The Royal Stuart Society, founded in 1926, is the senior monarchist organisation and the foremost Jacobite body in the United Kingdom. Its full name is "The Royal Stuart Society and Royalist League" although it is best known simply as the "Royal Stuart Society." It acknowledges Francis, Duke of Bavaria, as head of the Royal House, while refraining from making any claim on his behalf that he does not make himself. The society organises annual events to commemorate the major anniversaries of Jacobitism and other events of Stuart and royalist interest.