HRH is an abbreviation for the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. It appears in front of the names of some members of some royal families other than the King or Queen. The title is sometimes used to designate between princes and princesses who are members of the royal line of succession and those who are not. For example, the son of the monarch may be titled "His Royal Highness The Crown Prince" while his wife may simply be "Her Highness The Crown Princess". Look up abbreviation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is strictly a shortening, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. ... A style is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the office itself. ... A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state, whose titles and ascent are often inherited, not earned, and who represents a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. ... A monarch is a type of ruler or head of state, whose titles and ascent are often inherited, not earned, and who represents a larger monarchical system which has established rules and customs regarding succession, duties, and powers. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article is about the noble title. ... An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant. ...

The style His/Her Royal Highness ranks below His/Her Imperial Highness (referring to an Imperial House) but above His/Her Highness and His/Her Serene Highness (referring to Princely or Ducal Houses). His/Her Imperial Highness (abbreviation HIH) is a title used by members of an Imperial family to denote Imperial - as opposed to royal - status to show that the holder in question is descended from an Emperor rather than a King (compare His/Her Royal Highness). ... Highness, often used with a personal possessive pronoun (His/Her/Your Highness, the first two abbreviated HH) and/or an adjective referring to the rank of the dynasty (e. ... HSH is an acronym for His Serene Highness or Her Serene Highness. ...

In the British monarchy the style of HRH is associated with the rank of prince or princess (although this has not always applied, the notable exception being Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was given the style of HRH in 1947 but was not created a prince until 1958). This is especially important when a prince has another title such as Duke (or a princess the title of Duchess) by which he or she would usually be addressed. For instance HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a prince and a member of the royal family while His Grace The Duke of Devonshire is a non-royal duke and not a member of the British royal family. This article describes the British monarchy from the perspective of the United Kingdom. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article is about the noble title. ... HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC, (Philip Mountbatten, formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) (born 10 June 1921) is the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Dated October 30th, 1869, by Notman His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert) (1 May 1850 - 16 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family, a son of Queen Victoria. ... The Most Noble Peregrine Andrew Mornay Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born April 27, 1944), is the elder and only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford. ... The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ...

In the United Kingdom, a Letters Patent issued on 28 August 1996 states that a style received by a spouse of a member of the Royal Family on their marriage ceases at the point of divorce. For that reason Diana Spencer, when she and Charles, Prince of Wales divorced, ceased to be HRH. Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal document which is an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as a corporation. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Lady Diana Spencer is a name shared by several members of the Spencer family, an aristocratic English family related to the Churchills of Blenheim Palace. ... HRH The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...

See also

• Royal and noble styles
• Forms of Address in the United Kingdom
• Princes of The Holy Roman Empire [1]
• List of British princes
• List of British princesses
• Use of courtesy titles and honorifics in professional writing