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| Royal Order of Victoria and Albert | |
|---|---|
 The four grades of the Order | |
| Awarded by Queen Victoria | |
| Type | Royal Family Order |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ribbon | White |
| Eligibility | Female members of theBritish royal family and femalecourtiers |
| Criteria | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Status | Defunct; not awarded since the death of Queen Victoria |
| Post-nominals | VA |
 Ribbon of the Order | |
TheRoyal Order of Victoria and Albert is a BritishRoyal Family Order instituted on 10 February 1862[1] byQueen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. No award has been made since the death of Queen Victoria.
The order had four classes and was granted to female members of theBritish royal family and femalecourtiers. For the first three classes, the badge consisted of a medallion of Queen Victoria andAlbert, Prince Consort, differing in the width and jewelling of the border as the classes descend, whilst the fourth substitutes a jewelledcipher. All four were surmounted by a crown, which was attached to a bow of whitesilkmoiré ribbon. The honour conferred no rank or title upon the recipient, but recipients were entitled to use thepost-nominal letters "VA".
The last holder of the Order,Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, died in 1981.
a full list of recipients is published on pages 37–41 of Royal Service Volume 2[7]
