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Royal Family Order of George VI

honour bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ93915 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Royal Family Order of George VI is an honour that was bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI.

Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy is the last surviving member after the death of her cousin Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

Appearance

The insignia, an enamel portrait of the King surrounded by diamonds, is worn on a bow of rose pink ribbon.

It was provided in two different sizes: the larger version was bestowed on the King's wife and mother, and the second to the other recipients. The first examples were presented at a family luncheon on 10 May 1937, two days before the King’s Coronation .

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“Royal Family Order of George VI” enters the record as honour bestowed on female members of the British royal family by King George VI. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Royal, Family and Order can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 1937—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1937. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Royal, Family and Order.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q93915. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022 and 1937.

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This entry incorporates text from “Royal Family Order of George VI” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.