Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh received numerous titles, decorations and honorary appointments, both before and during his time as consort to Queen Elizabeth II. Each is listed below. Where two dates are shown, the first indicates the date of receiving the title or award (the title as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark being given as from his birth) and the second indicates the date of its loss, renunciation or when its use was discontinued.

Royal and noble titles and styles

10 June 192128 February 1947: His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark 28 February 194719 November 1947: Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Royal Navy 1920 November 1947: Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten, R.N. 20 November 194722 February 1957: His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh 22 February 19579 April 2021: His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Full style Prince Philip's British honours were read out at his funeral, held in the United Kingdom, by Thomas Woodcock, Garter Principal King of Arms, as follows:

Royal styles and titles 1947 On 19 November 1947, the day preceding his wedding, King George VI bestowed by Letters Patent the style His Royal Highness on Philip and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, further Letters Patent created him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, already being a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947, he bore the unusual style Lieutenant His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.

Unofficial

1952–2021 : In Tok Pisin: Oldfella Pili-Pili him bilong Misis Kwin

, Vanuatu 1952–2021 : In Bislama: Number one big fella him bilong Misis Kwin

5 August 19609 April 2021 : Bard Philip Meirionnydd

Debate over Prince Philip's titles and honours

Royal title On the popular, but erroneous, assumption that if Philip had the style of His Royal Highness he was automatically a British Prince, media reports after his marriage to Princess Elizabeth referred to a Prince Philip, with or without reference to any ducal title. This may have been influenced by the fact that he had actually been a Prince of Greece and Denmark by birth, the use of which titles he had discontinued already. Although the princely title was omitted in the British Regency Act 1953, and in Letters Patent of November 1953 appointing Counsellors of State, it had been included in Letters Patent of 22 October 1948 conferring princely rank on children from Philip's marriage to Elizabeth. King George VI, however, is believed to have been clear and intentional in having withheld the title of Prince from his future son-in-law.

On 3 February 1953, John Diefenbaker MP expressed to the House of Commons of Canada his desire to see Philip bear a title that alluded to the Queen's pan-national position and put forward the suggestion of Prince of the Commonwealth. In May of the following year, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill received a written suggestion from the Queen that her husband be granted the title that Diefenbaker had mentioned, or some other suitable augmentation of his style. Churchill preferred the title Prince Consort, but the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, expressed a preference for Prince of the Realm. While the Commonwealth Prime Ministers were assembled in London, Churchill was requested by the Queen to informally solicit their opinions on the matter of the Queen's husband's title. Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was the only one to express "misgivings", while Philip insisted to the Queen that he objected to any enhancement of his title. The Queen thereafter contacted Churchill and told him to drop the matter. In 1955, the South African Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom belatedly made it known that the South African Cabinet objected to the title Prince of the Commonwealth. When told, the Queen continued to express the wish that her husband's position be raised, but rejected the British Cabinet's recommendations of Prince Consort or Prince Royal. The British Cabinet then suggested simply His Royal Highness the Prince, but the Queen was advised that if she still preferred Prince of the Commonwealth, her Private Secretary could write directly to the Commonwealth Governors-General for their response, though warning that if their consent was not unanimous the proposal could not go forward.

The matter appeared left until the publication on 8 February 1957 of an article by P. Wykeham-Bourne in The Evening Standard titled: "Well, is it correct to say Prince Philip?" A few days following, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan reversed the advice of the Queen's previous ministers and formally recommended that the Queen reject the Prince in favour of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, deleting the reference to the Commonwealth countries. Letters Patent were issued on 22 February 1957 giving the Duke the style and titular dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (omitting the wording and Her other Realms and Territories). According to the announcement in The London Gazette, he should henceforth be known as His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with the capitalised definite article normally restricted to the children of monarchs.

Order of Australia

Prince Philip's elevation on Australia Day 2015 from Companion to Knight of the Order of Australia caused some political controversy in Australia. Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recommendation (via Sir Peter Cosgrove) to the Queen to confer the honour was criticised by the Labor opposition leader, Bill Shorten, among others. While conservative ministers and editorials supported his award of an honour, Abbott himself later admitted to a lapse of judgement, saying the appointment was 'injudicious'.

Naval ranks and appointments 1940–1941: Midshipman, HMS Ramillies, HMS Valiant 194116 July 1942: Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Wallace 16 July 1942October 1942: Lieutenant, HMS Wallace October 194215 August 1950: First Lieutenant, HMS Wallace, HMS Whelp, HMS Chequers 15 August 19502 February 1952: Lieutenant Commander, HMS Chequers, HMS Magpie 2 February 195215 January 1953: Commander, HMS Magpie 15 January 19539 April 2021: Admiral of the Fleet, RN 10 June 20119 April 2021: Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom

Honours and decorations

Greece and Denmark Country Received Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters 1941 Commander of the Royal Family Order of Saints George and Constantine with swordsQueen Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1959) Prince Philip: A Family Portrait. London: hodder and Stoughton, p. 80Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1959) Prince Philip: A Family Portrait. London: Bobbs-Merrill, p. 94 Grand Commander of the Royal Order of the Redeemer 1941–1947 Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer 1945Recipient of the Greek War Cross 16 November 1947 Knight of the Order of the Elephant RE 1950 Knight Grand Cross with Swords of the Royal Order of George I GCGI 1950 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Phoenix GCP

Commonwealth realms

Appointments Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters 19 November 1947 Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the GarterThe insignia of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter were regularly worn by Prince Philip on occasions when orders and decorations were worn, other than in Scotland where he wore the insignia of a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in preference when wearing a form of dress in which full-size or miniature medals were worn with only one breast star. Not worn when ribbons alone were worn. KG 10 June 1948 Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Sovereign ADC 4 November 1951 Member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council PC 21 April 1952 Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the ThistleThe insignia of a Knight of the Order of the Thistle were regularly worn by Prince Philip on occasions when orders and decorations were worn, other than when wearing a form of dress in which full-size or miniature medals were worn with fewer than two breast stars (when he wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter in preference). In Scotland, if only one breast star was worn, he wore the insignia for the Order of the Thistle in lieu of the Order of the Garter. Not worn when ribbons alone are worn. KT 22 May 1953 Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British EmpireThe insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) were regularly worn by Prince Philip on all occasions when orders and decorations were worn, other than when wearing a dress in which full-size medals were worn with fewer than three breast stars. GBE 14 October 1957 Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada PC Commonwealth realms 10 June 1968 Member of the Order of MeritThe insignia of a Member of the Order of Merit were regularly worn by Prince Philip on all occasions when orders and decorations were worn. OM 1971 Recipient of the Order of the Dogwood OD 15 November 1981 Extra Companion of the Queen's Service OrderThe insignia of a Companion of the Queen's Service Order were usually worn by Prince Philip on occasions when decorations were worn. There were some occasions when he wore other decorations but not the insignia of the QSO in the United Kingdom. QSO 13 June 1988 Companion of the Order of Australia (Military Division) AC 26 January 2015 Knight of the Order of Australia AK 2005 Royal Chief of the Order of Logohu GCL 4 June 2012 Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand ONZThe Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012 (29 June 2012) 74 New Zealand Gazette 2091. 23 April 2013 Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit CMM 26 April 2013 Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada CC 20 November 2017 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO

Decorations and medals Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters British Empire and Commonwealth 12 May 1937 Recipient of the King George VI Coronation MedalThese awards are those that Prince Philip regularly wore on occasions when decorations and medals were worn. 8 July 1943 Recipient of the 1939–1945 Star Recipient of the Africa Star May 1945 Recipient of the Atlantic Star Recipient of the Burma Star, with Pacific clasp Recipient of the Italy Star 16 August 1945 Recipient of the War Medal 1939–1945, with Mentioned in dispatches oak leaf Commonwealth 2 June 1953 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1954 Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration, with five bars CD Commonwealth realms 6 February 1977 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 9 February 1990 Recipient of the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal Commonwealth realms 6 February 2002 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal 27 May 2005 Recipient of the Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan Commonwealth realms 20 November 2007 Recipient of the Royal Victorian ChainThe Royal Victorian Chain was worn by Prince Philip on all occasions customary for it to be worn. 6 February 2012 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (both the British and Canadian versions) 11 October 2016 Recipient of the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with six bars

Other Commonwealth countries

Appointments Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters 1963 Member First Class of the Order of the Brilliant Star 13 March 1972 Member of the Most Distinguished Order of Nishanizzuddeen NIIV 1972 Honorary Member of the Darjah Utama Temasek DUT(1) Member First Class of the Family Order of Laila Utama DK

Decorations Country Date Appointment Ribbon 1992 Recipient of the Sultan of Brunei Silver Jubilee Medal 15 April 1992 Recipient of the Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal