Her Royal Highness

Royal female address

Her Royal Highness is a formal title of address for certain members of a royal family, typically princesses and the wives of princes.

The full form appears in formal announcements and introductions; in direct address, the shorter Your Royal Highness is used.

The abbreviation HRH appears in written references: HRH the Princess of Wales.

The male equivalent is His Royal Highness.

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Heraldry · Coronation · Crown Jewels · Diana · Kate Middleton · Habsburg Empire · Investiture · lady in waiting · Windsor · Princess Diana

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royal rank and style

Her Royal HighnessHis Royal Highness

Title for princes

Her Majesty · His Majesty · Your Majesty · commoner · His Highness

social status and class

Her Royal Highnesscommoner

Non-noble person

peasant · ordinary citizen · serf · plebeian · subject

Family

hers, herself, royal, royally, royalty, royalist, royalism, high, highness

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