Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II

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order of chivalry-related decoration royal family order

The Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II is a personal decoration bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II upon female members of the British royal family, typically worn on formal occasions as a mark of royal favor and distinction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Royal Family Order of Charles III	1
Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of chivalry-related decoration ⓘ royal family order ⓘ
awardedTo	Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester ⓘ Camilla, Queen Consort ⓘ surface form: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (later Queen Camilla) Catherine, Princess of Wales ⓘ Diana, Princess of Wales ⓘ Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy ⓘ Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone ⓘ Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester ⓘ Anne, Princess Royal ⓘ surface form: Princess Anne, The Princess Royal Princess Margaret of Connaught (if still living at inception – historically no, but leave out) ⓘ Princess Margaret ⓘ surface form: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ⓘ surface form: Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent Princess Michael of Kent ⓘ Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Sophie, Countess of Wessex (later Duchess of Edinburgh) ⓘ
awardingAuthority	Elizabeth II ⓘ
awardingFrequency	highly selective ⓘ
belongsTo	British honours system ⓘ
ceasedWith	death of Elizabeth II ⓘ
conferredFor	personal esteem of the sovereign ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts	portrait of Elizabeth II ⓘ
eligibility	female members of the British royal family ⓘ select female relatives of Elizabeth II ⓘ
frameMaterial	diamonds ⓘ
genderRestriction	female ⓘ
hasShape	oval miniature portrait medallion ⓘ
inception	1952 ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
material	glass miniature portrait (later issues) ⓘ ivory miniature portrait (early issues) ⓘ
namedAfter	Elizabeth II ⓘ
nonTransferable	true ⓘ
predecessor	Royal Family Order of George VI ⓘ
presentedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ
purpose	mark of distinction within the royal family ⓘ mark of royal favor ⓘ
ribbonColor	chartreuse yellow ⓘ
status	no longer awarded ⓘ
successor	Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Family Order of Charles III
suspension	yellow silk watered ribbon ⓘ
typeOfAward	personal decoration ⓘ
wearerPosition	pinned to left shoulder ⓘ
wornOn	court functions ⓘ formal occasions ⓘ state banquets ⓘ state visits ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon → awardReceived → Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II → awardReceived → Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II ⓘ

Royal Family Order of George VI → followedBy → Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II ⓘ

Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II → successor → Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Family Order of Charles III