Editing Order of Merit (section)

=== Sovereign ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; background:white; border:#01796f solid;"
!Name
!'''Year of appointment'''
!'''Present age'''
|-
|King [[Charles III]] (''ex officio'')
|2002 as The Prince of Wales; sovereign since 2022{{efn|The sovereign of the order, who was appointed a member on 27 June 2002 as [[Prince of Wales]], is technically no longer a member of the Order of Merit. However, as its sovereign, he may continue to wear the insignia.}}
|{{age|1948|11|14}}
|}