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| Vita | Index
of Royal Colonels Index of Reigns & Peerages |
| full name: | Elizabeth Alexandra Mary | ||
| birth: | 1926.04.21 | No. 17, Bruton Street, London, W1 | |
| father: | George VI | ||
| mother: | Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) | ||
| marriage: | 1947.11.20 | Prince
Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) at Westminster Abbey, London |
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| children: | 1948 | Charles Philip Arthur (Prince of Wales) | |
| 1950 | Anne Elizabeth Alice (The Princess Royal) | ||
| 1960 | Andrew Albert Christian (Duke of York) | ||
| 1964 | Edward Anthony Richard (Earl of Wessex) | ||
| accession: | 1952.02.06 | ||
| coronation: | 1953.06.02 | Westminster Abbey, London | |
| Titles, Orders and Awards |
| Titles: | ||
| 1926.04.21 | Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, with the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth of York) | |
| 1936.12.10 | H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth | |
| 1947.11.20 | H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh | |
| 1952.02.06 | H.M. Elizabeth II, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Head of the Commonwealth | |
| British Empire/Commonwealth Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1937.05.09 | King George VI Royal Family Order, 1st class | |
| 1947.11.11 | Lady of the Order of the Garter (LG) | |
| 1951.12.04 | Privy Councillor (PC) [introduced] | |
| 1947.06.12 | Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India (CI) | |
| 1947.03.06 | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (DCStJ) | |
| 1951.03.05 | CD | |
| 1952.02.06 | Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, the Order of Merit, the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, the Royal Victorian Order, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, the Order of the Companions of Honour, the Distinguished Service Order, the Imperial Service Order, the Order of British India, the Indian Order of Merit, the Order of Burma, the Royal Family Orders, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the Order of Mercy | |
| 1960.04.26 | The Order of Pakistan, 1st class | |
| 1967.04.17 | Sovereign of the Order of Canada | |
| 1968.10.03 | Sovereign of the Order of the National Hero, the Order of Jamaica, the Order of Merit and the Order of Distinction (Jamaica) | |
| 1972.02.18 | The Order of Temasek, 1st class (Singapore) | |
| 1972.02.22 | The Most Exalted Order of the State Crown (Malaysia) | |
| 1972.02.29 | The Most Esteemed Royal Family Order, 1st class (Brunei) | |
| 1972.03.13 | The Order of the Distinguished Leader, 1st class-Ghazi (Maldive Islands) | |
| 1972.03.26 | The Order of the Golden Heart (Kenya) | |
| 1972.07.01 | Sovereign of the Order of Military Merit (Canada) | |
| 1973 | Sovereign of the Order of the Nation (Jamaica) | |
| 1974.06.28 | Grand Commander, the Order of the Republic of the Gambia (Gambia) | |
| 1975.02.14 | Sovereign of the Order of Australia | |
| 1975.03.13 | Sovereign of the Queen's Service Order (New Zealand) | |
| 1979.07.22 | Grand Commander, the Order of the Lion of Malawi (Malawi) | |
| 1979.07.25 | The Presidential Order of Botswana (Botswana) | |
| 1980.07.27 | Sovereign of the Order of Barbados | |
| Sovereign of the Order of St Lucia | ||
| 1982.10.18 | The Order of the Star of the Solomon Islands | |
| 1985.10.25 | The Dominica Award of Honour (Dominica) | |
| 1985.11.01 | Trinity Cross in Gold (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
| 1987.02.06 | Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand | |
| 1991.08.16 | Sovereign of the Order of the National Hero, the Order of Belize and the Order of Distinction (Belize) | |
| 1992.05.28 | Honorary Companion of Honour, the National Order of Merit (Malta) - rcvd: Collar (2000) | |
| 1992.11.04 | The Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (Brunei) | |
| 1995.03.20 | Grand Cross in Gold, the Order of Good Hope (South Africa) | |
| 1996.05.30 | Sovereign of the New Zealand Order of Merit | |
| 1997 | Grand Master of the Order of the National Hero of St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla | |
| 1998.02.25 | Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of National Hero, the Most Distinguished Order of the Nation, the Most Illustrious Order of Merit, and the Most Precious Order of Princely Heritage (Antigua & Barbuda) | |
| 2000.10.uu | Sovereign of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (Canada) | |
| Foreign Orders and Awards: | ||
| 1947.11.16 | Knight, Order of the Elephant (Denmark) | |
| 1948 | The Decoration of al-Kamal (the Order of the Virtues) in brilliants (Egypt) | |
| 1948.05.uu | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic) | |
| 1949.11.16 | The Most Glorious Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (Nepal) | |
| 1950.11.21 | Knight Grand Cross, the Order of the Netherlands Lion (Netherlands) | |
| 1950.12.uu | The Order of St Olga and St Sophia, 1st class (Greece) | |
| 1953.04.02 | Collar, the Order of Hussein ibn 'Ali (Jordan) - rcvd: sash and badge (26.3.1984) | |
| 1953.05.26 | Knight, the Most Noble Royal Order of the Seraphim (Sweden) - rcvd: Collar (8.7.1975) | |
| 1953.11.29 | Gold Collar, the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (Panama) | |
| 1954.04.30 | Grand Cordon with Collar, the Order of Idris I (Libya) | |
| 1954.10.14 | Grand Collar, the Order of Solomon (Ethiopia) | |
| 1955.06.24 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of St Olav (Norway) | |
| 1955.10.24 | Riband of the Three Orders: the Military Order of Christ, Benedict of Aviz and St James of the Sword (Portugal) | |
| 1956.07.16 | The Grand Order of the Hashimites (Iraq) | |
| 1958.05.13 | Grand Cordon with Collar, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy) | |
| 1958.10.12 | Grand Cross Special Class, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 1959.05.28 | Grand Collar, the Order of Pahlavi (Iran) | |
| 1960.02.25 | Grand Cross in brilliants, the Order of the Sun (Peru) | |
| 1960.05.13 | Grand Collar, the Order of the Liberator General San Martin (Argentina) | |
| 1960.07.21 | Knight with Collar, the Order of the House of Chakri (Thailand) | |
| 1961.02.26 | The Most Glorious Mahendra Chain (Nepal) | |
| 1961.05.17 | Grand Cordon with Collar, the Order of Independence (Tunisia) | |
| 1961.05.10 | Commander Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of the White Rose of Finland | |
| 1961.06.07 | Grand Cordon, the National Order of the Republic of Mali (Mali) | |
| 1961.10.25 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Lion (Senegal) | |
| 1961.11.23 | Knight Grand Band, the Most Venerable Order of the Pioneers of the Republic (Liberia) - rcvd: Collar (1979) | |
| 1962.06.05 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Ivory Coast | |
| 1962.07.10 | Knight Grand Band, the Order of the Star of Africa (Liberia) | |
| 1962.07.23 | Collar, Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan) | |
| 1963.05.16 | Grand Cordon, the Order of Valour (Cameroon) | |
| 1963.05.14 | Grand Cross, the Order of Leopold (Belgium) | |
| 1963.07.09 | Grand Cross, the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) | |
| 1963.11.19 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of the Icelandic Falcon (Iceland) | |
| 1964.05.28 | Chain of Honour (Sudan) | |
| 1965.07.13 | Grand Collar, the Order of Merit (Chile) | |
| 1966.05.17 | Grand Star, the Decoration of Honour for Merit (Austria) | |
| 1968.11.05 | Grand Collar, the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) | |
| 1969.04.01 | Grand Cordon, the National Order of Niger (Niger) | |
| 1969 | The Order of Al-Nahayyan, 1st Class (Abu Dhabi) | |
| 1970.10.27 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Equatorial Star (Gabon) | |
| 1971.12.07 | The Order of the Supreme Sun (Afghanistan) | |
| 1972.06.13 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau (Luxembourg) | |
| 1972.10.17 | The Order of the Yugoslavian Grand Star (Yugoslavia) | |
| 1973.04.03 | Grand Collar, the National Order of the Aztec Eagle (Mexico) | |
| 1973.12.11 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Leopard (Zaire) | |
| 1974.03.18 | The Star of Anapurna, 1st class (Indonesia) | |
| 1975.11.06 | Grand Collar, the Order of the Nile (Egypt) | |
| 1978.11.14 | Grand Collar, the Military Order of St James of the Sword (Portugal) | |
| 1979.02.12 | Collar, the Order of Mubarak the Great (Kuwait) | |
| 1979.02.15 | Collar, the Order of al-Khalifa (Bahrain) | |
| 1979.02.17 | The Badr Chain (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 1979.02.21 | Collar of Independence of the State of Qatar | |
| 1979.02.28 | Order of Oman, Superior class (Oman) | |
| 1980.10.21 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Republic (Tunisia) | |
| 1980.10.27 | Grand Collar, the Order of Muhammad (Morocco) | |
| 1982.02.18 | The Order of Said (Oman) | |
| 1986.04.22 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Most Distinguished Order of Carlos III (Spain) | |
| 1986.03.26 | The Grand Order of Mungunghwa (South Korea) | |
| 1988.10.17 | Knight, the Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) | |
| 1989.05.09 | Grand Cordon, the Order of the Federal Republic (Nigeria) | |
| 1989.07.18 | Collar of the Federation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
| 1991.04.23 | Grand Cross, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Poland) | |
| 1991.11.19 | Grand Cross, the Order of Merit (Hungary) | |
| 1993.04.27 | Grand Collar, the Military Order of the Tower and Sword, for Valour, Leadership and Merit (Portugal) | |
| 1993.07.29 | Grand Collar, the Order of the Cross of Boyaca (Colombia) | |
| 1995.05.23 | The Order of Kuwait, Special Class (Kuwait) | |
| 1996.03.25 | The Order of the White Eagle (Poland) | |
| 1996.03.uu | The Order of the White Lion, 1st class (Czech Republic) | |
| 1996.11.13 | Grand Cross with Collar, the Order of The Three Stars (Latvia) | |
| 1998 | Grand Cross, the Most Excellent Order of Merit (Peru) | |
| 2000 | The Order of the Golden Eagle (Kazahkstan) | |
| 2000.07.12 | t.b.a.(Macedonia) | |
| 2000.07.19 | t.b.a. (Georgia) | |
| 2001.12.19 | t.b.a. (Croatia) | |
| Honorary Military Appointments |
| 1942.02.24 |  |
Colonel, Grenadier Guards [relinquished appointment 1952] | |
| 1947.04.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) | |
| 1947.04.22 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers | |
| 1947.11.20 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Durban Light Infantry [terminated 1961] | |
| 1947.12.01 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Le Regiment de la Chaudière | |
| 1947.12.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, 48th Highlanders of Canada | |
| 1947.12.14 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, South African Railways and Harbours Brigade [terminated 1961] | |
| 1950.05.17 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) | |
| 1949.02.01 | |
Honorary Brigadier, Women's Royal Army Corps | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Life Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Horse Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Coldstream Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Scots Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Irish Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Welsh Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Captain General, Royal Regiment of Artillery | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal Engineers | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Captain General, Honourable Artillery Company | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Captain General, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Governor-General's Horse Guards | |
| 1952.02.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Imperial Light Horse [terminated 1961] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Scots Greys [to 1971] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Tank Regiment | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Welch Fusiliers | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Loyal Regiment [to 1970] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [to 1966] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [to 1993] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Honorary Colonel, The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars [to 1956] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Captain General, Combined Cadet Force | |
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Air Force Regiment | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Observer Corps | |
| 1953? | |
Commandant-in-Chief, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell | |
| 1953.06.02 | Colonel-in-Chief, Royal West African Frontier Force [to 1959] | ||
| 1953.06.02 | Colonel-in-Chief, The King's African Rifles [to 1964] | ||
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment [terminated 1964] | |
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Malta Artillery [terminated 1974] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Own Malta Regiment [to 1972] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The King's Own Calgary Regiment | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers [to 1967] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Le Royal 22e Regiment | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Governor-General's Foot Guards | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Canadian Grenadier Guards | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Carleton and York Regiment [to 1956] | |
| 1953? | |
Honorary Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Captain General, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Canadian Air Force Auxiliary | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Engineers | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Infantry Corps | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Australian Citizen Air Force | |
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Captain General, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Captain General, Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) [to 1964] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Wellington Regiment [to 1964] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Air-Commodore-in-Chief, Territorial Air Force of New Zealand | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Natal Carbineers [terminated 1961] | |
| 1953.06.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Kaffrarian Rifles [terminated 1961] | |
| 1953.06.02 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Rhodesia Regiment [terminated 1970] | |
| 1953.08.18 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | |
| 1953.10.16 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Regiment of Canadian Guards | |
| 1956.06.23 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment [on formation] | |
| 1956 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief,
The Queen's Own Nigeria
Regiment [terminated 1963] |
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| 1956.10.31 | |
Honorary Colonel, The Queen's Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry [on formation, to 1967] | |
| 1958.11.08 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps | |
| 1959.03.06 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Ghana Regiment of Infantry [terminated 1960] | |
| 1959.09.17 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Nigerian Military Forces [terminated 1963] | |
| 1959.10.12 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief,
Royal Sierra Leone Military
Forces [terminated 1971] |
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| 1964.05.01 |  |
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom [on abolition of the Board of Admiralty, which had collectively exercised that office for over a century] | |
| 1964.08.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment [on formation] | |
| 1964.07.06 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Malawi Rifles [on formation] | |
| 1966.01.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Green Jackets [on formation] | |
| 1969.04.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) [on formation] | |
| 1970.03.25 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment [on formation] | |
| 1970 |  |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Fiji Military Forces [terminated 1987] | |
| 1971.07.02 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) [on formation] | |
| 1971.04.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Queen's Own Yeomanry [to 1999?] | |
| 1973.10.08 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry [to 1992] | |
| 1977.06.11 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Corps of Royal Miltary Police | |
| 1977.06.11 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Canadian Forces Military Engineers Branch | |
| 1977.06.11 | |
Colonel-in Chief,
Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps [to 1996] |
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| 1981 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Calgary Highlanders | |
| 1992.03.01 | |
Patron, Royal Army Chaplains' Department | |
| 1992.04.06 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Adjutant General's Corps [on formation] | |
| 1993.09.07 | |
Affiliated Colonel-in-Chief, Queen's Gurkha Engineers | |
| 1994.04.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry [on formation] | |
| 1994.04.01 | |
Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Royal Lancers [on formation] | |
| 2000.12.11 | |
Honorary Air Commodore, 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force | |
| Military Service |
| 1945.04.14 | Second Subaltern, Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| 1945 | Junior Commander, Auxiliary Territorial Service | |
| 1949.02.01 | Honorary Brigadier, Women's Royal Army Corps | |
| Other Military Connections |
| 19uu | Honorary Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| 1959.01.01 | bestowed her name on 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles | |
| 19uu | Head, Civil Defence Corps | |
| 19uu | Master, Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets | |
| 1977.02.02 | on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee, bestowed royal accolade on Queen's Gurkha Engineers, and Queen's Gurkha Signals | |
| 1992 | bestowed royal accolade on Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment | |
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