What is Imperial Highness?
'''Imperial Highness''' is a [[Style (address)|style of address]] traditionally used by members of an [[Emperor|emperor's]] family.<ref>Rodney P Carlisle, ''Encyclopedia of politics : the Left and the Right'', Vol. 2 (Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publ., 2005), p. 849</ref> It ranks as the highest and most prestigious style used among [[royalty]]. It outranks the style of [[Royal Highness]]. The style is often associated with the title of '''[[Crown Prince]]'''. ==Examples of usage== *''Her Imperial Highness'' [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]]. *''His Imperial Highness'' [[Nicholas II of Russia| The Tsesarevich of Russia]] (The title for the heir to the Russian throne. Who later succeeded as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. * ''His Imperial Highness'' [[Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan|Naruhito, The Crown Prince of Japan]]. *''His Imperial Highness'' Crown Princess Masako . Wife of the son of the present [[Emperor of Japan]] and therefore the heir to the Imperial throne. *''His Imperial Highness'' [[Prince Tomohito of Mikasa]]. Himself another member of the Japanese Imperial family. == Related pages == *[[Titles of European royal heirs]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Styles (manners of address)]] {{stub}}