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The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of January 2025. Separate orders exist for men and women.. Names in italics indicate that these people rank elsewhere—either higher in that table of precedence or in the table for the other sex.
The order of precedence for male members of the royal family is: [1] The sovereign Charles III; Whether male or female. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. William, Prince of Wales; i.e. the sovereign's eldest son. The sovereign's younger sons Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; Ordered according to their births. The sovereign's grandsons ...
Within the same Order, precedence is accorded to that individual who received the honour earlier. Not all orders have the same number of ranks. The Order of Merit, the Order of the Companions of Honour, the Distinguished Service Order and the Imperial Service Order are slightly different, being single-rank honours, and have been placed at ...
Knight/Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO/DCVO; Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE/DBE; Knight Bachelor [note 3] Companion of the Order of the Bath CB; Companion of the Order of the Star of India [note 1] CSI; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG; Companion of the Order of the Indian ...
Queen Victoria in 1897, the year after she founded the Royal Victorian Order. Prior to the close of the 19th century, most general honours within the British Empire were bestowed by the sovereign on the advice of her British ministers, who sometimes forwarded advice from ministers of the Crown in the Dominions and colonies (appointments to the then most senior orders of chivalry, the Order of ...
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of importance applied to individuals, [1] groups, or organizations. For individuals, it is most often used for diplomats in attendance at very formal occasions.
[1] [2] The order was officially created and instituted on 23 April 1896 by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Realm by Queen Victoria. [3] The order has had five grades since its institution, the two highest of which confer the status of knighthood on holders (apart from foreigners, who typically received honorary awards not entitling ...