A Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It requires attendance on state occasions, but does not now involve the daily duties which were once attached to the office of page. The only physical activity involved is usually carrying the long train of the Sovereign's robes. This position is distinct from that of a page in the Royal Household, which is the senior rank of uniformed staff.
Pages of Honour on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after the 2023 coronation ceremony
Pages of Honour carrying the train of Queen Alexandra during her anointing at the 1902 coronation of Edward VII, depicted in a painting by Laurits Tuxen.
George V and Queen Mary are attended by Pages of Honour in 1911 as they leave St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Pages of Honour to Elizabeth II in the procession to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, during the annual service of the Order of the Garter, 2006.
A page or page boy is traditionally a young male attendant or servant, but may also have been a messenger in the service of a nobleman.
Lord Patten, robed as Chancellor of Oxford University, assisted by a page.
Alof de Wignacourt and his page, by Caravaggio, c. 1608.
The Queen and the Page, by Marianne Stokes, 1896.
Painting of a page boy with silver collar, Dutch, 17th century.
