Decorations of the Romanian Royal House
| Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown Decoratia Regală a Custodelui Coroanei României |
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| Type | Dynastic order |
| Royal house | House of Romania |
| Ribbon | Dark Blue with Silver stripes on the sides |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | King Michael I |
| Grand Master | Crown Princess Margareta |
| Grades | Special Class Knight Knight/Dame 1st Class Knight/Dame 2nd Class |
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| Next (higher) | Order of the Crown |
| Related | Crown Princess Margareta Medal |
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| Royal Decoration of Nihil Sine Deo Decoratia Regală Nihil Sine Deo |
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| Type | Dynastic order |
| Royal house | House of Romania |
| Ribbon | Red with two yellow-gold thin stripes on the sides and a blue strip with white outlined by black in the middle |
| Motto | ("Nothing without God") |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | King Michael I |
| Grand Master | Queen Anne |
| Grades | Knight/Dame Member |
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| Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House Decoratia Regală a Crucii Casei Regale Române |
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| Type | Dynastic order |
| Royal house | House of Romania |
| Ribbon | White with Blue stripes on the sides |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | King Michael I |
| Grand Master | Queen Anne |
| Grades | Knight/Dame |
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After the Fundamental Norms of the Royal House of Romania were signed in 2007, former King Michael I, who abdicated in 1947 under communist pressure; reinstituted the Order of Carol I, the Order of the Crown, instituted three decorations and two medals.
The Decorations of the Romanian Royal House are a reward for conspicuous and special merits of the recipients for the Romanian state and the Romanian Royal House.
The Orders, Decorations and Medals currently awarded are the:
The Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown is a Royal Decoration of the House of Romania instituted on the 18th of January 2015 by Crown Princess Margareta of Romania to symbolise a quarter of a century since her arrival to Romania after a 42-year exile of the Romanian royal family.
The Decoration is honoured to Members of the House of Romania and also both men and women for participating and making possible the return of the members of the Romanian royal family and also for promoting the royal family to people in their work of the restoration of Romania after the years of suffering of the Romanian people.
The Decoration may be awarded to current and former ambassadors or foreign Romanians who have brought an undeniable contribution to Romania's relations with the world.
The Decoration may be awarded to institutions or organisations, whose work is circumscribed for the above criteria.
The maximum number of Members of the Decoration is 400, this also includes institutions and organisations.
The Decoration is celebrated on the 3rd of May every year, which is the birthday of Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania born in 1898, the mother of King Michael I.
The Sovereign and Grand Master Knights both receive their version of the Decoration which is either a Medal or a bow formed Medal. Male recipients are Knights of the Decoration and receive a Medal which can be worn on special occasions with a dark suit, tuxedo or tails. Female recipients from the House of Romania are also Knights of the Decoration, other females are Dames of the Decoration; both receive a Medal and a bow formed Medal, during the day the Medal is worn with day dresses and during the evening either the Medal or bow formed Medal can be worn with an evening gown.
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