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Charities and Patronages

Following His Majesty The King’s Accession, the Royal Household is conducting a review of Royal Patronage.  The review will cover the organisations of which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was Patron and those organisations to which The King and The Queen Consort were connected through Patronage or Presidency as Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

Members of the Royal Family have links with hundreds of charities, military associations, professional bodies and public service organisations. Some are well known, while others may be smaller bodies working in a very specialist area or on a local basis only.

Having a Royal patron or president provides vital publicity for the work of these organisations, and allows their enormous achievements and contributions to society to be recognised.

You can use this database to find the organisations with which members of the Royal Family are associated.

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  • 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Website: www.army.mod.uk

    Unit of the Territorial Army based in northern Scotland.

    Region: UK (Scotland)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The King, Royal Colonel

  • 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland

    Website: www.army.mod.uk

    Unit of the British Army.

    Region: UK (Scotland)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Princess Royal, Royal Colonel

  • 5th Battalion, The Rifles

    Battalion of The British Army

    Region: UK-wide
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Countess of Wessex, The Royal Colonel

  • 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force

    Website: www.lowlandrfca.org.uk

    603 Squadron is one of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Operational Support Squadrons, responsible for providing a pool of trained personnel to assist in the protection of aircraft, assets and personnel.

    Region: UK (Scotland)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    Her Majesty The Queen, Royal Honorary Air Commodore

  • 6th Battalion The Rifles

    Website: www.army.mod.uk

    Principal mission is to train and prepare our soldiers for front line operations.

    Region: UK (England)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Duke of Gloucester, Royal Colonel

  • 7th Battalion The Rifles

    Website: www.army.mod.uk

    Military

    Region: UK-wide
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Duchess of Gloucester, Royal Colonel

  • 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)

    Website: www.armee.forces.gc.ca

    Reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Army.

    Region: Canada
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief

  • Abbeyfield

    Website: www.abbeyfield.com

    Volunteer-led charity providing housing with support or care for older people.

    Region: UK-wide
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The King, Patron

  • Abbotsford Trust

    Website: www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk

    To secure the future of the house

    Region: UK (Scotland)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    The Duke of Gloucester, Co-Patron of Abbotsford Trust Appeal

  • Aberdeen Association of Social Service (VSA)

    Website: www.vsa.org.uk

    Aberdeen-based charity caring for the elderly, those with disabilities and families in poverty.

    Region: UK (Scotland)
    Members of the Royal Family:
    Her Majesty The Queen, Patron

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