] [17] [21] [22] | ![]() | KG |
![]() | 30 November 2000 | Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle [23] [24] | ![]() | KT |
![]() | 29 September 2005 | Royal Chief Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu [25] | ![]() | GCL |
![]() | 12 April 2022 [26] | Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit [27] [28] | ![]() | CMM |
![]() | 15 June 2023 | Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign | ADC(P) | |
![]() | 3 December 2024 | Recipient of the Royal Family Order of King Charles III [29] | ![]() |
Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters |
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![]() | 1969 | Grand Decoration of Honour for Servies to the Republic of Austria in Gold with Sash [33] | ![]() | |
![]() | Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland | ![]() | ||
![]() | 1971 | Paulownia Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown | ![]() | |
![]() | 1972 | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange | ![]() | |
![]() | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown | ![]() | ||
![]() | 1972–1992 | Order of the Yugoslav Flag with Sash (I rank) | ![]() | |
![]() | 2017 | Commander by Number of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic [34] | ![]() | CnYC |
![]() | Grand Cross, 2nd class, of the National Order of Madagascar [35] | ![]() | ||
![]() | 2021 | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit | ![]() |
Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon |
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![]() | 1971 | Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire [36] | ![]() |
The ribbons worn regularly by Anne in undress uniform are as follows:
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Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
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![]() | 1986 | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons | Fellow (FRCVS) |
![]() | 1987 | Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | Royal Fellow (FRS) [64] |
![]() | 1980s | Royal Scottish Geographical Society | Fellow and Vice President (FRSGS) [65] |
1999 | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow (FRSE) [66] | |
![]() | 2006 | Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation | Honorary Fellow |
2010 | Royal Academy of Engineering | Royal Fellow (FREng) [67] | |
2011 | Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce | President [68] | |
2012 | Academy of Medical Sciences | Royal Fellow (FMedSci) | |
![]() | 2017 | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Honorary Fellow (FRCS) [69] |
![]() | 2019 | City Literary Institute | Fellow [70] |
![]() | Royal Canadian Geographical Society | Honorary Fellow [71] | |
![]() | 2021 | Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers | President [72] |
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
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![]() | 1984–1985 | Worshipful Company of Farriers [73] | Master |
1986 | Worshipful Company of Carmen [74] [75] | ||
1992 | Worshipful Company of Loriners [73] | ||
1994 | Worshipful Company of Woolmen [76] | ||
1994 | Worshipful Company of Saddlers [73] | ||
2014 | Perpetual Master | ||
2001–2002 | Worshipful Company of Farmers [77] | Master | |
2005–2007 | Honourable Company of Master Mariners [73] | ||
2008–2009 | Guild of Freemen of the City of London [73] | ||
2010–2011 | Worshipful Company of Butchers [73] | ||
2017–2018 | Worshipful Company of Fishmongers [78] | Prime Warden |
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
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![]() | 1996 | General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | Lord High Commissioner [79] |
2017 |
Country | Date | Institution | Position |
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![]() | 1981 | University of London [80] | Chancellor |
![]() | 2011 | University of Edinburgh [81] | |
2012 | University of the Highlands and Islands [82] | ||
![]() | 2013 | Harper Adams University [83] | |
2024 | Health Sciences University [84] |
Country | Date | Institution | Degree |
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![]() | 2004 | University of Regina [85] | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
2010 | Memorial University of Newfoundland [86] | ||
![]() | 2011 | Cranfield University [87] | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
![]() | 2020 | University of Aberdeen [88] | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
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![]() | 1971 | TS Royalist | Lady Sponsor [89] |
![]() | 2015 | Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews | Honorary Member [90] |
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO to be promoted Air Chief Marshal with effect from 15 August 2020.
Although HRH The Princess Royal and HRH Princess Alexandra are both female they are actually included with the Royal Knights Companions, and they bear the post-nominal letters KG (not LG).