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*HRH [[Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen|Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meinigen]]
*HRH [[Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen|Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meinigen]]
*HRH [[Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine|Princess Henry of Prussia]]
*HRH [[Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine|Princess Henry of Prussia]]
*HRH [[Princess Viktoria of Prussia]] (Princess Adolphe of Shaumburg-Lippe)
*HRH [[Princess Viktoria of Prussia]] (Princess Adolphe of Schaumburg-Lippe)
*HGDH Princess of Leiningen
*HGDH Princess of Leiningen
*HH [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein|Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]
*HH [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein|Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]]

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Portrait of Queen Victoria at her Golden Jubilee, wearing the Sovereign's badge of the Order.
The German Empress Victoria wearing the Order, along with the Prussian Luise Order (also an order only for women)

The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. No awards were made after the death of Queen Victoria.

The order had four classes and was only granted to women. For the first three classes, the badge consisted of a medallion of Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort, differing in the width and jewelling of the border as the classes descend, whilst the fourth substitutes a jewelled cipher. All four were surmounted by a crown, which was attached to a bow of white silk moiré ribbon. The honour conferred no rank or title upon the recipient, but recipients were entitled to use the post-nominal letters "VA".

The last holder of the Order, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in 1981. Like other British Orders which have fallen into disuse, it has never been formally abolished. Every British Sovereign since Victoria has become Sovereign of the Order upon their accession to the throne. The Current Sovereign Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has been Sovereign of the Order since 1952.

Recipients

List of recipients.

First Class

The four grades of the Order.

Second Class

Third Class

Fourth Class

Sources

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