Royal Family Order of George VI

The Royal Family Order of King George VI is an honour that was bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI.

Royal Family Order of King George VI
Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Royal Family Order of King George VI (above that of King George V)
Awarded by King George VI
Type	Royal Family Order
Ribbon	Rose pink
Eligibility	Female members of the British royal family
Awarded for	At His Majesty's pleasure
Ribbon

Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Alexandra are the only surviving recipients.

Appearance

The insignia, an enamel portrait of the king surrounded by diamonds, is worn on a bow of rose pink ribbon.[1]

List of known recipients

The Queen, later the Queen Mother, the King's wife[1]
The Princess Elizabeth, later Duchess of Edinburgh and then Queen, the King's elder daughter[1]
The Princess Margaret, later Countess of Snowdon, the King's younger daughter[1]
Queen Mary, the King's mother[2]
The Princess Royal, the King's sister[3]
The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the King's sister-in-law[4]
The Duchess of Kent, later Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, the King's sister-in-law[5]
Princess Alexandra of Kent, later The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, the King's niece[6]

References

"Royal Family Orders". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
Photograph at National Portrait Gallery
Photographs at Rebecca Starr Brown
Patterson, Stephen (1996). Royal Insignia: British and Foreign Orders of Chivalry from the Royal Collection. London: Merrell Holberton. p. 144. ISBN 9781858940250. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
Photographs at Artemisia's Royal Jewels
Photographs at The Court Jeweller Screencap from the Telegraph's video livestream of the banquet

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

Orders

Current

Royal family orders	George IV Victoria and Albert Edward VII George V George VI Elizabeth II

Dormant

Other

Current
awards

Level 1	Victoria Cross (VC) George Cross (GC)
Level 2A	Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) Royal Red Cross class I (RRC)
Level 2B	George Medal (GM) Queen's Police Medal, for Gallantry (QPM) Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry (QFSM)
Level 3A	Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Military Cross (MC) Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Air Force Cross (AFC) Royal Red Cross class II (ARRC)
Level 3B	Sea Gallantry Medal (SGM) Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM) Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) British Empire Medal (BEM) Queen's Police Medal, for Distinguished Service (QPM) Queen's Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service (QFSM) Queen's Ambulance Service Medal (QAM) Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM) Polar Medal (PM) Imperial Service Medal (ISM) Overseas Territories Police Medal (OTPM) Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service (MNM)
Level 4	Mentioned in Despatches Queen's Commendation for Bravery Queen's Commendation for Bravery in the Air Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
Other	Badge of Honour Elizabeth Cross

Obsolete
awards

Level 1	Indian Order of Merit (1st class) (IOM) Albert Medal (1st class) (AM) Edward Medal (1st class) (EM) Empire Gallantry Medal (EGM)
Level 2A	Indian Order of Merit (2nd class) (IOM) Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) (CGM)
Level 2B	Albert Medal (2nd class) (AM) Edward Medal (2nd class) (EM) Union of South Africa King's Medal for Bravery, Gold
Level 3A	Order of British India (1st class) (OBI) Order of British India (2nd class) (OBI) Indian Order of Merit (2rd class) (IOM) Title Badge (India) (1st class) Title Badge (India) (2nd class) Title Badge (India) (3rd class) Royal West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal King's African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) Military Medal (MM) Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) Air Force Medal (AFM) Burma Gallantry Medal (BGM)
Level 3B	Constabulary Medal (Ireland) Union of South Africa Queen's Medal for Bravery (Silver) Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (Gold, Silver, Bronze) Indian Police Medal, for Gallantry Ceylon Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Gallantry Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Gallantry Colonial Police Medal, for Gallantry (CPM) Canada Medal (CM) Queen's Medal for Chiefs Indian Police Medal, for Meritorious Service Ceylon Police Medal, for Merit Sierra Leone Police Medal, for Meritorious Service Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Medal, for Meritorious Service
Level 4	King's/Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct King's/Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (1942-94)

See also: British campaign medals; Revocations

Orders of chivalry for women
Exclusively for women:	Austria: Order of the Starry Cross Order of Love of the Neighbour Order of Elizabeth Bavaria: Order of Theresa Order of Saint Elizabeth Order of Saint Anna Burgundy: Order of the Dames of Rougemont Brunswick: Cross of Merit for ladies Bulgaria: Order of Charity Cambodia: Order of Satrei Vathana Denmark: Ordre de Parfaite Amitié Kingdom of Egypt: Order of the Virtues Ethiopia: Order of the Queen of Sheba Germany - Holy Roman Empire: Order of the Slaves of the Virtue Third Reich: Cross of Honour of the German Mother Greece: Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Order of Beneficence Japan: Order of the Precious Crown Lippe-Detmold: Ordine di Berta Korea: Order of the Auspicious Phoenix Mantua: Order of the Dames of Maria Elisa Mexico: Order of Saint Charles Persia: Order of Aftab Order of the Pleiades Philippines: Order of Gabriela Silang Portugal: Order of Saint Isabel Prussia: Order of Louise Cross of Merit for Women and Girls Ladies Merit Cross Romania: Commemorative Cross for Ladies Order for Merits Russia: Order of Saint Catherine Order of the Red Cross for Ladies and Misses Holy See: Golden Rose (from 1759) Saxony: Order of Sidonia Ordine of Anna Maria Saxe-Merseburg: Order of the Skull Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: Order of the Dames Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt & Schwarzburg-Sondershausen: Medal of Honour of Anna Luisa Serbia: Medal of Princess Nathalie Medal of Queen Nathalie Spain: Order of Queen Maria Luisa Turkey: Order of Charity Ukraine: Order of Princess Olga United Kingdom: Royal Family Order of King George IV Royal Order of Victoria and Albert Royal Family Order of Edward VII Royal Family Order of George V Royal Family Order of George VI Order of the Crown of India Royal Red Cross Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II Württemberg: Order of Olga
Included a class for women:	Anhalt: Order of Albert the Bear Baden: House Order of Fidelity Finland: Order of the White Rose of Finland Hesse: Order of the Star of Brabant Netherlands: Order of the House of Orange Saxon Duchies: Saxe-Ernestine House Order Thailand: Order of Chula Chom Klao Westphalia: Order of the Crown of Westphalia

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