Honours & Decorations

The Duke of York has been awarded a number of Honours and Decorations:

1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

1979 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

1982 South Atlantic Campaign Medal for service in the Falklands

1984 Personal Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty The Queen

1986 Commodore, Royal Thames Yacht Club

1987 Freedom of the City of York

1988 Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

1990 New Zealand Commemoration Medal

1991 Elder Brother, Trinity House

2001 Canadian Forces Decoration

2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

2002 Grand Master, The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators

2003 Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

2005 Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan

2006 Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

2010 Order of the Federation (UAE)

2011 Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order

2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

2012 Freedom of the City of London

2012 Royal Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn

2012 Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights

2013 Royal Fellow, The Royal Society

Activities

recent engagements >

Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013
State Visit to the UAE © PA
Annual Court and Luncheon, Trinity House
Royal Bencher of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Installation as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights

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@Hullsented thank you! — 2 days 9 hours ago
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RT @BarnardWestwood: A very welcome interruption from @TheDukeOfYork. These #letterpress invitations are still on schedule – phew! http://t… — 2 days 9 hours ago
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#FF to three incubators around the UK that are boosting the entrepreneurial economy @imperiallnnova @ignite100 @GAINInBusiness — 2 days 13 hours ago
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The Duke will visit Germany 3-4 June 2014, for celebrations marking 300th anniversary of the “Personal Union” between Britain and Hanover — 2 days 13 hours ago
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RT @hayley_m_andrew: Feeling very proud to be part of the Barnard and Westwood team following a very special visit from @TheDukeOfYork #App… — 2 days 14 hours ago
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One big #ThumbsUpForStephen to celebrate Stephen Sutton’s incredible achievements and positivity! http://t.co/Q6x9cyaOz0 — 2 days 18 hours ago
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RT @summitgrowth: .@TheDukeOfYork‘s fantastic speech from @summitgrowth can now be watched in full online: https://t.co/JnD2gt1dVj #futureo… — 3 days 12 hours ago
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British Technology on display @barnardwestwood @LumeJetLtd – Great to see journey since meeting team @warwickuni http://t.co/RXmBOcfElG — 3 days 12 hours ago
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RT @StartUpBritain: Big news for small retailers! Your chance to pitch to @johnlewisretail is back, brought to you by @popupbritain: http:/… — 3 days 13 hours ago
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Great traditional skills & tech @barnardwestwood. So pleased to see work with @Hackneycc creating #apprenticeships http://t.co/nI6zC6rsCg — 3 days 14 hours ago
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Looking forward to today’s visit to @barnardwestwood #royalwarrant #apprenticeships #ladderforlondon http://t.co/Sp4XYnFRfY — 3 days 19 hours ago
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RT @CoderDojo: #UK entrepreneurs aged 15-25, register your digital business idea for the @idea_award by May 30th! http://t.co/7dPbnGy9R8 c… — 3 days 23 hours ago
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Take a look at The Duke’s Facebook page to see what he will be doing next week https://t.co/DhKk3szDnv — 4 days 12 hours ago
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RT @nominettrust: Here’s a sneak peak of the all new @socialtechguide – coming soon! Search 100’s more examples of #inspiringsocialtech htt… — 4 days 16 hours ago
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Jenaia Harrison, a pupil in Year 5, wrote a report of The Duke’s visit to St Thomas Primary School, Huddersfield http://t.co/VS79kv7lem — 5 days 13 hours ago
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#DOYEntrepreneur this week is @bubblebumukltd – providing an inflatable and portable car booster seat http://t.co/50rmDImS38 — 5 days 18 hours ago
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RT @Hullsented: We explained the role of Mike from @HullsEnterprise and @GEWUK @TheDukeOfYork yesterday. http://t.co/27NCveyT2y — 1 week 1 day ago
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Congratulations to #pitchatpalace start-up and mobile payment app @justyoyo for raising US $5m — 1 week 2 days ago
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Great photo @Theleaguemag – @HUDVC evidence of a long standing connection between The Yorks and Huddersfield! http://t.co/vkXkaTIiM9 — 1 week 2 days ago
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#FF – Best of luck to all students around the country with your exams, including @citygateway @HackneyUTC @LondonMetUni @HuddersfieldUni — 1 week 2 days ago
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@HullsEnterprise great to hear about effort to build an enterprise culture in Hull today, look forward to working together in #yorkshire — 1 week 2 days ago
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RT @HullsEnterprise: We were delighted to be invited to illustrate what we do today @TheDukeofYork amazing opportunity #HULLFamily — 1 week 2 days ago
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New incubator @fishislandlabs for tech and the arts created by @thetrampery and @Barbicancentre – apply here http://t.co/ZF6Q07RR7I — 1 week 2 days ago
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@HullsEnterprise very much looking forward to meeting you today — 1 week 2 days ago
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PHOTOS: From The Duke’s visit to @summitgrowth are on Facebook http://t.co/5c9OcXotpQ and the Website http://t.co/tLGBnahO74 — 1 week 3 days ago
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The Duke met with aviation leaders and potential UK suppliers to discuss plans for the impressive new Kuwait Airport http://t.co/7H98bsC8jo — 1 week 4 days ago
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Read about day two of The Duke’s visit to Kuwait on the Website http://t.co/YDvsDCERd6 — 1 week 4 days ago
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@michael_rolph pleased it arrived safely — 1 week 4 days ago
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RT @idea_award: “It doesn’t matter where you’re from, anybody can be an entrepreneur” @TheDukeOfYork at @sevenhillsviews #summitgrowth. #id… — 1 week 4 days ago
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Good luck to @egvisuals for their @RSADesignAwards interviews today – #doyyoungentrepreneur @huddersfieldUni — 1 week 5 days ago