Royal Family Order of Edward VII

Royal Family Order of Edward VII
Awarded by King Edward VII
Type	Royal Family Order
Awarded for	At the monarch's pleasure
Status	Defunct; not awarded since the death of Edward VII
Ribbon of the Order

The Royal Family Order of Edward VII is an honour that was bestowed as a mark of personal esteem on female members of the British Royal Family by King Edward VII. The order is a personal memento rather than a state decoration.

Appearance

The ribbon of Edward VII's Royal Family Order is based on his racing colours. They are (working outwards in) a red stripe, almost half the size of the centre stripe, a thin gold stripe, about one-fifth of the red stripe, and a blue stripe, almost double the red stripe. The red gold pattern is mirrored on both sides.^[1]

List of known recipients

Size 1:

• Queen Alexandra, the King's wife

Size 2:

• The Princess of Wales later Queen Mary, the King's daughter-in-law
• Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife later Princess Royal, the King's daughter
• Princess Victoria, the King's daughter
• Princess Maud of Denmark later Queen Maud of Norway, the King's daughter
• Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the King's sister
• Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the King's sister
• Princess Henry of Battenberg, the King's sister
• The Dowager Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the King's sister-in-law
• The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, the King's sister-in-law
• The Dowager Duchess of Albany, the King's sister-in-law

See also

• Royal Family Order of George IV
• Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
• Royal Family Order of George V
• Royal Family Order of George VI
• Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II

References

• [1] for image of front and back.