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<p>Imperial Majesty (<i>His/Her Imperial Majesty</i>, abbreviated as <i>HIM</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Style_(manner_of_address)/DXP9HMh2">style</a> used by <a href="/facts/Emperor/qhML5ftb">Emperors</a> and <a href="/facts/Empress/qhML5ftb">Empresses</a>. It distinguishes the status of an emperor/empress from that of a <a href="/facts/King/W56qBWpo">King</a>/<a href="/facts/Queen_regnant/LKL3KQdf">Queen</a>, who are simply styled <a href="/facts/Majesty/j1DbdjLV">Majesty</a>. Holders of this style have sometimes been observed to follow religious leaders who are styled "<a href="/facts/His_Holiness/hmqQ451k">His Holiness</a>" in public ceremonies. </p><p><a href="/facts/King-Emperor/6mJooQjQ">King-Emperors</a> and Queen-Empresses sometimes have used the style <i><a href="/facts/Imperial_and_Royal_Majesty/FzJWQzGo">Imperial and Royal Majesty</a></i> (e.g., <a href="/facts/Victoria,_Princess_Royal/0Bl6Wbpl">The Empress Frederick</a>'s style <i>Her Imperial and Royal Majesty The German Empress and Queen of Prussia</i>). </p><p>The reigning British monarchs <a href="/facts/Royal_Titles_Act_1876/eoF8cVlV">from 1876</a> to 1948 had the style <i>Imperial Majesty</i> as <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_India/nCBFkvHv">Emperors of India</a>. However, this style was only sometimes used in relation to the imperial title as Emperor or Empress and never as King or Queen. </p><p>The last Shah of Iran, <a href="/facts/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi/r2bcadLc">Mohammad Reza Pahlavi</a>, also used the style of "Imperial Majesty". Today, the style is <a href="/facts/Courtesy_title/PvX979fF">assumed</a> by <a href="/facts/Farah_Pahlavi/H0G39k20">Farah Pahlavi</a>, the exiled <a href="/facts/Shahbanu/xY51CACb">Shahbanu</a> of Iran. </p><p>Incongruously, in modern times the <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_Japan/efBDe6cj">Emperor of Japan</a> rarely uses the style of "Imperial Majesty", instead preferring the simpler style of "<a href="/facts/Majesty/j1DbdjLV">Majesty</a>". This is despite the <a href="/facts/Japanese_honorifics/w6nBosf5">imperial titles</a> still used by the rest of the <a href="/facts/Imperial_House_of_Japan/XVfvd9gL">imperial household</a>. </p>