The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consist of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British royal family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has their own separate household.
When Elizabeth II was still a Princess she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947. After that marriage they shared the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
When she succeeded her father George VI as sovereign of the United Kingdom, she appointed a new household, known as the Household of the Sovereign 1952–2022.
The Duke of Edinburgh then received a separate household upon his wife's accession, the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh until his death in 2021.
With the passing of the Queen on 8 September 2022 the Household of the Sovereign passed to her son, King Charles III.
The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the highest-ranking official of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, overseeing the departments that support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, while also acting as the main channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords.
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain. The Vice Chamberlain's main duties are to compile a daily private report for the Sovereign on the proceedings in the House of Commons and to transmit addresses from the Commons to the Sovereign and vice versa.
The Lord Steward of the Household manages the Treasurer of the Household and Comptroller of the Household, who rank next to him. The appointee is always a peer, and is the first dignitary of the court.
The Treasurer of the Household is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. The Treasurer is automatically a member of the privy council.
The Comptroller of the Household is nominally the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department after the Treasurer of the Household. In recent times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office. On state occasions the Comptroller, in common with certain other senior officers of the Household, carries a white staff of office, as often seen in portraits.
The Master of the Horse is the third dignitary of the court. It is a primarily ceremonial office, and rarely appears except on state occasions, and especially when the Sovereign is mounted. There are still several pages of honour who are nominally in the master of the horse's department. They are youths aged from twelve to sixteen, selected by the sovereign in person, to attend on him at state ceremonies.
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir Alan Frederick Lascelles, GCVO, KCB, CMG, MC
5 August 1952: Commander (S) Richard Colville, MVO, DSC, RN
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable Sir James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander, GCVO, KCB, CMG, OBE
5 August 1952: Commander (S) Sir Dudley Colles, KCVO, OBE, RN
5 August 1952: Brigadier The Right Honourable Charles George Vivian, Baron Tryon, DSO
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Edward Sydney Woods, DD, Lord Bishop of Lichfield
5 August 1952: The Reverend Maurice Frederic Foxell, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Terence Edmund Gascoigne Nugent, GCVO, MC
5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Norman Wilmshurst Gwatkin, KCVO, DSO
5 August 1952: Colonel Sir Dermot McMorrough Kavanagh, KCVO
5 August 1952: Major-General Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones, CMG, CBE, MC
5 August 1952: Marcus John Cheke, Esquire, CVO
5 August 1952: Captain Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, Bt, CVO
5 August 1952: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sheridan Barratt, KCB, CMG, MC
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend Percy Mark Herbert, DD, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
5 August 1952: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John William Charles Wand, DD, Lord Bishop of London.
5 August 1952: The Reverend Trevitt Reginald Hine-Haycock, MVO, MA
5 August 1952: Edgar Stanley Roper, Esquire, CVO, MusD
5 August 1952: The Reverend Peter Llewellyn Gillingham, MA
5 August 1952: The Reverend Prebendary Herbert Harris, MA
5 August 1952: William James Phillips, Esquire, Mus.Doc.
5 August 1952: The Reverend John Lamb, CVO, BD (Balmoral).
Surgeon-Apothecaries/Apothecaries to HM Household at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
5 August 1952: Colonel the Right Honourable Hugh William, Earl Fortescue, KG, CB, OBE, MC
5 August 1952: Brigadier-General Sir Robert Harvey Kearsley, KCVO, CMG, DSO
5 August 1952: The Right Honourable William Arthur Bampfylde, Earl of Onslow, MC, TD
5 August 1952: Major-General Sir Allan Henry Shafto Adair, Bt, CB, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Charles Bingham, DSO
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC
5 August 1952: Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, DSO Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, DSO
5 August 1952: Captain Sir Harold George Campbell, KCVO, DSO, RN
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC
5 August 1952: Brigadier Sir Charles Alfred Howard, KCVO, DSO
5 August 1952: Sir Owen Frederick Morshead, KCVO, DSO, MC
5 August 1952: Major-General Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, CB, MC
5 August 1952: Professor Anthony Frederick Blunt, CVO
5 August 1952: Oliver Nicholas Millar, Esquire, FSA
5 August 1952: Sir James Gow Mann, MA, B.Litt., PSA. 10 July 2019:Caroline de Guitaut, LVO, FSA. Appointed as deputy Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art. Appointed Surveyor of the King's Works of Art in 2024. Responsible for over 700,000 works of art, in 13 royal palaces, including HM The King's official residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse. 1st woman to hold the position.
5 August 1952: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, MusDoc
5 August 1952: John Masefield, Esquire, OM, LitTD, LLD
5 August 1952: Lieutenant-Colonel William Hilgrove Leslie McCarthy, DSO, MC, MD, MRCP
5 August 1952: Air Commodore Sir Edward Hedley Fielden, KCVO, CB, DFC, AFC 15 February 1968: Air Commodore Sir Archibald Winskill, KCVO, CBE, DFC & Bar, AE
5 August 1952: His Grace Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO