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Royal Mamluks
The Royal Mamluks (المماليك السلطانية) were the corps of manumitted military slaves owned by the reigning sultan, part of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt from 1250 to 1517.
Royal Marines
Royal Marines: UK amphibious commando force within the Naval Service, founded 1664, granted Royal title 1802; 3 Commando Brigade renamed UK Commando Force in 2026; green beret, Arctic specialists in Norway.
Royal Marriages Act 1772
Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3 c. 11): British statute requiring descendants of George II to obtain the sovereign's consent before marrying, on pain of voidness; repealed 26 March 2015 by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.
Royal Marsden Hospital
Royal Marsden Hospital, London and Sutton, founded 1851 by Dr William Marsden as the Free Cancer Hospital; first hospital in the world dedicated to cancer study and treatment, now an NHS Foundation Trust partnered with the Institute of Cancer Research.
Royal Match
Royal Match is Dream Games' free-to-play match-3 puzzle game (iOS 2020, Android 2021) with castle renovation, boosters, and lives; it surpassed Candy Crush Saga in revenue and downloads in July 2023.
Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla)
Mauna ʻAla (fragrant hills), the Royal Mausoleum State Monument in Nuʻuanu, Honolulu, is the 1865 burial place of Hawaiian royalty of the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, a Gothic Revival chapel where the Hawaiian flag alone may fly.
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania
The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, called Kbor er Roumia or the Tomb of the Christian Woman, is a circular royal tomb near Tipasa, Algeria, linked to King Juba II.
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is a private golf club in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1891 and home to the famed MacKenzie-designed West Course.
Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society, founded as the British Meteorological Society in 1850, is the United Kingdom's professional and learned society for weather and climate, based in Reading.
Royal Mile
The Royal Mile is Edinburgh Old Town's main thoroughfare, running from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyrood along a ridge, with a medieval fishbone pattern of closes, within the 1995 UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS): British Army officer training academy in Berkshire. Trains all Regular and Reserve officers on a 44-week Regular Commissioning Course; founded 1802; 5,400 international alumni.
Royal Military Police
Royal Military Police (RMP), British Army corps known as Redcaps; formed as Corps of Military Police in 1926, granted Royal prefix 1946, part of Adjutant General's Corps Provost Branch since 1992.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official coin maker, a government-owned company in Llantrisant, South Wales, that makes UK coins for HM Treasury and sells bullion and collector coins.
Royal Mint (Spain)
The Royal Mint of Spain, the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT-RCM), is a state-owned entity based in Madrid that mints Spain's euro coins and makes identity documents.
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe) is a Catholic monastery in Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
Royal Moroccan Air Force (القوات الجوية الملكية المغربية)
Royal Moroccan Air Force (القوات الجوية الملكية المغربية, Forces Royales Air), Morocco's air force founded November 1956; flies F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-5s, first F-16 Block 72 flew October 2026, C-130 modernization and African Lion US exercises underway.
Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (القوات المسلحة الملكية المغربية)
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) is the military of Morocco, created in 1956. It is commanded by the King and includes the Royal Army and Royal Air Force.
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Royal Munster Fusiliers, British Army infantry regiment 1881-1922, formed from the 101st and 104th Foot, recruited in Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick from its Tralee depot, served at Gallipoli and the Western Front, and was disbanded on 31 July 1922.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a volunteer charity providing a 24-hour lifeboat rescue service around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland since its founding in 1824.
Royal National Park
Royal National Park ("the Nasho"), near Sydney, NSW: Australia's first national park, dedicated 26 April 1879, world's second after Yellowstone; ~16,000 ha, renamed after the 1954 royal visit, National Heritage listed 2006, over 6 million visits in 2018.
Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre (National Theatre): publicly funded producing theatre company on London's South Bank in Denys Lasdun's 1976 Brutalist building; Royal prefix 1988; three auditoria; Indhu Rubasingham its first woman artistic director from 2025.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy, the United Kingdom's naval warfare service and 'Senior Service', operates 70 surface vessels plus submarines including Vanguard Trident boats, two Queen Elizabeth-class carriers, and Astute attack boats, with Dreadnought and Type 26/31 programmes underway.
Royal Navy during the Second World War
The Royal Navy in the Second World War (1939-1945): the British naval force that defended Atlantic trade against U-boats, fought the Kriegsmarine, Regia Marina, and Imperial Japanese Navy, and mounted amphibious operations from Normandy to the Pacific.
Royal Navy officer rank insignia
Royal Navy officer rank insignia: gold cuff lace, the executive curl, and shoulder boards marking rank from Admiral of the Fleet to midshipman, evolving from the 1748 uniforms, the 1783 flag-officer embroidery, the 1856 striped system, and 1918 universal adoption of the curl.
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries
Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries: the Admiralty's first standardized rank and dress system, introduced for officers in April 1748 in dark blue, with epaulettes from 1795 and ratings' uniform from 1857.
Royal Navy Submarine Service
Royal Navy Submarine Service: British naval branch operating nuclear submarines since Holland 1 in 1901. Fleet of nine boats, four Vanguard SSBNs and five Astute SSNs at HMNB Clyde, with Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS classes replacing them from the 2030s.
Royal necropolis of Ayaa
The Royal necropolis of Ayaa (Aya'a) is a Phoenician rock-cut royal burial ground at Helalié, north-east of Sidon, Lebanon, used in the Persian period and discovered in 1887.
Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force
Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, since 2025 Commando Lucht- en Ruimtestrijdkrachten): Dutch air force founded 1913, independent since 1953, flying F-35s from Leeuwarden and Volkel and standing QRA over Benelux airspace.
Royal Netherlands Army
Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht), land service of the Dutch armed forces founded 9 January 1814; about 17,500 personnel, three combat brigades integrated with German divisions since 2023, Leopard 2A6 and CV90 equipment.
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger) was the Dutch colonial army in the Indonesian archipelago, created in 1830, capitulating to Japan in 1942, and disbanded in 1950.