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[[File:Princess Royal at State Banquet 2025-09-17 (0.75 crop).jpg|thumb|[[Anne, Princess Royal]], daughter of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and princess of the blood]]
The use of the title of '''Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''' is entirely at the will of the [[Monarch|sovereign]], and is now expressed in [[letters patent]]. Individuals holding the title of princess will usually also be granted the style of [[Royal Highness|''Her Royal Highness'']] (HRH). The current letters patent were issued in 1917 during [[World War I]], with one extension in 2012. 

Between 1714 and 1917, pursuant to the then custom, daughters of the monarch and daughters of male-line descendants of a monarch were accorded the rank of a British princess. King [[George V]] issued letters patent on 30 November 1917 (issue 30428, Dec. 14, 1917, p. 2.), predefining who held the title, style and rank of a British Princess<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 13086 {{!}} Issue 30428, 14 December 1917 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30428/page/13086 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> to restrict the automatic assignment of the title "princess" and the use of the style "Royal Highness" to the following persons:

* the legitimate daughters of a British Sovereign
* the legitimate male line granddaughters of a British sovereign.

On 31 December 2012, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] issued letters patent enabling all children of the [[Primogeniture#Male-preference (cognatic) primogeniture|eldest son]] of the [[Prince of Wales]] to hold the title ''prince'' or ''princess'' and style ''[[Royal Highness]]'', as opposed to only the eldest son (the 1917 patent having extended "prince" to his eldest living son).

The wife of a [[British prince]] whose marriage has been approved by the British Sovereign is automatically accorded the status of the prince (princess) and the feminine form of her husband's titles.

==Princesses of the blood royal and princesses by marriage==
Under the current practice, princesses of the blood royal are the legitimate daughters and the legitimate male line granddaughters of a [[British sovereign]]. They are [[dynasts]], that is potential successors to the throne. For these individuals, the title "Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and the style "Her Royal Highness" is an entitlement for life. The title Princess and the style [[Royal Highness]] is prefixed to the Christian name, before another title of honour. From 1714 until 1917, the male-line great-granddaughters of the Sovereign were titled "Princess of Great Britain and Ireland" with the style "Highness". Since 1917,{{CN|date=May 2024}} the male-line great-granddaughters of the Sovereign have held "the style and title enjoyed by the children of dukes". For example, the daughters of [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]], a male line grandson of George V, are styled [[Lady Davina Windsor]] and [[Lady Rose Gilman]].

The legal wife of a [[British prince]] is also entitled to the status and rank of a British princess. If their husband is not the holder of his own substantive title, then the wife of a British prince has the right to be styled as Princess followed by their husband's first given name.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://debretts.com/who-can-be-a-prince-or-princess/ | title=Who can be a prince or princess? • Debretts | date=9 March 2023 }}</ref> However, if their husband is the holder of either a Dukedom or an Earldom then this takes precedence.<ref name="auto"/> For example, upon her marriage to [[Prince Michael of Kent]] in 1978, [[Princess Michael of Kent|Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz]] assumed the title and style of "Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent". Similarly, upon her marriage to then [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester|Prince Richard of Gloucester]], the former [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester|Birgitte van Deurs]] assumed the title and style of "Her Royal Highness Princess Richard of Gloucester". Upon marriage, the wife of the prince of Wales becomes "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales". Upon marriage, the wife of a royal duke (or earl) becomes "Her Royal Highness The Duchess (or Countess) of X". When Prince Richard of Gloucester succeeded to his father's dukedom in 1974, his wife became "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester". Since 1714, only four princesses were at marriage known in their title by their husband's name, since all the others took the duchess form of the [[royal duke]]'s title. The four are [[Princess George of Cumberland]], [[Princess Arthur of Connaught]], [[Princess Richard of Gloucester]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]].

Princesses by marriage are entitled to the style "Royal Highness" by virtue of marriage, and retain the style if widowed. However, Elizabeth II issued letters patent dated 21 August 1996 stating that any woman divorced from a prince of the United Kingdom would no longer be entitled to the style "Royal Highness". This has so far applied to [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and [[Sarah, Duchess of York]]. The title of HRH is not intrinsically linked to the title of Princess. Diana was restyled as "Diana, Princess of Wales" following her divorce as a courtesy of the late Queen Elizabeth II having been officially styled as The Princess of Wales during marriage. If Diana had ever remarried then she would have lost the right to the style and title completely. 

Since the passage of the ''[[Royal Marriages Act 1772]]'', there were a few instances in the reign of King George III in which princes of the blood contracted marriages without consent of the king. This meant they were not legally married, denying the woman the lawful style "Her Royal Highness", as well as any title in the peerage. For example, [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]], a male-line grandson of King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]], 'married' [[Sarah Fairbrother|Sarah Louisa Fairbrother]]: the marriage was in contravention of the ''Royal Marriages Act'', and therefore legally invalid. Accordingly, the duke's wife was never titled the Duchess of Cambridge or accorded the style "Her Royal Highness". Instead, she was known as "Mrs FitzGeorge". An exception to the rule was created for King [[Edward VIII]] following his 1936 abdication. King [[George VI]] issued letters patent dated 27 May 1937 that entitled The Duke of Windsor, as Edward was now entitled, "to hold and enjoy for himself only the title, style or attribute of Royal Highness so however that his wife and descendants if any shall not hold the said title, style or attribute".

There is also the case when a princess of the blood royal marries a British prince. She also becomes a princess by marriage and will be addressed in the same way.  An example of this situation was the late [[Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife]], when she married her cousin [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]] and became "Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife".

Typically a princess by marriage should not be called princess followed by her first name. Diana, Princess of Wales, was consistently referred to as "Princess Diana" by fans and the media, but this usage of the title is technically erroneous, as she was not the child of a monarch nor the child of a son of a monarch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/uk/cambridge/why-we-will-never-see-princess-catherine-2-146468/ |title = Why we will never see 'Princess Catherine' – Royal Central|date = 28 July 2020}}</ref> However, this tradition was broken once in the past century with Elizabeth II's aunt, [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], being referred to—with permission from the sovereign—in official sources as such following the death of her husband.<ref name="princessalice"/>

==History==
The use of the titles prince and princess and the styles of Highness and Royal Highness for members of the Royal Family is of fairly recent usage in the British Isles. Before 1714, there was no settled practice regarding the use of the titles prince and princess other than the [[heir apparent]] and his wife.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Prince and princess {{!}} Definition, Countries, History, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/prince-title#ref5928 |access-date=18 May 2025 |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref> Since 1301, the eldest sons of the [[List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England|Kings of England]] (and later Great Britain and the United Kingdom) have generally been created [[Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester]] (though Edward II's eldest son Edward III, was not given the title).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lyon |first1=Ann |title=The Prince and the Duchess: The Honours of the Royal Family: An Unconsidered Area of the Royal Prerogative |journal=Liverpool Law Review |date=July 2006 |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=203–231 |doi=10.1007/s10991-006-9003-0 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10991-006-9003-0 |access-date=18 May 2025|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Their wives were titled [[Princess of Wales]].

The title [[Princess Royal]] came into being in 1642<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5660.asp |title=Royal Titles: Style and Title of the Princess Royal |website=www.royal.gov.uk |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727135946/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5660.asp |archive-date=27 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> when Queen [[Henrietta Maria of France|Henrietta Maria]], the French-born wife of King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], wished to imitate the way the eldest daughter of the French King was styled ''Madame Royale''. However, there was no settled practice on the use of the title princess for the Sovereign's younger daughters or male-line granddaughters. For example, as late as the time of King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], the daughters of his brother [[James II of England|James, Duke of York]], both of whom became Queens regnant, were called simply "The Lady Mary" and "The Lady Anne". The future Queen [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]] was styled princess in her marriage treaty to [[Prince George of Denmark]] and then styled "Princess Anne of Denmark" once married. However, in exile at [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], the deposed James II & VII gave the title of Princess Royal to his last daughter, [[Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart|Louisa Maria]] (1692–1712).

After the accession of [[George I of Great Britain|George Louis of Hanover]] as King George I, the children, grandchildren, and male line great-grandchildren of the British Sovereign were automatically titled "Prince or Princess of Great Britain and Ireland" and styled "Royal Highness" (in the case of children and grandchildren) or "Highness" (in the case of male line great-grandchildren). Queen [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] confirmed this practice in letters patent dated 30 January 1864 (the first Act of the Prerogative dealing with the princely title in general terms).<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1864 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1864 Letters Patent].</ref>

On 31 December 2012, Elizabeth II issued letters patent enabling all children of the eldest son of the [[Prince of Wales]] to enjoy the princely title and style of ''[[Royal Highness]]'', as opposed to only the eldest son.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60384 |page=213 |date=8 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Royal baby girl 'would be princess'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20962102|date=9 January 2013|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref>

==Styling of princesses==
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===Princesses of the blood royal ===
*Daughter of a Sovereign: ''HRH The Princess N'' (e.g. ''HRH'' ''[[The Princess Margaret]]).''
**The style ''HRH The [[Princess Royal]]'' is customarily (but not automatically) granted by the Sovereign, when vacant, to the Sovereign's eldest daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5660.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727135946/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5660.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2008|last=The Royal Family|title=Style and Title of the Princess Royal|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
*Daughter of a son of a Sovereign: ''HRH Princess N of X'', where ''X'' is the territorial designation of their father's senior peerage; e.g. ''HRH [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra of Kent]]'', ''HRH [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]]'', ''HRH [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex]]''.
**Prior to [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)|Princess Charlotte]], a daughter of the Prince of Wales: ''HRH Princess N''
**Prior to 1917,{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} a daughter of a son of a son of a Sovereign: ''HH Princess N of X''
*From 31 December 2012, daughter of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales: ''HRH Princess N of X (e.g.'' ''HRH [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge]],'' until 2022).

When a princess marries, she still takes on her husband's title. If the title is higher than (or equal to) the one she possesses, she will normally be styled using the female equivalent.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34453/supplement/7044| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403182000/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34453/supplement/7044/| archive-date = 3 April 2015| title = Page 7044 {{!}} Supplement 34453, 10 November 1937 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette}}</ref> If her husband has a lower title or style, her style as a princess remains in use, although it may then be combined with her style by marriage, e.g. ''HRH [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|The Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg]], HRH The [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]]'', or ''HRH [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]]''&nbsp;– if that princess had a territorial designation, she may cease its use. It has become customary, however, for a princess who has been granted the title of ''HRH The Princess Royal'' to not combine it with her style by marriage: Princess Anne remains ''HRH The Princess Royal'' rather than ''HRH The Princess Royal, Lady Laurence''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34279/supplement/2763/data.pdf |title=Ceremonials observed at the funeral and lying in state of his late majesty King George the Fifth of blessed memory |date=29 April 1936 |work=The London Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28401/supplement/5485/data.pdf|page=5485|date=28 July 1910| title = Supplement 24801 |work=The London Gazette}}</ref>

===Princesses by marriage ===
A princess by marriage is addressed as "Princess Husband's name"; this is akin to a woman being referred to as "Mrs. John Smith".{{CN|date=May 2024}} The only recent time this has broken tradition is with the sovereign's express consent. Namely, with Queen Elizabeth II's aunts [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], and [[Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent]]. The former was not a princess by birth, while the latter was born a princess of Greece and Denmark. Both women asked the Queen to use their given names after their husbands' deaths.<ref name="princessalice">{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/HRHPrincessAlice/Marriageandfamily.aspx|title=Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester – Marriage and family|work=The British Monarchy|access-date=18 May 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216150216/http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/HRHPrincessAlice/Marriageandfamily.aspx|archive-date=16 February 2009}}</ref>

*Wife of a prince who has a peerage: ''HRH The Duchess/Countess of X'', or, prior to 1917, possibly ''HH (''e.g. ''HRH [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh|The Duchess of Edinburgh]]'' and ''HRH [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|The Duchess of Sussex]])''
**Since 1996, divorced wife of a prince who held a peerage: ''N, Duchess/Countess of X''. (e.g. [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and [[Sarah, Duchess of York]])
*Wife of a son of a Sovereign, who has no peerage: ''HRH The Princess Husband''.
*Wife of another prince who has no peerage: ''HRH Princess Husband of X''. (X usually taken from father's Dukedom; e.g. ''HRH [[Princess Michael of Kent]]'')
*Prior to 1917, the wife of a prince in the third generation, who has no peerage: ''HH Princess Husband of X''.

===Exceptions===
* There were only two historical princesses who would have been exceptions to the 1917 rule, but they died long before that. The sisters [[Princess Sophia of Gloucester|Sophia Matilda]] and [[Princess Caroline of Gloucester|Caroline Augusta Maria]] born in 1773 and 1774 were male line great-granddaughters of George II. All of the other exceptions were still alive in 1917 and were no longer permitted to use the style of HRH and Princess.

There have been several exceptions in recent history to these rules, but all have come by order of the Sovereign, mostly through [[letters patent]]. 
*In November 1905, King [[Edward VII]] allowed the two daughters of [[Louise, Princess Royal]] to use a princely title and the style of ''[[Highness]]''.<ref>''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser Band III.'' "Fife". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1955, pp. 336–337. (German).</ref> They were not entitled to the style of [[Royal Highness]]. The 1917 letters patent which stripped great-grandchildren of a British sovereign of the style of ''Highness'' with a princely title was complicated as it did not technically overrule Edward VII's letters patent, as the former practice was mostly an unspoken courtesy as opposed to a written rule. The elder sister, [[Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife|Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife]], was already married by that time, to [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]]: he was a male-line grandson of Victoria, and so entitled to use the style of [[Royal Highness]]. Alexandra was therefore styled ''Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife'' from her 1913 marriage for the rest of her life, and the 1917 letters patent did not change this. Her younger sister, [[Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk|Princess Maud]], on the other hand, was unmarried in 1917. Until her 1923 marriage, she continued to use the title of "Princess" granted to her in 1905.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65050557|title=THE NEXT ROYAL MARRIAGE: PRINCESS MAUD AND LORD CARNEGIE.|newspaper=Register |date=6 November 1923|pages=7|via=Trove}}</ref> Upon her marriage to [[Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk|Charles, Lord Carnegie]], however, she chose to be known as ''Lady Maud Carnegie'' (or, from 1941, ''The Countess of Southesk''), dropping her princely title.
*[[Charles III]] had the style and title His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Edinburgh from birth in 1948, even though he was a female-line grandchild of the Sovereign, being born to the future Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, during the reign of Elizabeth's father, King [[George VI]], who had no sons. George VI issued letters patent on 22 October 1948, granting the style to Elizabeth's children. Under the same exception, [[Anne, Princess Royal]] was styled Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Edinburgh from her birth in 1950 until her mother's accession in 1952.
*In 1961, when her son married, the [[Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent|Duchess of Kent]] asked Elizabeth II to extend the use of a princely title to precede her first name, in order to avoid confusion with her daughter-in-law, [[Katharine Worsley]], the new Duchess of Kent. As she was born a princess of Greece and Denmark, this was not incredibly notable, although traditionally she would have been styled as ''Her Royal Highness'' The Dowager Duchess of Kent. After this she was styled as ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. 
*In 1974, the [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Duchess of Gloucester]] asked Elizabeth II for the same title as her sister-in-law, then Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, with a princely title preceding her first name. Unlike Princess Marina, Alice had never been a princess in her own right, thus this allowance was far more unusual. Instead of being referred to as ''Her Royal Highness'' The Dowager Duchess of Gloucester, as is customary, she became ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
*In 2003, upon the request of Elizabeth II's youngest son, [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Edward]], his children would be styled as the children of an earl, though still retaining their royal titles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-01 |title=United Kingdom Government News: TITLE OF HRH THE PRINCE EDWARD |url=http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/title_of_hrh_the_prince_edward/40309.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |archive-date=18 January 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140118021901/http://www.gov-news.org/gov/uk/news/title_of_hrh_the_prince_edward/40309.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The children would be able to decide if they would want to use the title once they turned eighteen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth's Grandchildren Will 'Work for a Living' and Won't Use HRH, Says Mom Sophie Wessex |url=https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeths-grandchildren-will-work-for-a-living-mom-sophie-wessex-says/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> As male-line grandchildren of a British monarch, [[Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor]] and the [[James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn|James, Earl of Wessex]], would traditionally enjoy a princely title and style.
*In December 2012, Elizabeth II issued letters patent that stated that all children born to the eldest child of the Prince of Wales (then her son [[Charles&nbsp;III|Charles]]), would enjoy a princely title and style, and not just the eldest son. Although in effect since 2012, it was not used in practice until the birth of [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte]] in 2015.

==List of princesses of the blood royal since 1714==

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!class=unsortable| Image
! Full Name
!Arms
! Lifespan
! Royal lineage
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|-
|[[File:Queen Sophie Dorothea of Prussia.jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
| [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover|''Sophia Dorothea'']]
|
| 1687–1757
| Only daughter of [[George I of Great Britain|King George I]]
| Created Princess by the sovereign
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Gained title in 1714 upon accession of her father as King George I.
* Queen consort of [[Prussia]] 1713–1740.
}}

|-
|[[File:Anna von hannover prinses van oranje.jpg|center|frameless|155x155px]]
| [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|''Anne'']]
|[[File:Arms of Anne, the Princess Royal and Princess of Orange.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1709–1759
| 1st daughter of [[George II of Great Britain|King George II]]
| Created Princess by the sovereign
|Gained title in 1714 upon accession of her grandfather as King George I. Princess of Orange.

|-
|[[File:Princess Amelia of Great Britain (1711-1786) by Jean-Baptiste van Loo.jpg|center|frameless|131x131px]]
| [[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|''Amelia'' Sophia Eleanor]]
|[[File:Arms of Amelia Sophia of Great Britain.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1711–1786
| 2nd daughter of King George II
| Created Princess by the sovereign
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Gained title in 1714 upon accession of her grandfather as King George I.
}}

|-
|[[File:Jacopo Amigoni (c.1682-1752) - Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713–1757) - 851698 - National Trust.jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
| [[Princess Caroline of Great Britain|''Caroline'' Elizabeth]]
|[[File:Arms of Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1713–1757
| 3rd daughter of King George II
| Created Princess by the sovereign
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Gained title in 1714 upon accession of her grandfather as King George I.
}}

|-
|[[File:Tischbein - Mary of Great Britain - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (cropped).png|center|frameless|127x127px]]
| [[Princess Mary of Great Britain|''Mary'']]
|[[File:Arms of Mary, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1723–1772
| 4th daughter of King George II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
}}

|-
|[[File:Louise of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark and Norway.jpg|center|frameless|129x129px]]
| [[Louise of Great Britain|''Louise'']]
|[[File:Arms of Louise of Great Britain.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1724–1751
| 5th daughter of King George II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Queen consort of [[Denmark]] 1746–1751.
}}

|-
|[[File:Augusta of Great Britain, duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.jpg|center|frameless|143x143px]]
| [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain|''Augusta'' Frederica]]
|[[File:Arms of Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1737–1813
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 1st daughter of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]]
* Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* [[Duke of Brunswick|Duchess of Brunswick]] 1780–1806.
}}

|-
|[[File:Elizabeth Caroline 1754 by Liotard.jpg|center|frameless|135x135px]]
| [[Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain|''Elizabeth'' Caroline]]
|
| 1741–1759
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 2nd daughter of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]]
* Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Louisa of Great Britain 1765-70.jpg|center|frameless|121x121px]]
| [[Princess Louisa of Great Britain|''Louisa'' Anne]]
|
| 1749–1768
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 3rd daughter of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]]
* Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}

|-
|[[File:Carolinemathildedenmark.jpg|center|frameless|133x133px]]
| [[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain|''Caroline Matilda'']]
|
| 1751–1775
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 4th daughter of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick]]
* Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Queen consort of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]] 1767–1775.
}}

|-
|[[File:Charlotte, Princess Royal (1797).jpg|center|frameless|130x130px]]
| [[Charlotte, Princess Royal|''Charlotte'' Augusta Matilda]]
|[[File:Arms of Charlotte Augusta Matilda, the Princess Royal.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
| 1766–1828
| 1st daughter of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]
| Princess from birth
|Held the title 'The Princess Charlotte' from birth and formally styled [[Princess Royal]] in 1789.<br>Queen consort of [[Württemberg]] 1806–1816.

|-
|[[File:Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom.jpg|center|frameless|123x123px]]
| [[Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom|''Augusta Sophia'']]
|[[File:Arms of Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1768–1840
| 2nd daughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}

|-
|[[File:Sir William Beechey (1753-1839) - Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840) - RCIN 403412 - Royal Collection.jpg|center|frameless|130x130px]]
| [[Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom|''Elizabeth'']]
|[[File:Arms of Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1770–1840
| 3rd daughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
}}

|-
|[[File:Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.jpg|center|frameless|129x129px]]
| [[Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh|''Mary'']]
|[[File:Arms of Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1776–1857
| 4th daughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
}}

|-
|[[File:Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - Princess Sophia (1777-1848) - RCIN 403420 - Royal Collection.jpg|center|frameless|127x127px]]
| [[Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom|''Sophia'' Matilda]]
|[[File:Arms of Sophia Matilda of the United Kingdom.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1777–1848
| 5th daughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}
|-
|[[File:Princess Amelia (1783-1810).jpg|center|frameless|130x130px]]
| [[Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom|''Amelia'']]
|[[File:Arms of Amelia of the United Kingdom.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1783–1810
| 6th daughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}
|-
|[[File:Sophia Matilda of Gloucester by Haslem.jpg|center|frameless|119x119px]]
| [[Princess Sophia of Gloucester|''Sophia'' Matilda]]
|
| 1773–1844
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 1st daughter of [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Prince William Henry]]
* Great-Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Granted style of ''[[Royal Highness]]'' in 1816.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1816_1 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1816 Letters Patent].</ref>
}}

|-
|
| ''Caroline'' Augusta Maria
|
| 1774–1775
| {{Indented plainlist|
* 2nd daughter of [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Prince William Henry]]
* Great-Granddaughter of King George II
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}

|-
|[[File:Charlotte Augusta of Wales.jpg|center|frameless|133x133px]]
| [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)|''Charlotte'' Augusta]]
|[[File:Arms of Charlotte Augusta of Wales.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1796–1817
| Only daughter of [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]]
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Death in childbirth left Kingdom without direct line heir.
* Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
}}

|-
|
| Charlotte Augusta Louisa
|
| 1819–1819
| 1st daughter of [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]]
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Elizabeth of Clarence.JPG|center|frameless|141x141px]]
| [[Princess Elizabeth of Clarence|''Elizabeth'' Georgiana Adelaide]]
|
| 1820–1821
| 2nd daughter of King William IV
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* &nbsp;
}}
|-
|[[File:Queen Victoria by Bassano.jpg|center|frameless|141x141px]]
| [[Queen Victoria|Alexandrina ''Victoria'']]<br />''later, Queen Victoria''
|
| 1819–1901
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Only daughter of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward]]
* Granddaughter of King George III
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title held until her accession as [[Queen Victoria]] in 1837.
}}

|-
|[[File:Augusta of Cambridge.jpg|center|frameless|141x141px]]
| [[Princess Augusta of Cambridge|''Augusta'' Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise]]
|
| 1822–1916
| Granddaughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]]
* Grand Duchess of [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] 1860–1904.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (1833–1897).png|center|frameless|139x139px]]
| [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge|''Mary Adelaide'' Wilhemina Elizabeth]]
|
| 1833–1897
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Granddaughter of King George III
* Daughter of [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]]
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Mother of [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]]
* Duchess of Teck
}}

|-
|[[File:Vitória, Imperatriz-viúva da Alemanha.jpg|center|frameless|141x141px]]
| [[Victoria, Princess Royal|''Victoria'' Adelaide Mary Louisa]]
|[[File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Empress Victoria.svg|frameless|103x103px]]
| 1840–1901
| 1st daughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'The Princess Victoria' from birth and styled 'The Princess Royal' in 1841.
* [[German Empire|German]] Empress consort and Queen consort of [[Prussia]] 1888
* Mother of [[William II, German Emperor|William II, German Emperor and King of Prussia]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Alice, Princess Louis of Hesse.jpg|center|frameless|147x147px]]
| [[Princess Alice of the United Kingdom|Alice Maud Mary]]
|[[File:Arms of Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1843–1878
| 2nd daughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* [[Grand Duke of Hesse|Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine]] 1877–1878.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.jpg|center|frameless|140x140px]]
| [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|''Helena'' Augusta Victoria]]
|[[File:Arms of Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1846–1923
| 3rd daughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| &nbsp;

|-
|[[File:Princess Frederica of Hanover.jpg|center|frameless|145x145px]]
| [[Princess Frederica of Hanover|''Frederica'' Sophie Marie Henrietta Amelia Theresa]]
|
| 1848–1926
| Great-granddaughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917,{{CN|date=May 2024}} daughter of [[George V of Hanover]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Louise 1881.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
| [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Louise Caroline Alberta]]
|[[File:Arms of Louise, Duchess of Argyll.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1848–1939
| 4th daughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
|[[Duke of Argyll|Duchess of Argyll]]<br>1900–1939
|-
|[[File:Princess Marie of Hanover 1880s.jpg|center|frameless|147x147px]]
| [[Princess Marie of Hanover|''Marie'' Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elisabeth Alexandrina]]
|
| 1849–1904
| Great-granddaughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of George V of Hanover.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Beatrice 1886.jpg|center|frameless|155x155px]]
| [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|''Beatrice'' Mary Victoria Feodore]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (Order of Queen Maria Luisa).svg|frameless|128x128px]]
| 1857–1944
| 5th daughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Princess Henry of Battenberg
}}

|-
|[[File:Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife1.jpg|center|frameless|138x138px]]
| [[Louise, Princess Royal|''Louise'' Victoria Alexandra Dagmar]]
|[[File:Marital Arms of Louise, Duchess of Fife.svg|frameless|89x89px]]
| 1867–1931
| 1st daughter of King [[Edward VII]]
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Louise of Wales' from birth,
* 'The Princess Louise' from her father's accession in 1901
* Styled 'The Princess Royal' in 1905.
}}

|-
|[[File:Victoria de Gales.jpg|center|frameless|154x154px]]
| [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom|''Victoria'' Alexandra Olga Mary]]
|[[File:Arms of Victoria of Wales.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1868–1935
| 2nd daughter of King Edward VII
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Victoria of Wales' from birth,
* 'The Princess Victoria' from her father's accession in 1901.
* Held title until death.
}}

|-
|[[File:Portrett av dronning Maud (1869-1938), ca 1905 (1) crop.jpg|center|frameless|143x143px]]
| [[Maud of Wales|''Maud'' Charlotte Mary Victoria]]
|[[File:Arms of Maud of Wales.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1869–1938
| 3rd daughter of King Edward VII
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Queen consort of [[Norway]] 1905–1938.
}}

|-
|[[File:Queen Mary of Romania 2.jpg|center|frameless|156x156px]]
| [[Marie of Romania|''Marie'' Alexandra Victoria]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Marie of Saxe-Coburg, Queen of Romania (Order of María Luisa).svg|frameless|126x126px]]
| 1875–1938
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]]
* Queen consort of [[Romania]] 1914–1927.
}}

|-
|[[File:Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.jpg|center|frameless|139x139px]]
| [[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|''Victoria Melita'']]
|[[File:Arms of Victoria Melita of Edinburgh.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1876–1936
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
* Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine 1894–1901.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe.jpg|center|frameless|130x130px]]
| [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|''Alexandra'' Louise Olga Victoria]]
|[[File:Arms of Alexandra of Edinburgh.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1878–1942
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
}}

|-
|[[File:Prinzessin Max von Baden (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|143x143px]]
| [[Princess Marie Louise of Hanover|''Marie Louise'' Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica]]
|
| 1879–1948
| Great-great-granddaughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917
* Daughter of [[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover|Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Crownprincessmargretofsweden.JPG|center|frameless|123x123px]]
| [[Princess Margaret of Connaught|''Margaret'' Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah]]
|[[File:Blason de la Princesse Margaret de Suède.svg|frameless|132x132px]]
| 1882–1920
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]
* Crown Princess of Sweden 1907–1920.
}}

|-
|[[File:Alexandra mecklenburgi nagyhercegné.jpg|center|frameless|160x160px]]
| [[Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1882)|''Alexandra'' Marie Louise Olga Elizabeth Theresa Vera]]
|
| 1882–1963
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Great-great-granddaughter of King George III
* Daughter of Crown Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover.
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 1917
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess-alice-countess-of athlone.jpeg|center|frameless|146x146px]]
| [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone|''Alice'' Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline]]
|[[File:Arms of Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1883–1981
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Beatrice of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by Uhlenhuth.jpg|center|frameless|161x161px]]
| [[Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|''Beatrice'' Leopoldine Victoria]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Beatrice of Edinburgh as Duchess of Galliera.svg|frameless|101x101px]]
| 1884–1966
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Olga of Hanover.jpg|center|frameless|151x151px]]
| O''lga'' Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes
|
| 1884–1958
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Great-great-granddaughter of King George III
* Daughter of Crown Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover.
}}
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Patricia of Connaught, 1912.jpg|center|frameless|152x152px]]
| [[Princess Patricia of Connaught|Victoria ''Patricia'' Helena Elizabeth]]
|[[File:Arms of Patricia of Connaught.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1886–1974
| Granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title held from her birth until 1919 when she relinquished her title and style upon marriage,<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1919 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1919 Letters Patent].</ref> Daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.
}}

|-
|[[File:Alexandra Fife.jpg|center|frameless|158x158px]]
| [[Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife|''Alexandra'' Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise]]
|[[File:Arms of Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1891–1959
| Granddaughter in female line of King Edward VII
| Created Princess by the sovereign
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title granted by Letters Patent of 1905,<ref name="fife">[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1905 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1905 Letters Patent].</ref> Daughter of [[Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife|Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Maud of Fife as an adult.jpg|center|frameless|137x137px]]
| [[Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk|''Maud'' Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha]]
|
| 1893–1945
| Granddaughter in female line of King Edward VII
| Created Princess by the sovereign
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title granted by Letters Patent of 1905,<ref name="fife"/> ceased use of title after her marriage in 1923 although it was never formally relinquished, Daughter of Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife.
}}

|-
|[[File:Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.jpg|center|frameless|151x151px]]
| [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Victoria Alexandra Alice ''Mary'']]
|[[File:Arms of Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1897–1965
| Daughter of King [[George V]]
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Mary of York' from birth,
* 'The Princess Mary' on her father's accession in 1910
* Styled 'The [[Princess Royal]]' in 1932.
}}

|-
|[[File:Prinsessan Sibylla.png|center|frameless|137x137px]]
| [[Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|''Sibylla'' Calma Maria Alice Bathildis Feodora]]
|[[File:Armoiries de Sibylle de Saxe-Cobourg-et-Gotha.svg|frameless|130x130px]]
| 1907–1972
| Great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917
* Daughter of [[Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany]].
* Duchess of Västerbotten from 1932 to her death
* Mother of King [[Carl XVI Gustaf]] of Sweden.
}}

|-
|
| [[Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|''Caroline Matilda'' Helen Louise Augusta Beatrice]]
|
| 1912–1983
| Great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917
* Daughter of Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany.
}}

|-
|[[File:HRH Princess Frederica of Hanover.jpg|center|frameless|152x152px]]
| [[Frederica of Hanover|''Frederica'' Louise]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Frederica of Hanover.svg|frameless|95x95px]]
| 1917–1981
| Great-great-great-granddaughter of King George III
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Title from birth until 30 November 1917
* Daughter of [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick|Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (3x4 close cropped).jpg|center|frameless|134x134px]]
| [[Elizabeth II|''Elizabeth'' Alexandra Mary]]<br />''later, Queen Elizabeth II''
|[[File:Arms of Elizabeth, Heiress Presumptive (1944-1952).svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1926–2022
| 1st daughter of King George VI
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Elizabeth of York' from birth
* 'The Princess Elizabeth' from her father's accession in 1936, until her succession in 1952 as Queen Elizabeth II.
}}

|-
|[[File:Prinses Margaret in het Amstel Hotel (Bestanddeelnr 917-7739).jpg|center|frameless|131x131px]]
| [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|''Margaret'' Rose]]
|[[File:Arms of Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1930–2002
| 2nd daughter of King George VI
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Margaret of York' from birth
* 'The Princess Margaret' from her father's accession in 1936
* 'The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon' after her marriage in 1960
* Held title until death.
}}

|-
|[[File:HRH The Princess Alexandra 04 25 10.png|center|frameless|162x162px]]
| [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|''Alexandra'' Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel]]
|[[File:Arms of Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1936–present
| Granddaughter of King George V
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]].
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Anne Wellington 2023.jpg|center|frameless|138x138px]]
| [[Anne, Princess Royal|''Anne'' Elizabeth Alice Louise]]
|[[File:Arms of Anne, the Princess Royal.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1950–present
| Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Held the title 'Princess Anne of Edinburgh' from birth,
* 'The Princess Anne' from her mother's accession
* Styled 'The [[Princess Royal]]' in 1987.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York 2018 (01).jpg|center|frameless|138x138px]]
| [[Princess Beatrice|''Beatrice'' Elizabeth Mary]]
|[[File:Arms of Beatrice of York.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1988–present
| Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Andrew Mountbatten Windsor]].
* Held the title 'Princess Beatrice of York' from birth, until her marriage in 2020.
* After her marriage, named Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
}}

|-
|[[File:Princess Eugenie, 2017.jpg|center|frameless|152x152px]]
| [[Princess Eugenie|''Eugenie'' Victoria Helena]]
|[[File:Arms of Eugenie of York.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| 1990–present
| Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
* Held the title 'Princess Eugenie of York' from birth, until her marriage in 2018.
* After marriage named Mrs Jack Brooksbank.
}}

|-
|[[File:Lady Louise, 2017 (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|125x125px]]
| [[Lady Louise Windsor|''Louise'' Alice Elizabeth Mary]]
|
| 2003–present
| Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
* styled as an duke's daughter per her parents' wishes and the will of the sovereign. ''(see [[Lady Louise Windsor#Titles and styles|her titles and styles]])''.
}}

|-
|[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 - Platinum Pageant (52124830349) (cropped2).jpg|center|frameless|117x117px]]
| [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|''Charlotte'' Elizabeth Diana]]
|
| 2015–present
| Great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
| Princess from birth
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[William, Prince of Wales]]
* Held the title 'Princess Charlotte of Cambridge' from birth until her grandfather's accession on 8 September 2022.
* Held the title 'Princess Charlotte of Cornwall and Cambridge' from 8 September to 9 September 2022.
* Holds the title 'Princess Charlotte of Wales'.
}}

|-
|
| [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex|''Lilibet'' Diana]]
|
| 2021–present
| Granddaughter of King Charles III
| Princess since the accession of her grandfather
| {{Indented plainlist|
* Daughter of [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]
* Holds the title 'Princess Lilibet of Sussex'.
}}

|}

==List of princesses by marriage since 1714==
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Unless specified title held from marriage to death or present day
|-
|style="background:silver"|Title of Princess where spouse's title was eliminated by Letters Patent issued 30 November 1917 or Order in Council in 1919
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
!class=unsortable| Image
! style="width:20%" |Name
!Arms
! style="width:5%" |Birth
!style="width:5%" |Death
!style="width:5%" |Marriage
!style="width:25%" |Husband
!style="width:45%" |Comments
|-
|[[File:Style of Michael Dahl - Queen Caroline - Warwick Shire Hall.jpg|center|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Caroline of Ansbach|Princess Wilhelmina Charlotte ''Caroline'' of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
|
|1683
|1737
|1705
|[[George II of Great Britain|George of Hanover]]
|Gained title by accession of her father-in-law as King George I in 1714 and held it until her husband's accession as King George II in 1727.
|-
|[[File:Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips cropped.jpg|center|frameless|159x159px]]
|[[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha|Princess ''Augusta'' of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
|[[File:Arms of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
|1719
|1772
|1736
|[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]
|Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha by birth.On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. 
|-
|[[File:Maria Walpole, Duchess of Gloucester, by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg|center|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Maria Walpole|''Maria'' Walpole]]
|
|1736
|1807
|1766
|[[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]]
|Gained title by her second marriage.
|-
|[[File:Anne, Duchess of Cumberland - Gainsborough 1773-77.jpg|center|frameless|173x173px]]
|[[Anne Horton|''Anne'' Luttrell]]
|
|1742
|1808
| 1771
|[[Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn]]
|Gained title by her second marriage.
|-
|[[File:Frederica, Duchess of York (1767-1820) (1).jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia|Princess ''Friederike Charlotte'' Ulrike Katharina of Prussia]]
|
|1767
|1820
|1791
|[[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany]]
|Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia by birth.On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York and Albany. 
|-
|[[File:Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.jpg|center|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Caroline of Brunswick|Duchess ''Caroline'' Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
|
|1768
|1821
|1795
|[[George IV of the United Kingdom|George, Prince of Wales]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as King George IV in 1820.
|-
|[[File:Friederike von Preussen - 1796.jpg|center|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Duchess ''Friederike'' Luise Caroline Sophie Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
|
|1778
|1841
| 1815
|[[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]]
|Gained title by her third marriage. Became Queen of Hanover on her husband's accession as King Ernest Augustus in 1837.
|-
|[[File:John Lucas (1807-1874) - Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa (1797–1889), Duchess of Cambridge - MO 003 - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library, Art ^ Archives.jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel|Princess ''Augusta'' Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Kassel]]
|
|1797
|1889
|1818
|[[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]]
|Her Serene Highness  Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louise of Hesse by birth.On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.
|-
|[[File:Dawe, George - Buste van de hertogin van Kent - 170 - Royal Collection of Belgium.jpg|center|frameless|127x127px]]
|[[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Princess Marie Louise ''Victoire'' of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]
|
|1786
|1861
|1818
|[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]]
|Gained title by her second marriage.
|-
|[[File:Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.JPG|center|frameless|134x134px]]
|[[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Princess ''Adelaide'' Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline of Saxe-Meiningen]]
|
|1792
|1849
|1818
|[[Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as King William IV in 1830.
|-
|[[File:Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover 19.jpg|center|frameless|155x155px]]
|[[Marie of Saxe-Altenburg|Princess Alexandrine ''Marie'' Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Theresia Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine of Saxe-Altenburg]]
|
|1818
|1907
|1843
|[[George V of Hanover|George, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
|Became Queen of Hanover on her husband's accession as King George V in 1851.
|-
|[[File:Alexandra of Denmark02.jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess ''Alexandra'' Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark]]
|[[File:Arms of Alexandra of Denmark.svg|frameless|87x87px]]
|1844
|1925
|1863
|[[Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as King Edward VII in 1901.
|-
|[[File:Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Edinburgh, and Grand Duchess of Russia.jpg|center|frameless|148x148px]]
|[[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia|Grand Duchess ''Maria'' Alexandrovna of Russia]]
|
|1853
|1920
|1874
|[[Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1893.
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|[[File:Princess Tira of Denmark.jpg|center|frameless|136x136px]]
|[[Princess Thyra of Denmark|Princess ''Thyra'' Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna of Denmark]]
|
|1853
|1933
|1878
|style="background:silver"|[[Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover]]
|Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917.
|-
|[[File:Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught by Lafayette.jpg|center|frameless|135x135px]]
|[[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia|Princess ''Louise Margaret'' Alexandra Victoria Agnes of Prussia]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught.svg|frameless|84x84px]]
|1860
|1917
|1879
|[[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]
|Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia by birth.
On prior to her marriage, she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn.
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|[[File:Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany.jpg|center|frameless|130x130px]]
|[[Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont|Princess ''Helen'' Frederica Augusta of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|
|1861
|1922
|1882
|[[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]]
|Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont by birth. On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Albany.
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|[[File:Mary of Teck 4.jpg|center|frameless|139x139px]]
|[[Mary of Teck|Princess Victoria ''Mary'' Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck]]
|[[File:Arms of Mary of Teck.svg|frameless|87x87px]]
|1867
|1953
|1893
|[[Prince George, Duke of York]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as King George V in 1910.
|-
|[[File:Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.jpg|center|frameless|161x161px]]
|[[Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein|Princess ''Viktoria Adelheid'' Helene Luise Marie Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein]]
|
|1885
|1970
|1905
|style="background:silver"|[[Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany]]
|Husband lost British title of prince in 1919.
|-
|[[File:Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia in 1908.jpg|center|frameless|161x161px]]
|[[Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia|Princess ''Viktoria Luise'' Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte of Prussia]]
|
|1892
|1980
| rowspan="2" |1913
|style="background:silver"|[[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]]
|Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917. Princess Viktoria Luise was born Princess of Prussia being the only daughter of the German Emperor Wilhelm II.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Alexandra Fife.jpg|center|frameless|158x158px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife|''Alexandra'' Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Arms of Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife.svg|frameless|83x83px]]
| rowspan="2" |1891
| rowspan="2" |1959
| rowspan="2" |[[Prince Arthur of Connaught]]
| rowspan="2" |Princess by Letters Patent of 1905,<ref name="fife">[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1905 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1905 Letters Patent].</ref> Daughter of [[Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife|Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife.]]
Became Princess by marriage as wife of Prince Arthur of Connaught<ref>Born Lady Alexandra Duff, she was granted the title and style of Her Highness Princess Alexandra by Letters Patent of 9 November 1905, as the daughter of Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife. Upon her marriage to Prince Arthur of Connaught in 1913, she assumed the style of Her Royal Highness Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife. The Duchess Title, she inherited from her father prior to her marriage. </ref>
|-
|Created Princess by the sovereign
|-
|[[File:Elizabeth, Duchess of York in a tiara (retouched).jpg|center|frameless|126x126px]]
|[[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Lady ''Elizabeth'' Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon]]
|[[File:Arms of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.svg|frameless|87x87px]]
|1900
|2002
|1923
|[[Prince Albert, Duke of York]]
|Held title until her husband's accession as King George VI in 1936.
|-
|[[File:Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark in King George VI´s Coronation (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|160x160px]]
|[[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|Princess ''Marina'' of Greece and Denmark]]
|[[File:Arms of Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
|1906
|1968
|1934
|[[Prince George, Duke of Kent]]
|Princess of Greece and Denmark by birth. However, when she was widowed she reverted her title to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, styling herself as a princess ''suo jure'' in the UK.
|-
|[[File:Princess Alice in King George VI´s Coronation (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|135x135px]]
|[[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Lady ''Alice'' Christabel  Montagu Douglas Scott]]
|[[File:Arms of Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.svg|frameless|81x81px]]
|1901
|2004
|1935
|[[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]]
|When she was widowed in 1974 she was granted special permission to style herself as a princess ''[[suo jure]]''.
|-
|[[File:The Duchess of Kent with koala (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|109x109px]]
|[[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|''Katharine'' Lucy Mary Worsley]]
|[[File:Arms of Katharine, Duchess of Kent.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1933
|2025
|1961
|[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent.
|-
|[[File:Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester 2015.jpg|center|frameless|129x129px]]
|[[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester|''Birgitte'' Eva van Deurs Henriksen]]
|[[File:Arms of Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.svg|frameless|94x94px]]
|1946
|
|1972
|[[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness Princess Richard of Gloucester from 8 July 1972 until 10 June 1974. Upon the death of her father-in-law on 10 June 1974, her style changed to Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester.
|-
|[[File:HRH Princess Michael of Kent Allan Warren.jpg|center|frameless|137x137px]]
|[[Princess Michael of Kent|Baroness ''Marie-Christine'' Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz]]
|[[File:Arms of Marie Christine von Reibnitz, Princess Michael of Kent.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1945
|
|1978
|[[Prince Michael of Kent]]
|Gained title by her second marriage.
|-
|[[File:Diana, Princess of Wales 1997 (2) (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|128x128px]]
|[[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady ''Diana'' Frances Spencer]]
|[[File:Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1981-1996).svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1961
|1997
|1981
|[[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. She lost style of Her Royal Highness upon divorce, and was restyled as "Diana, Princess of Wales".<ref name="marriage&family">{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/DianaPrincessofWales/Marriageandfamily.aspx |last=British Monarchy |title=Diana, Princess of Wales&nbsp;— Marriage and family |date=2009 |access-date=15 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512041145/http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/DianaPrincessofWales/Marriageandfamily.aspx |archive-date=12 May 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Sarah, Duchess of York 1997.jpg|center|frameless|122x122px]]
|[[Sarah, Duchess of York|''Sarah'' Margaret Ferguson]]
|[[File:Arms of Sarah, Duchess of York, 1986-1996.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1959
|
|1986
|Prince Andrew, Duke of York (later [[Andrew Mountbatten Windsor]])
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York. She lost style of Her Royal Highness upon divorce, and was restyled as "Sarah, Duchess of York".<ref name=TRF>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/Coats%20of%20arms/ANNEX%20C%20-%20Royal%20Family%20Aug11.pdf |title=The Royal Family |publisher=royal.gov.uk |access-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617061915/http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/Coats%20of%20arms/ANNEX%20C%20-%20Royal%20Family%20Aug11.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Countess of Wessex UK in NL Embassy 2023 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|138x138px]]
|[[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh|''Sophie'' Helen Rhys-Jones]]
|[[File:Arms of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1965
|
|1999
|[[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex and Viscountess Severn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheCountessofWessex/Stylesandtitles.aspx |last=British Monarchy |title=The Countess of Wessex – Styles and titles |date=2009 |access-date=15 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327100106/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheCountessofWessex/Stylesandtitles.aspx |archive-date=27 March 2012 }}</ref> On 10 March 2019, the Queen granted the [[Earldom of Forfar]] to the Earl of Wessex for use in Scotland. On 10 March 2023, her husband become Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie is thus Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh.
|-
|[[File:Queen Camilla in Aotearoa 2019.jpg|center|frameless|142x142px]]
|[[Queen Camilla|''Camilla'' Rosemary Shand]]
|[[File:Arms of Queen Camilla.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1947
|
|2005
|[[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]]
|By her second marriage she became: [[Royal Highness|Her Royal Highness]] the [[Duchess of Cornwall]], Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview2|title=Lay of the last duchess|work=The Guardian|first=Ian|last=Jack|date=11 March 2005|accessdate=29 April 2021}}</ref> She also held the title of [[Princess of Wales]] but did not use it because the title became strongly associated with its previous holder, Diana.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=13 November 2018|title=The Royal Title that Camilla and Princess Diana Shared|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/princess-diana-camilla-title-17673|access-date=2 January 2019|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|quote=When she married Prince Charles, "Camilla was not popular or well liked, [though] this has changed a lot since the marriage as Camilla has taken on a lot of patronages and Charles is a lot happier," [Marlene] Koenig says. "Still, [there was] a lot of tension and anger among a certain element of the population—so it was decided that Camilla would be styled as the Duchess of Cornwall, even though, of course, she is the Princess of Wales."|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004958/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/princess-diana-camilla-title-17673|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 9 April 2021, she became [[Duchess of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|date=9 April 2021|title=HRH The Duke of Edinburgh|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|access-date=7 May 2021|website=[[College of Arms]]|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005304/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/187-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|url-status=live}}</ref> She held the titles until her husband's accession as Charles III on 8 September 2022, when she became Her Majesty The Queen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm|last=House of Commons Hansard |title=Royal Marriage |date= 4 April 2005 |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Princess of Wales in 2023 (cropped)03.JPG|center|frameless|133x133px]]
|[[Catherine, Princess of Wales|''Catherine'' Elizabeth Middleton]]
|[[File:Arms of Catherine, Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1982
|
|2011
|[[William, Prince of Wales]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, and Baroness Carrickfergus. On 8 September 2022, she became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge. On 9 September 2022, she became Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title= Styles and titles – The Duchess of Cambridge |url= http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheDuchessofCambridge/Stylesandtitles.aspx |publisher=The Royal Household |access-date=1 August 2013 |quote=Miss Catherine Middleton became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726232604/http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheDuchessofCambridge/Stylesandtitles.aspx |archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rayner|first=Gordon|title=Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge register birth of Prince George|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/10218854/Royal-baby-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-register-birth-of-Prince-George.html|date=2 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|quote=The Duchess is entitled to use the title Princess William of Wales, but has never described herself as such because the couple decided to be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after the titles were conferred on them by the Queen on their wedding day.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rayner|first=Gordon|title=Duchess Kate: Princess of the United Kingdom (but you can call me mummy)|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/life/royals/Princess+United+Kingdom+call+mummy/8743781/story.html|date=2 August 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|quote=Although she has never used the name, the Duchess is entitled to refer to herself as Princess William of Wales, as well as being Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820021850/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/royals/Princess+United+Kingdom+call+mummy/8743781/story.html|archive-date=20 August 2013}}</ref>
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|[[File:SXSW-2024-OB7A0018-alih-Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-crop2-v2.jpg|center|frameless|129x129px]]
|[[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Rachel ''Meghan'' Markle]]
|[[File:Shield of arms of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.svg|frameless|86x86px]]
|1981
|
|2018
|[[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]
|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton, and Baroness Kilkeel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/duchess-sussex |last=British Monarchy |title=The Duchess of Sussex |website=The Royal Family |date=2023 |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> The Duke and Duchess of Sussex no longer publicly use the style of Royal Highness after stepping back as senior members of the Royal Family but they are still referred to as "His/Her Royal Highness" in legal settings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dj2z7gywqo|title=Meghan uses 'HRH' title but denies breaking rules|work=BBC News|first=Sean|last=Coughlan|date=29 April 2025|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref>
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|}

=== Notes ===
Each of the following women married a royal prince but as their marriages were invalid under the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]], they did not become princesses:{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
* [[Maria Anne Fitzherbert]], married [[George IV|George, Prince of Wales]] in 1785
* [[Lady Augusta Murray]], married [[Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex]] in 1793
* [[Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness|Lady Cecilia Buggin]], married [[Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex]]. She was later created [[Duchess of Inverness]].
* [[Sarah Louisa Fairbrother]], married [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]] in 1847

Although [[Wallis Simpson]] married the Duke of Windsor in 1937, and he was a British prince with the style ''His Royal Highness'', having been confirmed as such by letters patent 27 May 1937 from his brother, George VI, Wallis and her descendants from the marriage were expressly denied the style of "Royal Highness" by the same letters patent before she married him.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1937 Royal Styles and Titles&nbsp;– 1937 Letters Patent].</ref> As a duke's wife, she was always styled ''Her Grace The Duchess of Windsor''. Her husband, the [[Duke of Windsor]], insisted that staff and friends should refer to her as Her Royal Highness.

There have been two instances where a British princess married a British prince:{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} first [[Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh|The Princess Mary]], daughter of George III, who married her first cousin [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]]; secondly [[Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife]], granddaughter of Edward VII, who married her first cousin once removed [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]]. In the first instance Princess Mary was of higher rank and the Duke of Gloucester and his sister were elevated from the style ''His/Her Highness'' to ''His/Her Royal Highness''. In the second instance Princess Alexandra had been granted the style ''Her Highness'' by her grandfather the King; as the wife of a Prince she received the style ''Her Royal Highness''.

There is also the curious case of Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg, later [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg|Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain]] (the daughter of [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Princess Beatrice]] and [[Prince Henry of Battenberg]]). Prior to her marriage to [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]] in May 1906, she was styled Her Highness Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg. On 3 April 1906 [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]], in order to elevate her standing prior to her wedding, raised her status to Royal Highness per royal declaration which read: "Whitehall April 3, 1906. The KING has been graciously pleased to declare and ordain that His Majesty's niece, Her Highness Princess Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena, daughter of Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore (Princess Henry of Battenberg), shall henceforth be styled and called "Her Royal Highness"; And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be registered in His Majesty's College of Arms."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.webshots.com/photo/2840607590081543377YuoQez|title=News.webshots.com}}</ref> Edward VII concurrently issued a Royal Warrant on the elevation which read: "Our Will and Pleasure is and we do hereby declare and ordain that from and after the date of this Warrant our most Dear Niece Princess Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena, only daughter of Our most Dear Sister Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore (Princess Henry of Battenberg) shall be styled entitled and called "Her Royal Highness" before her name and such Titles and Appellations which to her belong in all Deeds Records Instruments or Documents whatsoever wherein she may at any time hereafter be named or described. And We do hereby authorize and empower Our said most Dear Niece henceforth at all times to assume and use and to be called and named by the Style, Title and Appellation of "Her Royal Highness" accordingly. Given at Our Court of Saint James's, the Third day of April 1906: in the Sixth Year of Our Reign. By His Majesty's Command. M Gladstone"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1906|last=François Velde|title=Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg|website= Heraldica|date=9 April 2012|access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> Whether this made her a British Royal Princess is the subject of debate.

The former Lady Diana Spencer lost the prefix of Her Royal Highness upon her divorce in August 1996, and was restyled as "Diana, Princess of Wales". Buckingham Palace issued a press release on the day the decree absolute of divorce was issued, announcing Diana's change of title, but made it clear that Diana continued to be a member of the British Royal Family. This was confirmed by the deputy coroner of the Queen's Household, Baroness Butler-Sloss, after a pre-hearing on 8 January 2007: "I am satisfied that at her death, Diana, Princess of Wales continued to be a member of the Royal Household."<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web
|url= http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/directions_decs/decision_08012007.htm |last=H M Coroner |title=Inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed: Decisions of 8 January 2007
|date=8 January 2007
|access-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030152352/http://www.scottbaker-inquests.gov.uk/directions_decs/decision_08012007.htm |archive-date=30 October 2007}}</ref> This appears to have been confirmed in the High Court judicial review matter of ''Al Fayed & Ors v Butler-Sloss''.<ref name="inquest2">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/judgments_guidance/inquests_020307.pdf 
 |title=High Court Judgment Template 
 |access-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625075335/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/judgments_guidance/inquests_020307.pdf 
 |archive-date=25 June 2008 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> In that case, three High Court judges accepted submissions that the "very name 'Coroner to the Queen's Household' gave the appearance of partiality in the context of inquests into the deaths of two people, ''one of whom was a member of the Family'' and the other was not."<ref name="inquest2"/>

==See also==
* [[List of current British princes and princesses]]
* [[House of Windsor]]

==Sources==
{{reflist|2}}

{{British princesses of the blood royal}}
{{British princesses by marriage}}
{{British royal titles}}

[[Category:Monarchy of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Lists of princesses]]