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List of Titles and Honours of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

This is a list of awards, decorations, honours, orders and titles belonging to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. If a single date is listed in the Dates column, then it is the date of the attaining of the award or title. If two are listed, then the first indicates the date of the attaining of the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss. (Many titles were lost when colonies became independent states. Others were lost when the Queen ascended to the throne, and took higher titles.)

Table of contents

1 Royal titles 2 Former royal titles 3 Commonwealth honours 4 Foreign honours 5 Honorary military positions 6 Non-national titles and honours 7 Academic titles and honours 8 See also

Royal titles

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's current titles in each of her realms are:

• Antigua and Barbuda: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Antigua and Barbuda and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Australia: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• The Bahamas: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Barbados: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Barbados and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Belize: Elizabeth The Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Belize and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Canada:
  • English: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
  • French: Elizabeth Deux, par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défendeur de la Foi.

• Grenada: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Grenada and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Jamaica: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Jamaica and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth.

• New Zealand: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

• Papua New Guinea: Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Papua New Guinea and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Saint Kitts and Nevis: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Saint Christopher and Nevis and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Saint Lucia: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Saint Lucia and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Solomon Islands: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of the Solomon Islands and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Tuvalu: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Tuvalu and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
  • English: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
  • Latin: Elizabeth II, Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regnorumque Suorum Ceterorum Regina, Consortionis Populorum Princeps, Fidei Defensor.

Former royal titles

Elizabeth II also held the following titles at various times in her reign:

• Ceylon: Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Ceylon and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

• Fiji (1970-1987): Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Fiji and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• The Gambia (1965-1970): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of The Gambia and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Ghana (1957-1960): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Ghana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

• Guyana (1966-1970): Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Guyana and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Kenya (1963-1964): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Kenya and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Malawi (1964-1966): Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Malta (1964-1974): Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Malta and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Mauritius (1968-1992): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Mauritius and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Nigeria (1960-1963): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Nigeria and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Pakistan (1952-1956): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of the United Kingdom and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Rhodesia (1965-1970)¹: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Rhodesia and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Sierra Leone (1961-1971): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Sierra Leone and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• South Africa (1952-1961): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of South Africa and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Tanganyika (1961-1962): Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Tanganyika and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

• Trinidad and Tobago (1962-1976): Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Trinidad and Tobago and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

• Uganda (1962-1963): ''Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Uganda and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

¹Although she was recognized as Queen of Rhodesia by the Rhodesian government, she never accepted or exercised the office for the five years between the Rhodesian declaration of independence and the proclamation of the Republic of Rhodesia in 1970.

Commonwealth honours

Country	Award or Order	Class or Position	Dates
United Kingdom	George VI Royal Family Order	First Class	1937 1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Garter	Lady	1947 1952
United Kingdom	Privy Counsellor
1951 1952
United Kingdom	Imperial Order of the Crown of India	Member	1951 1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem	Dame Grand Cross	1951 1952
Canada	Canadian Forces Decoration
1951
United Kingdom	Order of the Garter	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Thistle	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of St Patrick	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Bath	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of Merit	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Star of India	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of St Michael and St George	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Indian Empire	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Royal Order of Victoria and Albert	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Imperial Order of the Crown of India	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Royal Victorian Order	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the British Empire	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Companions of Honour	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Distinguished Service Order	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Imperial Service Order	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of British India	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Indian Order of Merit	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of Burma	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Royal Family Orders	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem	Sovereign	1952
United Kingdom	Order of Mercy	Sovereign	1952
Pakistan	Order of Pakistan	1st Class	1960
Canada	Order of Canada	Sovereign	1967
Jamaica	Order of the National Hero	Sovereign	1968
Jamaica	Order of Jamaica	Sovereign	1968
Jamaica	Order of Merit	Sovereign	1968
Jamaica	Order of Distinction	Sovereign	1968
Singapore	Order of Temasek	1st Class	1972
Malaysia	Order of the State Crown
1972
Brunei	Royal Family Order	1st Class	1972
Maldive Islands	Order of the Distinguished Leader	1st Class-Ghazi	1972
Kenya	Order of the Golden Heart
1972
Canada	Order of Military Merit	Sovereign	1972
Jamaica	Order of the Nation	Sovereign	1973
The Gambia	Order of the Republic of Gambia	Grand Commander	1974
Australia	Order of Australia	Sovereign	1975
New Zealand	Queen's Service Order	Sovereign	1975
Malawi	Order of the Lion	Grand Commander	1979
Botswana	Presidential Order
1979
Barbados	Order of Barbados	Sovereign	1980
St Lucia	Order of St Lucia	Sovereign	1980
Solomon Islands	Order of the Star
1982
Dominica	Award of Honour
1985
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinity Cross	Gold	1985
New Zealand	Order of New Zealand	Sovereign	1987
Belize	Order of the National Hero	Sovereign	1991
Belize	Order of Belize	Sovereign	1991
Belize	Order of Distinction	Sovereign	1991
Malta	Order of Merit	Companion of Honour	1992
Brunei	Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei
1992
South Africa	Order of Good Hope	Grand Cross in Gold	1995
New Zealand	Order of Merit	Sovereign	1996
St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla	Order of the National Hero	Grand Master	1997
Antigua and Barbuda	Order of the National Hero	Sovereign	1998
Antigua and Barbuda	Order of the Nation	Sovereign	1998
Antigua and Barbuda	Order of Merit	Sovereign	1998
Antigua and Barbuda	Order of Princely Heritage	Sovereign	1998
Canada	Order of Merit of the Police Forces	Sovereign	2000

Foreign honours

Country	Award or Order	Class or Position	Dates
Denmark	Order of the Elephant	Knight	1947
Egypt	Decoration of al-Kamal	In Brilliants	1948
France	Order of the Legion of Honour	Grand Cordon	1948
Nepal	Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
1949
The Netherlands	Order of the Netherlands Lion	Knight Grand Cross	1950
Greece	Order of St Olga and St Sophia	1st Class	1950
Jordan	Order of Hussein ibn' Ali	Collar	1950
Sweden	Royal Order of the Seraphim	Knight	1953
Panama	Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero	Gold Collor	1953
Libya	Order of Idris I	Grand Cordan with Collar	1954
Ethiopia	Order of Solomon	Grand Collar	1954
Norway	Order of St Olav	Grand Cross with Collar	1955
Portugal	Riband of the Three Orders
1955
Iraq	Order of the Hashimites
1956
Italy	Order of Merit	Grand Cordon with Collar	1958
West Germany	Order of Merit	Grand Cross, Special Class	1958
Iran	Order of Pahlavi	Grand Collar	1959
Peru	Order of the Sun	Grand Cross in Brilliants	1960
Argentina	Order of the Liberator General San Martin	Grand Collar	1960
Thailand	Order of the House of Chakri	Knight with Collar	1960
Nepal	Mahendra Chain
1961
Tunisia	Order of Independence	Grand Cordon with Collar	1961
Finland	Order of the White Rose	Grand Cross with Collar	1961
Mali	National Order	Grand Cordon	1961
Senegal	Order of the Lion	Grand Cordon	1961
Liberia	Order of the Pioneers of the Republic	Knight Grand Band	1961
Côte d'Ivoire	Order of the Ivory Coast	Grand Cordon	1962
Liberia	Order of the Star of Africa	Knight Grand Band	1962
Japan	Order of the Chrysanthemum	Collar	1962
Cameroon	Order of Valour	Grand Cordon	1963
Belgium	Order of Leopold	Grand Cross	1963
Greece	Order of the Redeemer	Grand Cross	1963
Iceland	Order of the Icelandic Falcon	Grand Cross with Collar	1963
Sudan	Chain of Honour
1964
Chile	Order of Merit	Grand Collar	1965
Austria	Decoration of Honour for Merit	Grand Star	1966
Brazil	Order of the Southern Cross	Grand Collar	1968
Niger	National Order	Grand Cordon	1969
Abu Dhabi	Order of Al-Nahayyan	1st Class	1969
Gabon	Order of the Equatorial Star	Grand Cordon	1970
Afghanistan	Order of the Supreme Sun
1971
Luxembourg	Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau	Knight	1972
Yugoslavia	Order of the Yugoslavian Grand Star
1972
Mexico	National Order of the Aztec Eagle	Grand Collar	1973
Zaire	Order of the Leopard	Grand Cordon	1973
Indonesia	Star of Anapurna	1st Class	1974
Egypt	Order of the Nile	Grand Collar	1975
Portugal	Military Order of St James of the Sword	Grand Collar	1978
Kuwait	Order of Mubarak the Great	Collar	1979
Bahrain	Order of al-Khalifa	Collar	1979
Saudi Arabia	Badr Chain
1979
Qatar	Collar of Independence
1979
Oman	Order of Oman	Superior Class	1979
Tunisia	Order of the Republic	Grand Collar	1980
Morocco	Order of Muhammad	Grand Collar	1980
Oman	Order of Said
1982
Spain	Order of Carlos III	Grand Cross with Collar	1986
South Korea	Order of Nungunghwa
1986
Spain	Order of the Golden Fleece	Knight	1988
Nigeria	Order of the Federal Republic	Grand Cordon	1989
The UAE	Collar of the Federation
1989
Poland	Order of Merit	Grand Cross	1991
Hungary	Order of Merit	Grand Cross	1991
Portugal	Military Order of the Tower and Sword	Grand Collar	1993
Colombia	Order of the Cross of Boyaca	Grand Collar	1993
Kuwait	Order of Kuwait	Special Class	1995
Poland	Order of the White Eagle
1996
Czech Republic	Order of the White Lion	1st Class	1996
Latvia	Order of The Three Stars	Grand Cross with Collar	1996
Peru	Order of Merit	Grand Cross	1998
Kazahkstan	Order of the Golden Eagle
2000

Honorary military positions

Military Force	Unit	Position	Dates
British Army	Grenadier Guards	Colonel	1942 1952
British Army	Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	Colonel-in-Chief	1947
British Army	16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers	Colonel-in-Chief	1947 1994
South African Army	Royal Durban Light Infantry	Colonel-in-Chief	1947 1961
Canadian Army	Le Régiment de la Chaudière	Colonel-in-Chief	1947
Canadian Army	48th Highlanders of Canada	Colonel-in-Chief	1947
South African Army	South African Railways and Harbours Brigade	Colonel-in-Chief	1947 1961
British Army	Women's Royal Army Corps	Honorary Brigadier	1949
Canada Army	The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	Colonel-in-Chief	1950
British Army	The Life Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Royal Horse Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Grenadier Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Coldstream Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Scots Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Irish Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Welsh Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Royal Regiment of Artillery	Captain-General	1952
British Army	Corps of Royal Engineers	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
British Army	Honourable Artillery Company	Captain-General	1952
Canadian Army	The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery	Captain-General	1952
Canadian Army	The Governor General's Horse Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1952
South African Army	Imperial Light Horse	Colonel-in-Chief	1952 1961
British Army	Royal Scots Greys	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1971
British Army	Royal Tank Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
British Army	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
British Army	The Loyal Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1970
British Army	The King's Royal Rifle Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1966
British Army	Royal Army Ordnance Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1956
British Army	The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars	Honorary Colonel	1953 1956
British Army	Combined Cadet Force	Captain-General	1953
Royal Air Force	Royal Auxiliary Air Force	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force Regiment	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
Royal Air Force	Royal Observer Corps	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
Royal Air Force	Royal Air Force College, Cranwell	Commandant-in-Chief	1953
British Army	Royal West African Frontier Force	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1959
British Army	The King's African Rifles	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1964
British Army	Northern Rhodesia Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1964
British Army	Royal Malta Artillery	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1974
British Army	The King's Own Malta Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1972
Canadian Army	The King's Own Calgary Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1967
Canadian Army	Le Royal 22e Régiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	Governor General's Foot Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	The Canadian Grenadier Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	The Carleton and York Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1956
Canadian Army	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	Honorary Commissioner	1953
Royal Canadian Air Force	Royal Canadian Air Force Auxiliary	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
Australian Army	Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery	Captain-General	1953
Australian Army	Royal Australian Engineers	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Australian Army	Royal Australian Infantry Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Australian Army	Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Australian Army	Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Royal Australian Air Force	Australian Citizen Air Force	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
New Zealand Army	Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery	Captain-General	1953
New Zealand Army	Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps	Captain-General	1953
New Zealand Army	Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
New Zealand Army	The Countess of Ranfurly's Own Auckland Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1964
New Zealand Army	Wellington Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1964
Royal New Zealand Air Force	Territorial Air Force of New Zealand	Air-Commodore-in-Chief	1953
South African Army	Royal Natal Carbineers	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1961
South African Army	Kaffrarian Rifles	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1961
British Army	Royal Rhodesia Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1953 1970
British Army	The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	The Canadian Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1953
Canadian Army	The Royal New Brunswick Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1956
British Army	The Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1956 1963
British Army	The Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry	Honorary Colonel	1956
Canadian Army	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1958
Ghanese Army	Ghana Regiment of Infantry	Colonel-in-Chief	1959 1960
British Army	Royal Nigerian Military Forces	Colonel-in-Chief	1959 1963
British Army	Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces	Colonel-in-Chief	1959 1971
Royal Navy
Lord High Admiral	1964
New Zealand Army	Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1964
British Army	Malawi Rifles	Colonel-in-Chief	1964
British Army	Royal Green Jackets	Colonel-in-Chief	1966
British Army	Blues and Royals	Colonel-in-Chief	1969
British Army	The Queen's Lancashire Regiment	Colonel-in-Chief	1970
Fijian Army	Royal Fiji Military Forces	Colonel-in-Chief	1970 1987
British Army	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Colonel-in-Chief	1971
British Army	The Queen's Own Yeomanry	Colonel-in-Chief	1971 1999
British Army	The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry	Colonel-in-Chief	1973 1992
British Army	Corps of Royal Military Police	Colonel-in-Chief	1977
Canadian Forces	Canadian Forces Military Engineers Branch	Colonel-in-Chief	1977
New Zealand Army	Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1977 1996
Canadian Forces	The Calgary Highlanders	Colonel-in-Chief	1981
British Army	Royal Army Chaplains' Department	Patron	1992
British Army	Adjutant General's Corps	Colonel-in-Chief	1992
British Army	The Queen's Gurkha Engineers	Affiliated Colonel-in-Chief	1993
British Army	Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry	Colonel-in-Chief	1994
British Army	The Queen's Royal Lancers	Colonel-in-Chief	1994
Royal Air Force	603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron	Honorary Air Commodore	2000

Non-national titles and honours

Organization or Locality	Title or Honour	Dates
Royal Society	Fellow	1947
Worshipful Company of Drapers	Freeman	1947
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead	Freeman	1947
Royal Burgh of Stirling	Burgess	1948
City of London	Freeman	1948
City of Cardiff	Freeman	1948
City of Edinburgh	Freeman	1949
City of Belfast	Freeman	1949
Royal College of Surgeons	Honorary Fellow	1951
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists	Honorary Fellow	1951

Academic titles and honours

Organization or Locality	Title or Honour	Dates
University of London	Honorary Bachelor of Music	1946
University of Oxford	Honorary Doctor of Civil Law	1948
University of Wales	Honorary Doctor of Music	1949
University of Edinburgh	Honorary Doctor of Laws	1951
University of London	Honorary Doctor of Laws	1951

See also

• List of Titles and Honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• List of Titles and Honours of Charles, Prince of Wales

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