Peers and peeresses

Abbreviations

• His/Her Majesty: HM
• His/Her Royal Highness: HRH
• His/Her Grace: HG
• The Most Honourable: The Most Hon (The Most Honble)
• The Right Honourable: The Rt Hon (The Rt Honble)
• The Honourable: The Hon (The Honble)
• The Much Honoured: The Much Hon (The Much Hon'd)
• The Most Reverend: The Most Rev (The Most Revd or The Most Rev'd)
• The Right Reverend: The Rt Rev (The Rt Revd or The Rt Rev'd)
• The Very Reverend: The Very Rev (The Very Revd or The Very Rev'd)
• The Reverend: The Rev (The Revd or The Rev'd)
• The Venerable: The Ven (The Venble)

Royalty

Position	On envelopes	Salutation in letter	Oral address
King	HM The King	Your Majesty	Your Majesty, and thereafter as "Sir/Sire"
Queen	HM The Queen	Your Majesty	Your Majesty, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Prince of Wales	HRH The Prince of Wales	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir"
Wife of the Prince of Wales	HRH The Princess of Wales (traditionally) HRH The Duchess of Cornwall/HRH The Duchess of Rothesay (an exception to tradition since 2005)	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Princess Royal	HRH The Princess Royal	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Royal Peer	HRH The Duke of London, e.g., HRH The Duke of Cambridge	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir"
Royal Peeress	HRH The Duchess of London, e.g., HRH The Duchess of Cambridge	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Sovereign's son (unless a peer)	HRH The Prince John	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir"
Sovereign's son's wife (unless a peeress)	HRH The Princess John	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Sovereign's daughter (unless a peeress)	HRH The Princess Mary	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Sons of the Prince of Wales (unless a peer)	HRH Prince John of Wales, e.g., HRH Prince Harry of Wales	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir"
Sovereign's son's son, Prince of Wales's eldest son's sons (unless a peer)	HRH Prince John of London, e.g. HRH Prince Michael of Kent	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Sir"
Sovereign's son's son's wife (unless a peeress)	HRH Princess John of London, e.g., HRH Princess Michael of Kent	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness, and thereafter as "Ma'am"
Sovereign's son's daughter, Prince of Wales's eldest son's daughters (unless a peeress)	HRH Princess Mary of London, e.g., HRH Princess Beatrice of York	Your Royal Highness	Your Royal Highness
Sovereign's son's son's son (unless a peer) (Except son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales)	The Lord John Windsor, e.g., The Lord Nicholas Windsor	Dear Lord John	Lord John
Sovereign's son's son's son's wife (unless a peeress)	The Lady John Windsor, e.g., The Lady Nicholas Windsor	Dear Lady John	Lady John
Sovereign's son's son's daughter (unless a peeress)	The Lady Mary Windsor, e.g., The Lady Helen Taylor	Dear Lady Mary	Lady Mary

A formal announcement in The London Gazette reads: "The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 to declare that all the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour." This refers to any children of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Nobility

Peers and peeresses

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