What does H.S.H stand for when it is writen before the name of a member of a royal family?

Question

What does H.S.H stand for when it is writen before the name of a member of a royal family?

Answer 1

Serene

Answer 2

One of the most famous members of the old Royal Family in the United Kingdom was Queen Mary, grandmother of our beloved Queen.  In Her early years, The Princess May of Teck had the title Her Serene Highness on account of Her Grandfather having married someone who was not blue blooded..

Queen Mary's husband, King George V, abolished the use and style of the title in the United Kingdom.

Vivat Elizabetha Regina.

Answer 3

Her/His Royal Highness

Answer 4

His/Her Serene Highness,a lesser designation of royalty.The royal family of Monaco,with the exception of Caroline,who married a royal prince,bear this title.

Of note: it's an interesting fact that the Mountbattens(Philip's family,the late Lord Louis Mountbatten's family,originally Schlessweig-

Holstein-Sonderburg-

Glucksburg,

then Battenberg),used the Serene Highness designation instead of the Royal Highness designation during the 1800's."Serene Highness" was commonly used by the royals from Monaco,Lichenstein and Germany(Philip is Danish and German).Today,you can see the "serene" designation used by Monaco and Lichenstein.

Answer 5

his royal highness

her royal highness

Answer 6

His or Her Serene Highness.

Mainly used for royalty of Principalities such as Monaco, Liechtenstein and some of the now extinct German ones.

Answer 7

Should it not be  HRH....   his/her Royal Highness.

Answer 8

His/Her Serene Highness....

Answer 9

HSH - means His/Her Serene Highness, if you mean HRH then its His/Her Royal Highness.

Its usually titles given to the top members of Royal families in all countries that still have Royalty.  When Princess Diana and Fergie Duchess of York were divorced from their husbands they lost the HRH titles as they were no longer top members of the Royal Family.