Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother received numerous appointments, including to orders, decorations and medals, during and after her time as consort to King George VI. Each is listed below; where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the award or title, and the second indicates the date of its loss or renunciation:
Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto His Divine Mercy the late Most High, Most Mighty and Most Excellent Princess Elizabeth, Queen Dowager and Queen Mother, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order upon whom had been conferred the Royal Victorian Chain, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Relict of His Majesty King George the Sixth and Mother of Her Most Excellent Majesty Elizabeth The Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, whom may God preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.[1]
^"No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1937. p. 687.
^ ab"Royal Family Orders". Official website of the British monarchy. Royal Household. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
^M. & B. Wattel (2009), Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers, Paris: Archives & Culture, pp. 21, 463, 628, ISBN978-2-35077-135-9
^"No. 47235". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 10 June 1977. p. 7119.
^The Clansman. Wellington: New Zealand Scottish Territorial Regimental Association. 1954. p. 3.
^Murphy, Phillip (2013). Monarchy and the End of Empire: The House of Windsor, the British Government, and the Postwar Commonwealth. Oxford University Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN978-0199214235.
^"No. 33302". The London Gazette. 12 August 1927. p. 5260.
^"No. 15180". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 June 1935. p. 507.
^ ab"No. 15387". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 May 1937. p. 395.
^"No. 37951". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 May 1947. p. 2111.
^"No. 38526". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1949. p. 563.
^"Prince William becomes honorary barrister". The Daily Telegraph. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2019. The Prince is the sixth member of the Royal Family to be called to the Bench as a Royal Bencher and is following in the footsteps of the Queen Mother, called in 1944, and his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, called in 1988.
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Australia
Canada
1938 – 30 March 2002: Colonel-in-Chief of the Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
New Zealand
South Africa
1955–1965: Honorary Commissioner of the British South Africa Police
Rhodesia
United Kingdom
1927–1968: Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry[20]
1949–1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Air Force[35]
unk. – 11 January 1994: Commandant-in-Chief of the Women's Royal Naval Service[37]
1927: Glasgow[38]
1953: London
1954: Ottawa[46]
2000: Volgograd (Honorary Citizen)[47]
Nova Scotia: Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax
Zimbabwe: Queen Elizabeth School, Harare
United Kingdom: RMS Queen Elizabeth