# List of titles and honours of Catherine, Princess of Wales

Catherine, Princess of Wales has received several titles, decorations and honorary appointments both during her time as Duchess of Cambridge and Princess of Wales. Each is listed below.

## Royal and noble titles and styles

Upon her marriage in 2011, Catherine became a British princess by virtue of marriage and gained the style of Royal Highness. She also gained the titles of Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus. She was normally styled as "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge" except in Scotland, where she was instead styled "Her Royal Highness The Countess of Strathearn".
Upon her father-in-law's accession to the throne on 8 September 2022, Catherine also became Duchess of Cornwall as well as Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Carrick, Baroness of Renfrew, and Lady of the Isles (all in Scotland). She was thus briefly called "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge". On 9 September 2022, the King announced the appointment of William as Prince of Wales, with Catherine thus becoming Princess of Wales. As the wife of the Earl of Chester, she also bears the title Countess of Chester. Catherine is known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales", except in Scotland, where she is styled "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Rothesay".

## Commonwealth realms

Orders (shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
| Tuvalu | 30 October 2017 | Recipient of the Tuvalu Order of Merit | |
| United Kingdom | 5 December 2017 | Recipient of the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II | |
| United Kingdom | 29 April 2019 | Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order | GCVO |
| United Kingdom | 23 April 2024 | Royal Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour | CH |
Decorations and medals (shown in order in which appointments were made, not order of precedence)
| Country | Date | Appointment |
| United Kingdom | 6 February 2012 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
| United Kingdom | 6 February 2022 | Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal |
| United Kingdom | 6 May 2023 | Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal |

## Honorary military appointments
### Canada

* 5 July 2011 – present: Honorary Canadian Ranger

### United Kingdom

* 16 December 2015 – present: Honorary Air Commandant, Royal Air Force Air Cadets
* 11 August 2023 – present: Royal Honorary Air Commodore, RAF Coningsby
* 29 June 2021 – present: Lady Sponsor, HMS Glasgow
* 11 August 2023 – present: Commodore-in-Chief, Fleet Air Arm
* 21 December 2022 – present: Colonel, Irish Guards
* 11 August 2023 – present: Colonel-in-Chief, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

## Other appointments

* 9 April 2013 – present: Lady Sponsor of Royal Princess
* 26 September 2019 – present: Lady Sponsor of RRS Sir David Attenborough

## University degrees

| Country | Date | University | Degree |
| Scotland | 2005 | University of St Andrews | Master of Arts (Hons) |

## Honorific eponyms

* Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Award, University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
* Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Parks Canada Youth Ambassadors Program
* HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Legacy Scholarship

## Arms

Coat of arms of Catherine, Princess of Wales :
* NotesCatherine bears the arms of her husband impaled with those of her father. The family arms were granted to her father by the College of Arms on 19 April 2011. Thomas Woodcock, then Garter King of Arms, the senior officer of the College of Arms, helped the family with the design. Meanwhile, the princess's entire heraldic achievement was approved by royal warrant by Queen Elizabeth II after the princess's marriage. The newly-approved arms included the addition of a new element specifically for the princessa hind (female deer) supporter.
* EscutcheonQuarterly first and fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langed Azure second Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counterflory third Azure a harp Or stringed Argent, with over all a label of three points Argent, and on an inescutcheon ensigned by the coronet of the heir-apparent, quarterly, Or and Gules four lions passant guardant counterchanged, ensigned by the coronet of William's degree; Impaled with a shield per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or.
* SymbolismThe dividing line (between two colours) down the centre is a canting of the name 'Middle-ton'. The acorns (from the oak tree) are a traditional symbol of England and a feature of west Berkshire, where the family lived. The three acorns also denote the family's three children. The gold chevron in the centre of the arms is an allusion to Carole Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith. The two white chevronels (narrow chevrons above and below the gold chevron) symbolise peaks and mountains, and the family's love of the Lake District and skiing. The white hind supporter echoes earlier royal heraldry, such as the white hind heraldic badge of Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales.
* Previous versions Catherine's coat of arms prior to her marriage depicted the shield from her father Michael Middleton's coat of arms shaped into a lozenge suspended from a ribbon symbolising her unmarried state. Her sister, Philippa, also used the same coat of arms prior to her 2017 marriage. Her brother, James, will in due course inherit his father's coat of arms. The arms granted to her following her marriage were depicted without the Royal Victorian Order circlet, to which she was appointed in 2019.
* Other versions In February 2013, Queen Elizabeth II approved the conjugal arms of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, consisting of their individual arms displayed side by side, beneath a helm and coronet denoting the duke's status as grandson of the sovereign. These were released in September of the same year.