List of titles and honours of Anne, Princess Royal

Styles of Anne, Princess Royal
Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

• 15 August 1950 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Edinburgh^[1]
• 6 February 1952 – 15 November 1973: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne
• 15 November 1973 – 13 June 1987: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips^[2]
• 13 June 1987 – present: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal^[3]

From birth, thanks to letters patent issued by her grandfather George VI on 22 October 1948, Anne was a British princess with the style of Royal Highness and the territorial designation "of Edinburgh". Upon her mother's accession to the throne in 1952, the territorial designation was dropped and she became styled as "The Princess Anne". After she married Captain Mark Phillips in 1973, she was styled as "The Princess Anne, Mrs Mark Phillips" until her mother created her Princess Royal, an appellation given only to the eldest daughter of the sovereign, on 13 June 1987. Anne is the seventh Princess Royal since the title was first granted to Mary, daughter of Charles I.^[4] The previous holder was Anne's great-aunt Mary, daughter of George V. As the wife of Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, she is entitled to use the title of Lady Laurence, because the wife of a knight (Sir) may use the prefect Lady before the Knights surname. However, a princess who has been granted the title of HRH The Princess Royal will not customarily combine it with her style by marriage.^[5]

 United Kingdom

• Royal Navy
  • 1 July 1974: Chief Commandant, Women's Royal Naval Service^[6]
  • 1 November 1993: Rear Admiral^[7]
  • 1 December 2009: Vice Admiral^[8]
  • 15 August 2012: Admiral^[9]
• British Army
  • 15 August 2020: General^[10][11]
• Royal Air Force
  • 15 August 2020: Air Chief Marshal^[10][12][13]

Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom	15 August 1969	Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II[14]
	25 January 1971	Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem[15]		DStJ
	5 May 2009	Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem[16]		GCStJ
	15 August 1974	Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[17][18]		GCVO
	20 April 2007	Grand Master of the Royal Victorian Order[19]
Singapore	18 February 1972	Distinguished Service Order[20][21]		DUBC
New Zealand	6 February 1990	Extra Companion of the Queen's Service Order[22]		QSO
England	23 April 1994	Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter[23][18][24][25]		KG
Scotland	30 November 2000	Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle[26][27]		KT
Papua New Guinea	29 September 2005	Royal Chief Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu[28]		GCL
Canada	12 April 2022[29]	Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit[30][31]		CMM
United Kingdom	15 June 2023	Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign		ADC(P)
United Kingdom	3 December 2024	Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Charles III[32]

Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
United Kingdom	2 June 1953	Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal[33]
	6 February 1977	Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal[33][34]
Canada	1982	Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration with three clasps[35][33]		CD
New Zealand	9 February 1990	Recipient of the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal[33]
United Kingdom	6 February 2002	Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal[33]
Canada	27 May 2005	Recipient of the Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan[36]
United Kingdom	6 February 2012	Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[33]
	11 October 2016	Recipient of the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with two clasps[33]
	6 February 2022	Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal[33]
	6 May 2023	Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal
		Recipient of the Service Medal of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem with two gold bars[33]

Appointments (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon	Post-nominal letters
Austria	1969	Grand Decoration of Honour for Servies to the Republic of Austria in Gold with Sash[37]
Finland		Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Japan	1971	Paulownia Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
The Netherlands	1972	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange
Luxembourg		Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown
Yugoslavia	1972–1992	Order of the Yugoslav Flag with Sash (I rank)
Spain	2017	Commander by Number of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic[38]		CnYC
Madagascar		Grand Cross, 2nd class, of the National Order of Madagascar[39]
Chile	2021	Grand Cross of the Order of Merit

Decorations and medals (Shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)

Country	Date	Appointment	Ribbon
Imperial State of Iran	1971	Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire[40]

The ribbons worn regularly by Anne in undress uniform are as follows:

Ribbons of the Princess Royal

With medals, Anne normally wears the breast stars of the Garter, Thistle, and Royal Victorian Order. When only one should be worn, she wears the Order of the Garter star, except in Scotland where the Order of the Thistle star is worn.

Australia

• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals^[41]
• 2011– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport^[42]

Canada

• 1972– : Colonel-in-Chief of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)^[43]
• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters^[44]
• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Communications and Electronics Branch^[44][41]
• 1982– : Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Regina Rifles^[45]
• 1987– : Colonel-in-Chief of Royal Newfoundland Regiment^[41]
• 2003– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Medical Service^[46]
• 2014– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Hussars^[47]
• 2015– : Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Navy (Fleet Pacific)^[48]
• 2017– : Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police^[49]

New Zealand

• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Army Nursing Corps^[41]
• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals^[41]

United Kingdom

• 1969–1992 : Colonel-in-Chief of the 14th/20th King's Hussars^[50]
• 1970–2007 : Colonel-in-Chief of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29/45 Foot)^[51]
• 1977– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals^[52]
• 1981– : Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps)^[53]
• 1983–2006 : Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)^[41]
• 1989– : Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London OTC^[41]
• 1992– : Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Royal Hussars^[54]
• 1992– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Logistic Corps^[54]
• 1993– : Affiliated Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Gurkha Signals^[41]
• 1993– : Affiliated Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment^[41]
• 1998– : Colonel of the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)^[41][55]
• 2003– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps^[56]
• 2006–2021 : Royal Colonel of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland^[41]
• 2006– : Royal Colonel of the 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland^[41]
• 2021– : Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Battalion Ranger Regiment^[57]
• 2022– : Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps^[58]
• 2023– : Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Scotland^[57]
• Member of the Honourable Artillery Company^[59]
• 1977–2011: Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Lyneham^[41]
• 1993– : Honorary Air Commodore of the University of London Air Squadron^[41]
• 2011– : Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Brize Norton^[60]
• 1974–1993: Chief Commandant of the Women's Royal Naval Service^[61][62]
• 1993– : Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy^[63][64]
• 2006– : Commodore-in-Chief of HMNB Portsmouth^[65]
• 2021– : Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps^[66]
• 1988–2022: Lady Sponsor of HMS Talent (S92)^[67]
• 2001– : Lady Sponsor of HMS Albion (L14)^[68]
• 2024– : Lady Sponsor of HMS Venturer^[69]