Everything about Her Royal Highness totally explained
Royal Highness (
abbreviation HRH) is a
style (
His Royal Highness or
Her Royal Highness); plural
Royal Highnesses (abbreviation
TRH,
Their Royal Highnesses). It appears in front of the names of some members of some
royal families other than the
King or
Queen.
The style
His/Her Royal Highness ranks below
His/Her Imperial Highness (referring to an Imperial House) but above
His/Her Grand Ducal Highness,
His/Her Highness,
His/Her Serene Highness and some other styles (referring to Grand Ducal, Princely or Ducal Houses).
In the
British monarchy the style of HRH is associated with the rank of
prince or
princess (although this hasn't always applied, the notable exception being
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was given the style of HRH in
1947 but wasn't created a prince until
1957). This is especially important when a prince has another title such as
Duke (or a princess the title of Duchess) by which he or she'd usually be addressed. For instance
HRH The Duke of Connaught was a prince and a member of the royal family while
His Grace The Duke of Devonshire is a non-royal duke and not a member of the
British Royal Family. Both
The Lady Louise Windsor and
Viscount Severn, children of the
The Earl of Wessex, are legally entitled to the style
Royal Highness but it was decided by their parents that they'd be styled as the children of an earl and not by their legal style.
The Duke of York's daughters Princesses
Beatrice and
Eugenie enjoy the style Her Royal Highness.
In the
United Kingdom,
Letters patent dated
21 August 1996 states that a style received by a spouse of a member of the Royal Family on their marriage ceases at the point of divorce. For that reason HRH the Princess of Wales, when she and
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales divorced, ceased to be
HRH, and was styled
Diana, Princess of Wales.
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