Royal Family Order of King George VI

Royal Family Order of King George VI

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Awarded by King George VI (Personally and Privately)
Type	Royal Family Order
Eligibility	Female members of the British Royal Family
Awarded for	At the monarch's pleasure
Status	Not awarded since the death of George VI
Established	1936

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.

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

Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Royal Family Order of King George VI (above that of King George V).

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]

References

1 2 3 4 "Royal Family Orders". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

Orders and honours of the United Kingdom

Current orders	Garter Thistle Bath Merit St Michael and St George Royal Victorian Distinguished Service British Empire Imperial Service Companions of Honour King George V King George VI Queen Elizabeth II St John

Dormant orders	St Patrick Royal Guelphic Crown of India Star of India Indian Empire Indian Merit British India Burma King George IV Victoria and Albert King Edward VII

Other honours	Royal Victorian Chain Hereditary peerage Life peerage Privy Counsellor Baronet Knight Bachelor Aide-de-camp (ADC) Honours of other Commonwealth realms

Revocations Orders, decorations and medals Campaign medals

Orders of knighthood for women

Orders 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: Mother Cross Greece: Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Order of Beneficence Japan: Order of the Precious Crown Lippe-Detmold: Ordine di Berta 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 Ladies and Virgins Cross of Merit for Ladies 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 South Korea: Order of the Lucky Phoenix 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 King Edward VII Royal Family Order of King George V Royal Family Order of King George VI Order of the Crown of India Royal Red Cross Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II Württemberg: Order of Olga

Orders which included a class for women:	Anhalt: Order of Albert the Bear Baden: Order of Loyalty (Baden) 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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