The order of precedence | for male members | of the royal family |
The Sovereign | The King | |
The Prince of Wales | i.e. the Sovereign's eldest son. | Prince William, Prince of Wales |
The Sovereign's younger sons | Ordered according to their birth. | Prince Henry, Duke of Sussex |
The Sovereign's grandsons | Prince George of Wales | |
The Sovereign's brothers | Ordered according to their birth. | Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh |
The Sovereign's uncles | i.e. the brothers of the Sovereign's royal parent (through whom he or she inherited the throne); ordered according to their birth. | |
The Sovereign's nephews | i.e. the sons of the Sovereign's brothers and sisters; ordered according to the rules of primogeniture. | Peter Phillips |
The Sovereign's cousins | i.e. the sons of the brothers and sisters of the Sovereign's royal parent (through whom he or she inherited the throne); ordered according to the rules of primogeniture | David, 2nd Earl of Snowdon Lady Sarah Chatto |
The Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall and Rothesay & Grandsons of former sovereigns who are not dukes | i.e. the sons of the brothers and sisters of the Sovereign's royal parent (through whom he or she inherited the throne); ordered according to the rules of primogeniture | |
The order of precedence | for female members when accompanying their husbands | |
The Queen Consort | Camilla, Queen Consort | |
Daughters-in-law of the sovereign | (if accompanying their husbands) | Catherine, Princess of Wales |
Daughters of the sovereign | ||
Granddaughters-in-law of the sovereign | (if accompanying their husbands; ordered according to their husbands' precedence) | |
Granddaughters of the sovereign | (ordered according to the rules of primogeniture) | Princess Lillibeth of Sussex |
Sisters-in-law of the sovereign | (if accompanying their husbands; none) | Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh |
Sisters of the sovereign | Anne, Princess Royal | |
Aunts (by marriage) of the sovereign | (if accompanying their husbands; none surviving) | |
Aunts (by blood) of the sovereign | ||
Nieces (by marriage) of the sovereign | Nieces (by marriage) of the sovereign | |
Nieces (by blood) of the sovereign | Princess Eugenie Princess Beatrice Zara Tindall (née Phillips) Lady Louise Windsor | |
Granddaughters-in-law of former sovereigns | (whose husbands are dukes; if accompanying their husbands) | Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
Granddaughters-in-law of former sovereigns | (whose husbands are not dukes; if accompanying their husbands) | Princess Michael of Kent |
Granddaughters of former sovereigns | Princess Alexandra, Lady Sarah Chatto Princess Charlotte Princess Lillibeth Sarah Tindall | |
Order of Precedence | for female members of the Royal family | not accompanying their husbands |
The Queen Consort | Camilla, Queen Consort | |
Queens dowager | (none surviving; most recently widowed first) | |
Daughters of the sovereign | ||
Granddaughters of prior Monarchs | Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy Lady Sarah Chatto | |
Granddaughters of the Monarch | accorded Princely rank | Princess Charlotte of Wales Princess Lillibeth of Sussex |
Granddaughters-in-law | to Princely Grandsons of the sovereign | |
Daughters-in-law of the Sovereign | Catherine, Princess of Wales | |
Granddaughters of the sovereign | without Princely rank | |
Granddaughters-in-law of the sovereign | ||
Aunts (by marriage) of the sovereign | (if not accompanying their husbands; | |
Nieces (by marriage) of the sovereign | (if not accompanying their husbands) | |
Granddaughters-in-law of former sovereigns | (whose husbands are Princely Dukes) | Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester Katharine, Duchess of Kent |
Granddaughters-in-law of former sovereigns | (whose husbands are Princes) | Princess Michael of Kent |