List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments, both before and during his time as consort to Queen Elizabeth II. Each is listed below. Where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark being given as from his birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss, renunciation or when its use was discontinued.

Royal and noble titles and styles

 * 10 June 1921 – 28 February 1947: His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
 * 28 February 1947 – 19 November 1947: Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
 * 19–20 November 1947: Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten
 * 20 November 1947 – 22 February 1957: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
 * 22 February 1957 – 9 April 2021: His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Full style
Prince Philip's British honours were read out at his funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows: "Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the late Most High, Mighty and Illustrious Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, One of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal in the Army and Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Husband of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness."

Royal styles and titles 1947
On 19 November 1947, the day preceding his wedding, King George VI bestowed by Letters Patent the style His Royal Highness on Philip and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, further Letters Patent created him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, already being a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947, he bore the unusual style Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.

Unofficial

 * 1952 – 2021 :
 * In Tok Pisin: Oldfella Pili-Pili him bilong Misis Kwin
 * In Tok Pisin: Oldfella Pili-Pili him bilong Misis Kwin


 * , Vanuatu
 * 1952 – 2021 :
 * In Bislama: Number one big fella him bilong Misis Kwin


 * 5 August 1960 – 9 April 2021 : Bard Philip Meirionnydd
 * 5 August 1960 – 9 April 2021 : Bard Philip Meirionnydd

Royal title
On the popular, but erroneous, assumption that if Philip had the style of His Royal Highness he was automatically a British Prince, media reports after his marriage to Princess Elizabeth referred to a Prince Philip, with or without reference to any ducal title. This may have been influenced by the fact that he had actually been a Prince of Greece and Denmark by birth, the use of which titles he had discontinued already. Although the princely title was omitted in the British Regency Act 1953, and in Letters Patent of November 1953 appointing Counsellors of State, it had been included in Letters Patent of 22 October 1948 conferring princely rank on children from Philip's marriage to Elizabeth. King George VI, however, is believed to have been clear and intentional in having withheld the title of Prince from his future son-in-law.

On 3 February 1953, John Diefenbaker MP expressed to the House of Commons of Canada his desire to see Philip bear a title that alluded to the Queen's pan-national position and put forward the suggestion of Prince of the Commonwealth. In May of the following year, U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill received a written suggestion from the Queen that her husband be granted the title that Diefenbaker had mentioned, or some other suitable augmentation of his style. Churchill preferred the title Prince Consort, but the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, expressed a preference for Prince of the Realm. While the Commonwealth Prime Ministers were assembled in London, Churchill was requested by the Queen to informally solicit their opinions on the matter of the Queen's husband's title. Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was the only one to express "misgivings", while Philip insisted to the Queen that he objected to any enhancement of his title. The Queen thereafter contacted Churchill and told him to drop the matter. In 1955, the South African Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom belatedly made it known that the South African Cabinet objected to the title Prince of the Commonwealth. When told, the Queen continued to express the wish that her husband's position be raised, but rejected the British Cabinet's recommendations of Prince Consort or Prince Royal. The British Cabinet then suggested simply His Royal Highness the Prince, but the Queen was advised that if she still preferred Prince of the Commonwealth, her Private Secretary could write directly to the Commonwealth Governors-General for their response, though warning that if their consent was not unanimous the proposal could not go forward.

The matter appeared left until the publication on 8 February 1957 of an article by P. Wykeham-Bourne in The Evening Standard titled: "Well, is it correct to say Prince Philip?" A few days following, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reversed the advice of the Queen's previous ministers and formally recommended that the Queen reject the Prince in favour of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, deleting the reference to the Commonwealth countries. Letters Patent were issued on 22 February 1957 giving the Duke the style and titular dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (omitting the wording and Her other Realms and Territories). According to the announcement in The London Gazette, he should henceforth be known as His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with the capitalised definite article normally restricted to the children of monarchs.

Order of Australia


Prince Philip's elevation on Australia Day 2015 from Companion to Knight of the Order of Australia caused some political controversy in Australia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recommendation (via Sir Peter Cosgrove) to the Queen to confer the honour was criticised by the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, among others. While conservative ministers and editorials supported his award of an honour, Abbott himself later admitted to a lapse of judgement, saying the appointment was 'injudicious'.

Naval ranks and appointments

 * 1940 – 1941: Midshipman, HMS Ramillies, HMS Valiant
 * 1941 – 16 July 1942: Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Wallace
 * 16 July 1942 – October 1942: Lieutenant, HMS Wallace
 * October 1942 – 15 August 1950: First Lieutenant, HMS Wallace, HMS Whelp, HMS Chequers
 * 15 August 1950 – 2 February 1952: Lieutenant Commander, HMS Chequers, HMS Magpie
 * 2 February 1952 – 15 January 1953: Commander, HMS Magpie
 * 15 January 1953 – 9 April 2021: Admiral of the Fleet, RN
 * 10 June 2011 – 9 April 2021: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom

Other Commonwealth countries

 * Appointments


 * Decorations

Foreign honours

 * Orders


 * Decorations

Wear of orders, decorations, and medals
Awards that were worn regularly by Prince Philip are noted in the above tables and were worn in accordance with customary British conventions applicable to the occasion, the location and to the form of dress worn. Awards not specifically noted were worn by Prince Philip on appropriate occasions relating to the country that made the award, again in accordance with UK conventions. The ribbons worn by Prince Philip at the time of his death were as follows:

Honorary military positions

 * 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 🇦🇺 1954 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Australian Navy
 * 🇦🇺 1954 – 2021: Field Marshal of the Australian Army
 * 🇦🇺 1959 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * 🇦🇺 1963 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Australian Army Cadets
 * 🇦🇺 1954 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force


 * 🇨🇦 Canada


 * 1953 – 2021: Admiral of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
 * 2011 – 2021: Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy
 * 🇨🇦 1953 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets
 * 🇨🇦 8 December 1953 – 9 April 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Regiment
 * 🇨🇦 1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
 * 🇨🇦 1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
 * 🇨🇦 1967 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)
 * 🇨🇦 15 July 1978 – 9 April 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
 * 🇨🇦 2011 – 2021: Captain-General of the Canadian Army
 * 🇨🇦 1953 – 2021: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets
 * 🇨🇦 2011 – 2021: General of the Royal Canadian Air Force


 * New Zealand
 * 1958 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal New Zealand Navy
 * 1954 – 1964: Colonel-in-Chief of the Hawke's Bay Regiment
 * 1954 – 1964: Colonel-in-Chief of the Otago and Southland Regiment
 * 1970 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * 1977 – 2021: Field Marshal of the New Zealand Army
 * 1977 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal New Zealand Air Force


 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
 * 🇹🇹 1964 – 2021: Honorary Colonel of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment


 * United Kingdom
 * 1953 – 2021: Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
 * 1952 – 1992: Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps
 * 1953 – 2017: Captain General Royal Marines
 * 2011 – 2021: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
 * 1953 – 2021: Field Marshal of the British Army
 * 1952 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Cadet Force
 * 1953 – 1958: Colonel-in-Chief of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
 * 1953 – 1959: Colonel-in-Chief of the Wiltshire Regiment
 * 1953 – 1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 * 1953 – 1957: Honorary Colonel of the Leicestershire Yeomanry
 * 1953 – 2021: Honorary Colonel of the City of Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps
 * 1953 – 1974: Colonel of the Welsh Guards
 * 1957 – 2021: Member of the Honourable Artillery Company
 * 1958 – 1993: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 * 1959 – 1994: Colonel-in-Chief of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
 * 1961 – 1994: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
 * 1967 – 2021: Honorary Colonel of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry
 * 1969 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * 1975 – 2017: Colonel of the Grenadier Guards
 * 1977 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Intelligence Corps
 * 1993 – 2002: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars
 * 1994 – 2007 Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
 * 1994 – 2006: Colonel-in-Chief of the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
 * 2002 – 2021: Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's Royal Hussars
 * 2006 – 2021: Royal Colonel of the Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland
 * 2007 – 2020: Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles
 * 1953 – 2021: Marshal of the Royal Air Force
 * 1952 – 2015: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
 * 1952 – 2015: Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets
 * 1953 – 1957: Honorary Air Commodore of the No. 601 (County of London) Squadron
 * 1960 – 2021: Commandant-in-Chief of RAF Henlow
 * 1977 – 2012: Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Kinloss
 * 1983 – 2021: Air Commodore of the University Air Squadron

Citizenship

 * 🇺🇾 1962: Montevideo
 * 16 March 1966: Chicago

Municipal awards

 * 1968: Grand Commander of the Order of Maritime Merit of the San Francisco Port Authority

City freedoms

 * Commonwealth realms
 * 14 June 1948: London - Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
 * 1948: Greenwich
 * 1949: Edinburgh
 * May 1949: Belfast
 * 1 December 1954: Cardiff
 * 15 February 1955: Glasgow
 * 🇦🇺 3 December 1956: Melbourne
 * 🇨🇦 1959: Calgary
 * 🇧🇧 1964: Bridgetown
 * 1995: Windsor and Maidenhead
 * 6 July 2012: Perth


 * Other Commonwealth
 * 🇹🇿 1961: Dar es Salaam
 * 🇰🇪 1963: Nairobi


 * Foreign
 * 1964: Guadalajara
 * 1964: Acapulco
 * 1966: Los Angeles

Other

 * Deputy Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
 * Honorary Deputy Sheriff of Los Angeles County

Scholastic

 * Chancellor, visitor, governor, and fellowships


 * Honorary degrees

Awards

 * DofE-Logo-2008.png The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
 * : Prince Philip Designers Prize
 * : Prince Philip Medal

Geographic locations

 * : Prince Philip Glacier

Buildings

 * : Prince Philip Hospital
 * : Prince Philip Dental Hospital

Highways, roads, and bridges

 * : Prince Philip Drive, London.
 * : Prince Philip Drive, St. John's.
 * : Prince Philip Drive.

Parks

 * Prince Philip Park
 * Prince Philip Park

Lifeboats

 * : RNLB Duke of Edinburgh