Royal Highness
Formal royal honorific
Royal Highness is a formal title of address for members of a royal family, typically princes and princesses: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness.
The title indicates high rank but not the sovereign—kings and queens are addressed as Majesty rather than Highness.
Often abbreviated HRH.
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
palace · court · realm · dynasty · succession · regalia · scepter · diadem
Royal family male
- princessMonarch's daughter or heir
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- duchessWoman of ducal rank
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
excellency · lord · lady · archduke · infanta · dauphin · crown prince · heir apparent
Ancestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
genealogy · succession · heir · birthright · primogeniture · house · forebears · progenitor
Yielding to another's judgment
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
- addressSpeak to formally
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
precedence · formality · ceremony · audience · presentation · reverence · obeisance · salutation
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
coronation · palace · court · realm · dynasty · succession · regalia · scepter · diadem · investiture
prince
Royal family male
majesty · excellency · lord · lady · archduke · infanta · dauphin · crown prince · heir apparent · grand duke
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
descent · genealogy · succession · heir · birthright · primogeniture · house · forebears · progenitor · legitimate
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
etiquette · precedence · formality · ceremony · audience · presentation · reverence · obeisance · salutation · decorum
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- honorificssir, madam, Mr, Mrs, Ms
- Thomas MannDeath in Venice, Doctor Faustus, Tristan, The Black Swan