List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh facts for kids
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments, both before and during his time as consort to Queen Elizabeth II. Each is listed below. Where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark being given as from his birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss, renunciation or when its use was discontinued.
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Royal and noble titles and styles
Quick facts for kids Styles ofThe Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
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- 10 June 1921 – 28 February 1947: His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
- 28 February 1947 – 19 November 1947: Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
- 19–20 November 1947: Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten
- 20 November 1947 – 22 February 1957: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
- 22 February 1957 – 9 April 2021: His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Full style
Prince Philip's British honours were read out at his funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:
Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the late Most High, Mighty and Illustrious Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal in the Army and Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Husband of Her Most Excellent Majesty 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, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.
Royal styles and titles 1947
On 19 November 1947, the day preceding his wedding, King George VI bestowed by Letters Patent the style His Royal Highness on Philip and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, further Letters Patent created him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, already being a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947, he bore the unusual style His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.
Unofficial
Papua New Guinea
- 1952 – 2021 :
- In Tok Pisin: Oldfella Pili-Pili him bilong Misis Kwin
Tanna, Vanuatu
- 1952 – 2021 :
- In Bislama: Number one big fella him bilong Misis Kwin
Wales
- 5 August 1960 – 9 April 2021 : Bard Philip Meirionnydd
Debate over Prince Philip's titles and honours
Royal title
On the popular, but erroneous, assumption that if Philip had the style of His Royal Highness he was automatically a British Prince, media reports after his marriage to Princess Elizabeth referred to a Prince Philip, with or without reference to any ducal title. This may have been influenced by the fact that he had actually been a Prince of Greece and Denmark by birth, the use of which titles he had discontinued already. Although the princely title was omitted in the British Regency Act 1953, and in Letters Patent of November 1953 appointing Counsellors of State, it had been included in Letters Patent of 22 October 1948 conferring princely rank on children from Philip's marriage to Elizabeth. King George VI, however, is believed to have been clear and intentional in having withheld the title of Prince from his future son-in-law.
On 3 February 1953, John Diefenbaker MP expressed to the House of Commons of Canada his desire to see Philip bear a title that alluded to the Queen's pan-national position and put forward the suggestion of Prince of the Commonwealth. In May of the following year, U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill received a written suggestion from the Queen that her husband be granted the title that Diefenbaker had mentioned, or some other suitable augmentation of his style. Churchill preferred the title Prince Consort, but the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, expressed a preference for Prince of the Realm. While the Commonwealth Prime Ministers were assembled in London, Churchill was requested by the Queen to informally solicit their opinions on the matter of the Queen's husband's title. Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was the only one to express "misgivings", while Philip insisted to the Queen that he objected to any enhancement of his title. The Queen thereafter contacted Churchill and told him to drop the matter. In 1955, the South African Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom belatedly made it known that the South African Cabinet objected to the title Prince of the Commonwealth. When told, the Queen continued to express the wish that her husband's position be raised, but rejected the British Cabinet's recommendations of Prince Consort or Prince Royal. The British Cabinet then suggested simply His Royal Highness the Prince, but the Queen was advised that if she still preferred Prince of the Commonwealth, her Private Secretary could write directly to the Commonwealth Governors-General for their response, though warning that if their consent was not unanimous the proposal could not go forward.
The matter appeared left until the publication on 8 February 1957 of an article by P. Wykeham-Bourne in The Evening Standard titled: "Well, is it correct to say Prince Philip?" A few days following, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reversed the advice of the Queen's previous ministers and formally recommended that the Queen reject the Prince in favour of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, deleting the reference to the Commonwealth countries. Letters Patent were issued on 22 February 1957 giving the Duke the style and titular dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (omitting the wording and Her other Realms and Territories). According to the announcement in The London Gazette, he should henceforth be known as His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with the capitalised definite article normally restricted to the children of monarchs.
Order of Australia
Prince Philip's elevation on Australia Day 2015 from Companion to Knight of the Order of Australia caused some political controversy in Australia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recommendation (via Sir Peter Cosgrove) to the Queen to confer the honour was criticised by the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, among others. While conservative ministers and editorials supported his award of an honour, Abbott himself later admitted to a lapse of judgement, saying the appointment was 'injudicious'.
- 1940 – 1941: Midshipman, HMS Ramillies, HMS Valiant
- 1941 – 16 July 1942: Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Wallace
- 16 July 1942 – October 1942: Lieutenant, HMS Wallace
- October 1942 – 15 August 1950: First Lieutenant, HMS Wallace, HMS Whelp, HMS Chequers
- 15 August 1950 – 2 February 1952: Lieutenant Commander, HMS Chequers, HMS Magpie
- 2 February 1952 – 15 January 1953: Commander, HMS Magpie
- 15 January 1953 – 9 April 2021: Admiral of the Fleet, RN
- 10 June 2011 – 9 April 2021: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
Commonwealth honours
Commonwealth realms
Appointments
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19 November 1947 | Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter | ![]() |
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10 June 1948 | Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign | ADC | |
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4 November 1951 | Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council | PC | |
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21 April 1952 | Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle | ![]() |
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22 May 1953 | Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | ![]() |
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14 October 1957 | Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | PC | |
Commonwealth realms | 10 June 1968 | Member of the Order of Merit | ![]() |
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1971 | Recipient of the Order of the Dogwood | OD | |
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15 November 1981 | Extra Companion of the Queen's Service Order | ![]() |
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13 June 1988 | Companion of the Order of Australia (Military Division) | ![]() |
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26 January 2015 | Knight of the Order of Australia (General Division) | ![]() |
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2005 | Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu | ![]() |
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4 June 2012 | Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand | ![]() |
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23 April 2013 | Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit | ![]() |
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26 April 2013 | Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada | ![]() |
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Commonwealth realms | 20 November 2017 | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | ![]() |
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Decorations and medals
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British Empire and Commonwealth | 12 May 1937 | King George VI Coronation Medal | ![]() |
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8 July 1943 | 1939–1945 Star | ![]() |
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8 July 1943 | Africa Star | ![]() |
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May 1945 | Atlantic Star | ![]() |
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May 1945 | Burma Star, with Pacific clasp | ![]() |
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May 1945 | Italy Star | ![]() |
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16 August 1945 | War Medal 1939–1945, with Mentioned in dispatches oak leaf | ![]() |
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Commonwealth | 2 June 1953 | Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal | ![]() |
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1954 | Canadian Forces' Decoration, with five bars | ![]() |
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Commonwealth realms | 6 February 1977 | Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal | ![]() |
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9 February 1990 | New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal | ![]() |
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Commonwealth realms | 6 February 2002 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | ![]() |
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27 May 2005 | Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan | ![]() |
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Commonwealth realms | 6 February 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (both the British and Canadian versions) | ![]() |
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11 October 2016 | Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with six bars | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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- Appointments
- Decorations
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15 April 1992 | Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal | ![]() |
Foreign honours
- Orders
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1941 | Commander of the Order of Saints George and Constantine with swords | ![]() |
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By 1947 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer | ![]() |
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16 November 1947 | Knight of the Order of the Elephant | ![]() |
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1950 – 1975 | Knight Grand Cross with Swords of the Royal Order of George I | ![]() |
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1950 | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Phoenix | ![]() |
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15 February 1951 | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Charles | ![]() |
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24 July 1952 | Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav | ![]() |
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29 November 1953 | Grand Cross of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero | ![]() |
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1954 | Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim | ![]() |
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1954 | Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Queen of Sheba | ![]() |
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25 October 1955 | Grand Cross of the Ancient and Most Noble Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of the Valour, Loyalty and Merit | ![]() |
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1956 | Member First Class of the Order of King Faisal I | ![]() |
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9 April 1957 | Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour | ![]() |
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1958 | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic | ![]() |
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26 March 1958 | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | ![]() |
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1971 | Commander of the Order of the Golden Ark | ![]() |
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1958 | Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | ![]() |
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1960 | Member of the Order of the Benevolent Ruler | ![]() |
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1961 | Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose | ![]() |
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1961 | Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence | ![]() |
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23 November 1961 | Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross in Brilliants of the Order of the Sun of Peru | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes | ![]() |
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1962 | Collar of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross Extraordinary of the National Order of Merit | ![]() |
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1962 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin | ![]() |
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1963 | Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold | ![]() |
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1963 | Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon | ![]() |
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1964 | Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle | ![]() |
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1966 | Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance | ![]() |
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1971 | Member First Class of the Order of the Supreme Sun | ![]() |
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1971 | Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum | ![]() |
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1985 | Blue Dragon of the Order of Sports Merit | ![]() |
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12 June 1972 | Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau | ![]() |
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19 October 1972 – 1992 | Yugoslav Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star | ![]() |
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1972 | Star of Palestine | ![]() |
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1973 | Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard | ![]() |
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31 May 1973 | Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry | ![]() |
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1979 | Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the Golden Ark | ![]() |
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27 February 1979 | Member First Class of the Military Order of Oman | ![]() |
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22 February 1979 | Collar of the Order of Independence | ![]() |
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14 August 1979 | Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz | ![]() |
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21 October 1980 | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia | ![]() |
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29 October 1980 | Member Special Class of the Order of Muhammad | ![]() |
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19 October 1986 | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III | ![]() |
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1991 | Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland | ![]() |
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27 April 1993 | Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal) | ![]() |
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2010 | Order of the Federation | ![]() |
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2010 | Member of the Distinguished First Class of the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit | ![]() |
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1945 | Croix de Guerre with Palm | ![]() |
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1964 | Decoration of the Republic, First Class | ![]() |
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1966 | Decoration for Service to the Republic of Austria, Grand Star | ![]() |
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14 October 1971 | Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire | ![]() |
Wear of orders, decorations, and medals
Awards that were worn regularly by Prince Philip are noted in the above tables and were worn in accordance with customary British conventions applicable to the occasion, the location and to the form of dress worn. Awards not specifically noted were worn by Prince Philip on appropriate occasions relating to the country that made the award, again in accordance with UK conventions. The ribbons worn by Prince Philip at the time of his death were as follows:
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Order of Australia (General Division) |
Order of New Zealand | Queen's Service Order |
Order of Canada | Order of Military Merit | 1939–45 Star | Atlantic Star |
Africa Star | Burma Star with "Pacific" clasp |
Italy Star | 1939-45 War Medal with Mention in Despatches |
King George VI Coronation Medal |
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal |
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal |
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with six bars |
Canadian Forces' Decoration with five clasps |
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal |
Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal |
Order of the Redeemer (Greece) |
Greek War Cross (1940) | Croix de Guerre 1939-45 with Bronze Palm |
Honorary military positions
1954 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian Navy
1954 – 2021: Field Marshal of the Australian Army
1959 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1963 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Australian Army Cadets
1954 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force
1953 – 2021: Admiral of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
2011 – 2021: Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy
1953 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets
8 December 1953 – 9 April 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Regiment
1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)
15 July 1978 – 9 April 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
2011 – 2021: Captain-General of the Canadian Army
1953 – 2021: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets
2011 – 2021: General of the Royal Canadian Air Force
1958 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal New Zealand Navy
1954 – 1964: Colonel-in-Chief of the Hawke's Bay Regiment
1954 – 1964: Colonel-in-Chief of the Otago and Southland Regiment
1970 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1977 – 2021: Field Marshal of the New Zealand Army
1977 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
1953 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
1952 – 1992: Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps
1953 – 2017: Captain General Royal Marines
2011 – 2021: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
1953 – 2021: Field Marshal of the British Army
1952 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Cadet Force
1953 – 1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
1953 – 1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Wiltshire Regiment
1953 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1953 – 1957: Honorary Colonel of the Leicestershire Yeomanry
1953 – 2021: Honorary Colonel of the City of Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps
1953 – 1974: Colonel of the Welsh Guards
1957 – 2021: Member of the Honourable Artillery Company
1958 – 1993: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
1959 – 1994: Colonel-in-Chief of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
1961 – 1994: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
1967 – 2021: Honorary Colonel of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry
1969 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1975 – 2017: Colonel of the Grenadier Guards
1977 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps
1993 – 2002: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars
1994 – 2007 Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
1994 – 2006: Colonel-in-Chief of the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
2002 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars
2006 – 2021: Royal Colonel of the Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
2007 – 2020: Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles
1953 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal Air Force
1952 – 2015: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
1952 – 2015: Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets
1953 – 1957: Honorary Air Commodore of the No. 601 (County of London) Squadron
1960 – 2021: Commandant-in-Chief of RAF Henlow
1977 – 2012: Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Kinloss
1983 – 2021: Air Commodore of the University Air Squadron
Non-national titles and honours
Citizenship
1962: Montevideo
16 March 1966: Chicago
Municipal awards
1968: Grand Commander of the Order of Maritime Merit of the San Francisco Port Authority
City freedoms
- Commonwealth realms
14 June 1948: London - Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
1948: Greenwich
1949: Edinburgh
May 1949: Belfast
1 December 1954: Cardiff
15 February 1955: Glasgow
3 December 1956: Melbourne
1959: Calgary
1964: Bridgetown
1995: Windsor and Maidenhead
6 July 2012: Perth
- Other Commonwealth
1961: Dar es Salaam
1963: Nairobi
- Foreign
1964: Guadalajara
1964: Acapulco
1966: Los Angeles
Other
- Deputy Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
- Honorary Deputy Sheriff of Los Angeles County
Memberships and fellowships
Country | Date | Organisation | Position |
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1947 – 2013 | National Playing Fields Association | President |
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1947 – 9 April 2021 | Naval and Military Club | Honorary Life Member |
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1948 – 9 April 2021 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Honorary Life Member |
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1948 – 9 April 2021 | Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation | Honorary Fellow |
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1948 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Yacht Squadron | Member |
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1948 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Yachting Association | Honorary Member |
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1949 – 1950 1974 – 1975 |
Marylebone Cricket Club | President |
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1949 – 9 April 2021 | Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology | Honorary Fellow |
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1950 – 9 April 2021 | Lord's Taverners | Patron |
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1951 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Society | Fellow (FRS) elected under statute 12 |
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1951 – 9 April 2021 | British Association for the Advancement of Science | President |
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1951 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Montreal Curling Club | Honorary Life Member |
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1951 – 9 April 2021 | Canada Club, London | Honorary Member |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | New Club, Edinburgh | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Northern and University Club, Aberdeen | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | The Air League | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Radio Society of Great Britain | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of Physicians | Honorary Fellow
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1952 – 2002 | Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators | Grand Master |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Society of Arts | Fellow (FRSA) |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Southern Yacht Club | Admiral |
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1952 – 2011 | Windsor Great Park | Ranger |
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1952 – 9 April 2011 | Royal Society of Arts | President |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Society of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow
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5 December 1952 – 9 April 2021 | Navy Lodge No. 2612 (Freemasons) | Member |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Institution of Civil Engineers | Honorary Member |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Engineers Yacht Club | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Trinity House | Elder Brother of the Court |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada | Honorary Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron | Patron |
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1952 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Canadian Yacht Club | Patron |
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1953 – 9 April 2021 | Oxford and Cambridge Club | Honorary Member |
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1953 – 9 April 2021 | Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers | Honorary Member |
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1953 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Yacht Squadron | Admiral |
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17 January 1953 – 9 April 2021 | Jockey-Club de Paris | Member |
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October 1953 – 9 April 2021 | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Royal Patron |
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1953 – 9 April 2021 | Cardiff and County Club | Patron |
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1953 – 9 April 2021 | Engineering Institute of Canada | Honorary Member |
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1954 – 9 April 2021 | Honourable Company of Master Mariners | Master 1954–1957 Admiral 1957–9 April 2021 |
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1954 – 9 April 2021 | Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club | Royal Patron |
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1954 – 9 April 2021 | Canada Club, London | Patron |
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1954 – 9 April 2021 | Anglo-Swedish Society | Patron |
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1954 – 9 April 2021 | Legacy Australia | Honorary Member |
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16 November 1954 – 9 April 2021 | Inner Temple | Royal Bencher |
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16 December 1954 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Aeronautical Society | Honorary Fellow (FRAeS) |
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1955 – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Patron |
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1955 – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellow
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1955 – 1985 | Commonwealth Games Federation | President |
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1955 – 1958 | The Football Association | President |
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1955 – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute | Patron |
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25 January 1955 – 9 April 2021 | Guards Polo Club | President |
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1956 – 1970 1975 – 1980 |
Royal Yachting Association | President |
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1956 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences | First Honorary Member |
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1957 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Society of Canada | Honorary Fellow (FRSC) |
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1957 – 2011 | Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth | President |
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2011 – 2021 | Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth | Patron |
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1957 – 1958 1963 – 1964 1980 – 1981 |
Royal Agricultural Society of England | President |
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1958 – 9 April 2021 | Chartered Institute of Building | Honorary Fellow (FCIOB) |
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1958 – 9 April 2021 | Institution of Structural Engineers | Honorary Fellow (FIStructE) |
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1959 – 9 April 2021 | The Tiger Club | Honorary Member |
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1959 – 1960 | Canadian Medical Association | President |
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1959 – 1965 | Society of Film and Television Arts | President |
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1959 – 1965 | Company of Veteran Motorists | President |
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1959 – 9 April 2021 | Chartered Society of Designers | Royal Patron |
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1959 – 1961 | Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences | President |
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1959 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Nassau Sailing Club | Honorary Commodore and Honorary Life Member |
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1959 – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Medical Association | Honorary Member |
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1959 – 9 April 2021 | Toronto Press Club | Honorary Member |
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1960 – 9 April 2021 | Institution of Mechanical Engineers | Honorary Fellow (FIMechE) |
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10 March 1960 – 9 April 2021 | Grand Order of Water Rats | Companion Rat (Honorary Member) |
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1960 – 1961 | Lord's Taverners | President |
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1960 – 1974 | British Sub-Aqua Club | President |
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1960 – 2007 | Guinea Pig Club | President |
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1960 – 9 April 2021 | Dawson City Museum and Historical Society | Patron |
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1961 – 1962 | Worshipful Company of Fishmongers | Prime Warden |
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1961 – 1982 | World Wide Fund for Nature (UK) | President |
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1962 – 9 April 2021 | Abbotsford Flying Club | Patron |
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1962 – 9 April 2021 | Australian Academy of Science | Honorary Fellow (FAA) |
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1962 – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Cutting Horse Association | Patron |
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1962 – 9 April 2021 | Porcupine Rod and Gun Club | Honorary Life Member |
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1963 – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons | Patron |
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1963 – 9 April 2021 | Energy Institute | Permanent Fellow |
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1963 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Zoological Society of Scotland | Honorary Fellow |
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1964 – 1986 | International Federation for Equestrian Sports | President |
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1965 – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Curling Association | Patron |
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November 1965 – 9 February 1976 | Council of Engineering Institutions | President |
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1966 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Aeronautical Society | Honorary President |
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1966 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Microscopical Society | Honorary Fellow (HonFRMS) |
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1966 – 9 April 2021 | St George's House | Co Founder with Robin Woods |
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1966 – 9 April 2021 | The Toronto Club | Honorary Life Member |
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24 April 1969 – 2011 | Trinity House | Master |
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1969 – 9 April 2021 | Chartered Institution of Wastes Management | Honorary Fellow |
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1969 – 9 April 2021 | Australian Institute of Building | Honorary Member |
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1971 – 9 April 2021 | Britain-Australia Society | Patron |
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1971 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Canadian Regiment Association | Patron |
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1971 – 9 April 2021 | Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers | President |
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1971 – 9 April 2021 | Vancouver Racquets Club | Honorary Member |
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1971 – 9 April 2021 | British Railway Modellers of North America | Honorary Member |
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1971 – 1972 | Royal Aero Club | Chairman |
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1972 – 1973 | Royal College of General Practitioners | President |
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1972 – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of General Practitioners | Patron |
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1973 – 9 April 2021 | College of Family Physicians of Canada | Honorary Member |
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1974 – 9 February 2015 | Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League | President |
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1974 – 9 April 2021 | Vancouver Rowing Club | Patron |
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1974 – 2015 | Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League | Grand President |
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1974 – 9 April 2021 | Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners | Patron |
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1974 – 9 April 2021 | Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners | Honorary Fellow |
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April 1975 – 9 April 2021 | The Japan Academy | Honorary Fellow |
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1976 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club | Royal Patron |
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9 February 1976 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Academy of Engineering | Senior Fellow (FREng) |
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1976 – 9 April 2021 | University Club of Montreal | Honorary Member |
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1977 – 9 April 2021 | Zoological Society of London | Honorary Fellow |
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1979 – 9 April 2021 | Burma Star Association | Patron |
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19 December 1979 – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of Radiologists | Honorary Fellow |
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1981 – 1996 | World Wide Fund for Nature (International) | President |
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1987 – 9 April 2021 | South Saskatchewan Wildlife Association | Honorary Life Member |
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1989 – 9 April 2021 | Fondation de la Faune du Québec | Honorary Member |
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1996 – 9 April 2021 | World Wide Fund for Nature (International) | President Emeritus |
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2002 – 9 April 2021 | Massey College | Honorary Fellow |
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2011 – 9 April 2021 | Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth | Patron |
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Royal Society of Medicine | Honorary Fellow (FRSM) | |
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Royal Air Squadron | Air commodore | |
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Naval and Military Club, Melbourne | Life Member | |
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Army and Navy Club | Honorary Life Member | |
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All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | Honorary Life Member | |
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews | Honorary Life Member | |
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Royal British Legion | Life Member | |
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Royal Air Force Club | Honorary Life Member | |
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Castaways' Club | Member | |
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Surf Life Saving Australia | Patron | |
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Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia | Patron | |
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Royal Scottish Academy | Patron | |
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Royal Scottish Academy | Honorary Member (HRSA) | |
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Royal Aero Club | President | |
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Royal Aero Club | Honorary Life Member | |
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n/a – 19 October 2020 | British Trust for Ornithology | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Loyal Canadian Prince Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal College of Surgeons of England | Honorary Fellow (FRCS) |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | King's Lynn Rotary Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Edinburgh Rotary Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Grangemouth Rotary Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers | Honorary Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal Malta Yacht Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | British Model Flying Association | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | British Gliding Association | President |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Garrick Club | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Naval Association of Australia | Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Canadian Club of Toronto | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences | Honorary Fellow |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Loyal Canadian Prince Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Calcutta Polo Club | Honorary Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Cricket Club of India | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Lagos Yacht Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club | Admiral |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal Bermuda Yacht Club | Honorary Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Merioneth County Cricket Club | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Welsh Football League | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Football Association of Wales | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Pegasus Aviation (Flying Club) | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Royal Welsh Yacht Club | Honorary Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Merioneth Brass Band Association | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Welsh Cricket Association | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Shakespeare's Globe | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | The Seychelles Club | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Singapore Polo Club | Honorary Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | The Jesters Club | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Crathie Cricket Club | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Braemar Mountain Rescue Association | Patron |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Braemar Mountain Rescue Association | Life Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Botanical Society of Scotland | Honorary Fellow |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers | Honorary Member |
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n/a – 9 April 2021 | Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland | Honorary Member |
Scholastic
- Chancellor, visitor, governor, and fellowships
Country | Date | School | Position |
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1948 – 1976 | University of Wales | Chancellor |
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1952 – 2011 | University of Edinburgh | Chancellor |
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1952 – | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Patron |
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1953 – | University College, University of Oxford | Honorary Fellow |
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1953 – | Charterhouse School | Royal Governor |
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1954 – | King's College London | Life Governor |
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1955 – 2021 | Upper Canada College | Visitor |
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1957 – 2004 | University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology | Visitor |
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1957 – 2012 | English-Speaking Union | President |
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1959 – | Churchill College, University of Cambridge | Visitor |
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1959 – 2021 | Upper Canada College | Honorary Old Boy |
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1967 – 1990 | University of Salford | Chancellor |
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1976 – 2011 | University of Cambridge | Chancellor |
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Queen Victoria School | Patron |
- Honorary degrees
Country | Date | School | Degree |
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1949 | University of Wales | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1951 | University of London | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1951 | Durham University | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
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1959 | University of Malta | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1959 | University of Delhi | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1960 | Reading University | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1962 | University of Lima | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) |
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1964 | University of Oxford | Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) |
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1966 | University of California | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1967 | University of Salford | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1967 | University of Southampton | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1969 | University of Victoria | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1974 | University of Adelaide | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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1 July 1983 | University of Western Ontario | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1984 | University of Jordan | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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1986 | Monash University | Doctor of Laws (LLD) |
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2002 | University of Technology, Malaysia | Doctor of Management Engineering |
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2007 | Imperial College London | Doctor of Science (DSc) |
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2012 | University of Plymouth | Doctor of Marine Science (DMS) |
Honorific eponyms
Awards
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
United Kingdom: Prince Philip Designers Prize
United Kingdom: Prince Philip Medal
Geographic locations
New Zealand: Prince Philip Glacier
Structures
Buildings
Wales: Prince Philip Hospital
Hong Kong: Prince Philip Dental Hospital
Highways, roads, and bridges
Ontario: Prince Philip Drive, London.
Newfoundland and Labrador: Prince Philip Drive, St. John's.
Norfolk Island: Prince Philip Drive.
Parks
Malaysia
Sabah: Prince Philip Park
Lifeboats
United Kingdom: RNLB Duke of Edinburgh
See also
- Duke of Edinburgh
- List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
- List of titles and honours of Charles III
- List of titles and honours of Queen Camilla
- List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal
- List of titles and honours of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
- List of titles and honours of George VI
- List of titles and honours of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- List of titles and honours of William, Prince of Wales
- List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- List of titles and honours of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
- List of titles and honours of George V
- List of titles and honours of Mary of Teck
- List of titles and honours of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- List of honours of the British royal family by country