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Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia's air force, formed 31 March 1921 with the Royal prefix added 13 August 1921; second-oldest independent air force. Operates F-35A, P-8A, E-7A fleets from bases including Williamtown, Tindal, Edinburgh, Amberley.
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy (RAN), naval branch of the Australian Defence Force, formed 10 July 1911 from the Commonwealth Naval Forces. First fleet unit arrived 1913 with flagship HMAS Australia; now expanding to 26 surface combatants and AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines.
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is Canada's largest bank by market capitalization, assets, and revenue, headquartered in Toronto. Founded in 1864 as the Merchants Bank of Halifax, it serves over 19 million clients.
Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland, also known as RBS plc or Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba, is a Scottish bank founded in 1727 and rescued by the UK government in 2008.
Royal Banner of Scotland
Royal Banner of Scotland, also called the Lion Rampant or historically the Royal Standard of Scotland (Bratach rìoghail na h-Alba): gold banner with red lion rampant, blue claws and tongue, red double tressure flory counter-flory; royal banner of the King of Scots until 1603, restricted official use, 1934 Royal Warrant permitted public use.
Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain
The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain (Real Expedición Botánica a Nueva España) was a Spanish scientific mission led by Martín de Sessé from 1787 to 1803.
Royal British Legion
The Royal British Legion, formed 15 May 1921 by Earl Haig and Tom Lister from four ex-servicemen's bodies, is the UK's largest armed forces charity, custodian of Remembrance and runner of the annual Poppy Appeal.
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF; Khmer: កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ) are Cambodia's military, re-established in 1993, with about 125,000 troops in army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie branches.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canada's air force within National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Founded 1 April 1924; 15 wings; operates CF-188 Hornets, transport and SAR fleets, and is acquiring 88 F-35A fighters.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), French Gendarmerie royale du Canada, is Canada's national police service, tracing its origins to the North-West Mounted Police of 1873.
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canada's naval force founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal title in 1911, served in both world wars, Korea, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan; renamed Maritime Command in 1968, it regained its historic name in 2011.
Royal Canadian Regiment
The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), authorized 21 December 1883 as the Infantry School Corps, is Canada's oldest continuously embodied Regular Force infantry regiment, with three regular battalions at Petawawa and Gagetown and a reserve battalion in London, Ontario; motto PRO PATRIA.
Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International, also known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, is a cruise line brand owned by Royal Caribbean Group, operating 28 ships including the world's largest cruise ship.
Royal Chancellery of Hungary
The Royal Chancellery of Hungary (Magyar királyi kancellária) was the medieval Hungarian kings' charter-issuing office and chief place of authentication, dissolved after Mohács in 1526.
Royal charter
A Royal Charter is a UK instrument granted by the Sovereign on Privy Council advice under the royal prerogative, incorporating bodies such as the BBC, universities, and professional institutions with independent legal personality, over 1,000 grants recorded since 1155.
Royal Chronicle of Ayutthaya
The Royal Chronicle of Ayutthaya (พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงศรีอยุธยา) is a Thai dynastic chronicle narrating the Ayutthaya kingdom from its founding by King U Thong around 1350 to its fall to Burma in 1767.
Royal Chronicle of the Chakri Dynasty (First Reign)
The Royal Chronicle of the Chakri Dynasty (First Reign), พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงรัตนโกสินทร์ รัชกาลที่ ๑, is the court history of Rama I of Siam, compiled by Chao Phraya Thiphakorawong.
Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya
The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya (พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงศรีอยุทธยา) are the dynastic chronicle of the Ayutthaya kingdom, first written in 1681 under King Narai and preserved in several recensions.
Royal chronicles of Ethiopia (Zara Yaqob to Sarsa Dengel)
The royal chronicles of Ethiopia are Ge'ez-language court histories of the Solomonic kings, composed by court clerics from the fourteenth century to the early twentieth century.
Royal Collection
The Royal Collection is the British monarchy's art collection, over a million objects built by kings and queens over 500 years, held in trust by the Sovereign and cared for by Royal Collection Trust.
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a postgraduate-only art and design university in London, founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design and granted a Royal Charter in 1967. Ranked number one worldwide for art and design by QS for 12 consecutive years, it operates Kensington, Battersea, and White City campuses.
Royal commission
Royal commission: an ad hoc Crown-appointed inquiry body in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, investigating matters of public importance and reporting recommendations; Australia's highest inquiry form, with coercive powers under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.
Royal commissions in Australia
A royal commission in Australia is the highest form of executive inquiry, established by the Governor-General, which can compel witnesses but makes only recommendations, not binding orders.
Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand
Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand are the highest-status official inquiries, appointed by the Governor-General under the Inquiries Act 2013 to investigate serious matters of public importance.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), formerly Glasgow Athenaeum and RSAMD, is Scotland's national conservatoire in Glasgow, founded 1847, teaching music, drama, dance, production, film, and education, ranked QS world top ten.
Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals (R SIGNALS), British Army combat support arm founded 28 June 1920, motto Certa Cito, providing communications, cyber and electronic warfare; formerly the Royal Engineer Signal Service.
Royal court
Royal court: the monarch's household and circle of courtiers, functioning as an administrative, social, and political center; also called the princely court, distinct from judicial courts, surviving today as royal household administrations.
Royal Court of Ayutthaya
The Royal Court of Ayutthaya was the government of the Siamese kingdom, ruling from its capital for 417 years under 34 kings until the Burmese destruction in 1767.
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab), a Danish learned society founded 13 November 1742 in Copenhagen, with over 500 members in humanities and natural sciences classes, tied to the Carlsberg Foundation, currently led by president Susanne Ditlevsen.
Royal Danish Air Force
Royal Danish Air Force (Flyvevåbnet), Denmark's air force with about 3,000 personnel at Karup. Replaced F-16s with 27+16 F-35As; flies NATO Baltic and Iceland air policing, Arctic operations with NORAD.