Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Thistle Appointing the Duke of Cambridge as a Royal Knight of the Thistle [2012-11-21]
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Title
Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Thistle Appointing the Duke of Cambridge as a Royal Knight of the Thistle [2012-11-21]
Subject
Honors
Royal Family
Description
Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II making a Statute of the Order of the Thistle dispensing with the limit on the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies of the Thistle and admitting the Duke of Cambridge as a Royal Knight.
Creator
Queen Elizabeth II
Source
Statutes of the Order of the Thistle
Date
2012-11-21
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Transcript
(Sgd.) Elizabeth R
WHEREAS by the Statutes of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies is limited to sixteen and We, the Sovereign of the said Order, being desirous of evincing in an especial manner Our Royal regard for Our Most Dear Grandson His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, We do hereby, by virtue of the Power inherent in Us as Sovereign, dispense with the said Statutes whereby the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies is limited as aforesaid in so far as may be required for the especial purpose of admitting Our said Most Dear Grandson a Royal Knight of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle in the after specified precedence, and We do hereby accordingly Declare and Ordain Our said Most Dear Grandson a Royal Knight of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and We do hereby also Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that, except for the express purpose and occasion before mentioned, and during the life of Our said Most Dear Grandson, it is not Our Royal intention that the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies should extend beyond the number of sixteen and We do further Ordain and Declare that Our said Most Dear Grandson His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis shall take place and precedence within Our said Order next to, and immediately after, Our Most Dear Son His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay, and before all other Knights Brethren and Ladies of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order, any Statute, Decree or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
WHEREAS by the Statutes of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies is limited to sixteen and We, the Sovereign of the said Order, being desirous of evincing in an especial manner Our Royal regard for Our Most Dear Grandson His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, We do hereby, by virtue of the Power inherent in Us as Sovereign, dispense with the said Statutes whereby the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies is limited as aforesaid in so far as may be required for the especial purpose of admitting Our said Most Dear Grandson a Royal Knight of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle in the after specified precedence, and We do hereby accordingly Declare and Ordain Our said Most Dear Grandson a Royal Knight of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and We do hereby also Declare Our Royal Will and Pleasure that, except for the express purpose and occasion before mentioned, and during the life of Our said Most Dear Grandson, it is not Our Royal intention that the number of Knights Brethren and Ladies should extend beyond the number of sixteen and We do further Ordain and Declare that Our said Most Dear Grandson His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis shall take place and precedence within Our said Order next to, and immediately after, Our Most Dear Son His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay, and before all other Knights Brethren and Ladies of Our said Most Ancient and Most Noble Order, any Statute, Decree or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
| (L. S.) | Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace under Our Sign Manual and the Seal of Our said Order this Twenty-First day of November 2012 and in the Sixty-first Year of Our Reign. |
BY THE SOVEREIGN'S COMMAND.
(Sgd.) Airlie
(Sgd.) David Sellar, Secretary
Countersigner
David, 13th Earl of Airlie (Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle)
David Sellar (Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle)
David Sellar (Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle)
Seal Affixed
Seal of the Order of the Thistle
Ornamentation
Printed in Times New Roman.
Elements of the date clause have been entered in a calligraphic hand.
Elements of the date clause have been entered in a calligraphic hand.
Collection
Citation
Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Warrant - Statute of the Order of the Thistle Appointing the Duke of Cambridge as a Royal Knight of the Thistle [2012-11-21],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/409.