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List of Titles and Honours of Charles, Prince of Wales

This is a list of awards, decorations, honours, orders and titles belonging to Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of, and heir to, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

If a single date is listed in the Dates column, then it is the date of the attaining of the award or title. If two are listed, then the first indicates the date of the attaining of the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation.

Royal and Noble Titles

Country Title Dates
United Kingdom Prince of the United Kingdom 1948
England Duke of Cornwall 1952
Scotland Duke of Rothesay 1952
Scotland Earl of Carrick 1952
Scotland Baron of Renfrew 1952
Scotland Lord of the Isles 1952
Scotland Prince and Great Steward of Scotland 1952
United Kingdom Prince of Wales 1958
United Kingdom Earl of Chester 1958

Commonwealth Honours

Country Award or Order Class or Position Dates
United Kingdom Order of the Garter Knight 1958
United Kingdom Order of the Bath Grand Master and Principal
Knight Grand Cross
1974
United Kingdom Order of the Thistle Knight 1977
United Kingdom Privy Counsellor - 1977
Australia Order of Australia Knight 1981
Canada Canadian Forces Decoration - 1982
United Kingdom Queen's Service Order Knight 1983
United Kingdom Order of Merit Member 2002

Foreign Honours

Country Award or Order Class or Position Dates
Finland Order of the White Rose Grand Cross 1969
Japan Order of the Chrysanthemum Grand Cordon 1971
The Netherlands Order of the House of Orange Grand Cross 1972
Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown Grand Cross 1972
Denmark Order of the Elephant Knight 1974
Nepal Order of Ojaswi Rajanya - 1975
Ghana Order of the Star of Ghana - 1977
Norway Order of St Olav Grand Cross with Collar 1978
Brazil Order of the Southern Cross Grand Cross 1978
Egypt Order of the Republic Collar 1981
The Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau Knight Grand Cross 1982
France Order of the Legion of Honour Grand Cordon 1982
Malawi Order of the Lion Grand Commander 1985
Bahrain Order of al-Khalifa 1st Class 1986
Qatar Order of Merit Collar 1986
Spain Order of Carlos III Grand Cross 1986
Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit 1st Class 1987

Honourary Military Positions

Military Force Unit Position Dates
British Army Royal Regiment of Wales Colonel-in-Chief 1969
British Army Welsh Guards Colonel 1975
British Army Cheshire Regiment Colonel-in-Chief 1977
British Army Gordon Highlanders Colonel-in-Chief 1977
1994
British Army Parachute Regiment Colonel-in-Chief 1977
British Army 2nd King Edward VII's Own Ghurka
Rifles
Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Brawdy Honourary Air Commodore 1977
1992
Canadian Land Command Lord Strathcona's Horse Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Canadian Land Command Fort Garry Horse Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Canadian Land Command Royal Regiment of Canada Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Canadian Air Command Air Reserve Group of Air Command Air-Commodore-in-Chief 1977
Canadian Land Command Royal Winnipeg Rifles Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Australian Army Royal Australian Armoured Corps Colonel-in-Chief 1977
Royal New Zealand Air Force - Air-Commodore-in-Chief 1977
Papua New Guinean Army Royal Pacific Islands Regiment Colonel-in-Chief 1984
British Army 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Colonel-in-Chief 1985
1992
Canadian Land Command Royal Canadian Dragoons Colonel-in-Chief 1985
British Army Army Air Corps Colonel-in-Chief 1992
British Army Royal Dragoon Guards Colonel-in-Chief 1992
Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Valley Honourary Air Commodore 1993
British Army Royal Gurkha Rifles Colonel-in-Chief 1994
British Army The Highlanders (Seaforth, Camerons
and Gordons)
Deputy Colonel-in-Chief 1994
British Army The Queen's Own Yeomanry Royal Honourary Colonel 2000
British Army 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Colonel-in-Chief 2003
British Army The King's Regiment Colonel-in-Chief 2003
British Army The Black Watch Colonel-in-Chief 2003

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Referenced By

Charles, Prince of Wales | Charles, the Prince of Wales | Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor | Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor-Mountbatten | Charles Philip Arthur Windsor | Charles Windsor, Prince of Wales | List of Royal Titles of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | List of Titles and Honours of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | List of Titles and Honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Prince Charles

 

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