British princess

A **British princess** is a princess who has the title of a Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In Britain, the title "Princess" and the use of the style "Royal Highness" can only be used for these persons:

- the legitimate daughters of a British sovereign,
- the legitimate male line granddaughters of a British sovereign,
- the wife of a British prince.

Queen Elizabeth II issued Letters Patent dated 21 August 1996 stating that any woman divorced from a Prince of the United Kingdom would no longer be entitled to the style "Royal Highness". This has so far applied to Diana, Princess of Wales, and Sarah, Duchess of York.

## List of princesses by birth since 1714

|Full Name|Lifespan|Royal lineage|Right|Notes|
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|Sophia Dorothea|1687–1757|Only daughter of King George I|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Anne|1709–1759|1st daughter of King George II|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Amelia Sophia Eleanor|1711–1786|2nd daughter of King George II|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Caroline Elizabeth|1713–1757|3rd daughter of King George II|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Mary|1723–1772|4th daughter of King George II|Princess from birth||
|Louise|1724–1751|5th daughter of King George II|Princess from birth||
|Augusta Frederica|1737–1813||Princess from birth||
|Elizabeth Caroline|1741–1759||Princess from birth||
|Louise Anne|1749–1768||Princess from birth||
|Caroline Matilda|1751–1775||Princess from birth||
|Charlotte Augusta Matilda|1766–1828|1st daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Augusta Sophia|1768–1840|2nd daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Elizabeth|1770–1840|3rd daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Mary|1776–1857|4th daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Sophia Matilda|1777–1848|5th daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Amelia|1783–1810|6th daughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Sophia Matilda|1773–1844||Princess from birth||
|Caroline Augusta Maria|1774–1775||Princess from birth||
|Charlotte Augusta|1796–1817|Only daughter of King George IV|Princess from birth||
|Charlotte Augusta Louisa|1819–1819|1st daughter of King William IV|Princess from birth||
|Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide|1820–1821|2nd daughter of King William IV|Princess from birth||
|Alexandrina Victoria _later, Queen Victoria_|1819–1901||Princess from birth||
|Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise|1822–1916|Granddaughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Mary Adelaide Wilhemina Elizabeth|1833–1897||Princess from birth||
|Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa|1840–1901|1st daughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Alice Maud Mary|1843–1878|2nd daughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Helena Augusta Victoria|1846–1923|3rd daughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Frederica Sophie Marie Henrietta Amelia Theresa|1848–1926|Great-granddaughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Louise Caroline Alberta|1848–1939|4th daughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Marie Ernestine Josephine Adolphine Henrietta Theresa Elisabeth Alexandrina|1849–1904|Great-granddaughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore|1857–1944|5th daughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar|1867–1931|1st daughter of King Edward VII|Princess from birth||
|Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary|1868–1935|2nd daughter of King Edward VII|Princess from birth||
|Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria|1869–1938|3rd daughter of King Edward VII|Princess from birth||
|Marie Alexandra Victoria|1875–1938|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Victoria Melita|1876–1936|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria|1878–1942|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Marie Louise Victoria Caroline Amelia Alexandra Augusta Frederica|1879–1948|Great-great-granddaughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah|1882–1920|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Alexandra Marie Louise Olga Elizabeth Theresa Vera|1882–1963||Princess from birth||
|Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline|1883–1981|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria|1884–1966|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Olga Adelaide Louise Marie Alexandrina Agnes|1884–1958||Princess from birth||
|Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth|1886–1974|Granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise|1891–1959|Granddaughter in female line of King Edward VII|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha|1893–1945|Granddaughter in female line of King Edward VII|Created Princess by the sovereign||
|Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary|1897–1965|Daughter of King George V|Princess from birth||
|Sibylla Calma Maria Alice Bathildis Feodora|1907–1972|Great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Caroline Matilda Helen Louise Augusta Beatrice|1912–1983|Great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria|Princess from birth||
|Frederica Louisa Thyra Victoria Margareta Olga Cécilie Isabella Christa|1917–1981|Great-great-great-granddaughter of King George III|Princess from birth||
|Elizabeth Alexandra Mary _later, Queen Elizabeth II_|1926–2022|1st daughter of King George VI|Princess from birth||
|Margaret Rose|1930–2002|2nd daughter of King George VI|Princess from birth||
|Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel|1936–present|Granddaughter of King George V|Princess from birth||
|Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise|1950–present|Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II|Princess from birth||
|Beatrice Elizabeth Mary|1988–present|Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II|Princess from birth||
|Eugenie Victoria Helena|1990–present|Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II|Princess from birth||
|Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary|2003–present|Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II|Princess from birth||
|Charlotte Elizabeth Diana|2015–present|Granddaughter of King Charles III|Princess from birth||
|Lilibet Diana|2021–present|Granddaughter of King Charles III|Princess since the accession of her grandfather||

## List of princesses by marriage since 1714

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|Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach|1683|1737|1705|George of Hanover|Gained title by accession of her father-in-law as King George I in 1714 and held it until her husband's accession as King George II in 1727.|||||||
|Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha|1719|1772|1736|Frederick, Prince of Wales||||||||
|Maria Walpole|1736|1807|1766|Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh||||||||
|Anne Luttrell|1742|1808|1771|Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn|Gained title by her second marriage.|||||||
|Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia|1767|1820|1791|Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany||||||||
|Duchess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|1768|1821|1795|George, Prince of Wales|Held title until her husband's accession as King George IV in 1820.|||||||
|Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|1778|1841|1815|Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale|Gained title by her third marriage. Became Queen of Hanover on her husband's accession as King Ernest Augustus in 1837.|||||||
|Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel|1797|1889|1818|Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge||||||||
|Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|1786|1861|1818|Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Gained title by her second marriage.|||||||
|Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|1792|1849|1818|Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews|Held title until her husband's accession as King William IV in 1830.|||||||
|Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg|1818|1907|1843|George, Crown Prince of Hanover|Became Queen of Hanover on her husband's accession as King George V in 1851.|||||||
|Princess Alexandra of Denmark|1844|1925|1863|Albert Edward, Prince of Wales|Held title until her husband's accession as King Edward VII in 1901.|||||||
|Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia|1853|1920|1874|Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh|Held title until her husband's accession as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1893.|||||||
|Princess Thyra of Denmark|1853|1933|1878|style="background:silver"|Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover|Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917.||||||
|Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia|1860|1917|1879|Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn||||||||
|Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont|1861|1922|1882|Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany||||||||
|Princess Mary of Teck|1867|1953|1893|Prince George, Duke of York|Held title until her husband's accession as King George V in 1910.|||||||
|Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein|1885|1970|1905|style="background:silver"|Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany|Husband lost British title of prince in 1919.||||||
|Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia|1892|1980|1913|style="background:silver"|Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick|Husband lost British title of Prince in 1917. Princess Viktoria Luise was born Princess of Prussia being the only daughter of the German Emperor Wilhelm II.||||||
|Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|1900|2002|1923|Prince Albert, Duke of York|Held title until her husband's accession as King George VI in 1936.|||||||
|Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|1906|1968|1934|Prince George, Duke of Kent|Princess of Greece and Denmark by birth. However, when she was widowed she reverted her title to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, styling herself as a princess _suo jure_ in the UK.|||||||
|Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott|1901|2004|1935|Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester|When she was widowed in 1974 she was granted special permission to style herself as a princess _suo jure_.|||||||
|Katharine Worsley|1933||1961|Prince Edward, Duke of Kent||||||||
|Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen|1946||1972|Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester||||||||
|Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz|1945||1978|Prince Michael of Kent|Gained title by her second marriage.|||||||
|Lady Diana Spencer|1961|1997|1981|Charles, Prince of Wales|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales. She lost style of Her Royal Highness upon divorce, and was restyled as "Diana, Princess of Wales".|||||||
|Sarah Ferguson|1959||1986|Then Prince Andrew, Duke of York|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York. She lost style of Her Royal Highness upon divorce, and was restyled as "Sarah, Duchess of York".|||||||
|Sophie Rhys-Jones|1965||1999|Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex and Viscountess Severn. On 10 March 2019, the Queen granted the Earldom of Forfar to the Earl of Wessex for use in Scotland. On 10 March 2023, her husband become Duke of Edinburgh, Sophie is thus Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh.|||||||
|Camilla Shand|1947||2005|Charles, Prince of Wales|By her second marriage she became: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, Countess of Chester etc. She also held the title of Princess of Wales but did not use it because the title became strongly associated with its previous holder, Diana. On 9 April 2021, she became Duchess of Edinburgh. She held the titles until her husband's accession as Charles III on 8 September 2022, when she became Her Majesty The Queen.|||||||
|Catherine Middleton|1982||2011|William, Prince of Wales|On marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn and Lady Carrickfergus. On 8 September 2022, she became Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge. On 9 September 2022, she became Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales.|||||||
|Meghan Markle|1981||2018|Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|By her second marriage she became: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton and Lady Kilkeel. She has elected not to use the style of _Her Royal Highness_ after spring 2020.|||||||