Inside a select few countries, aide-de-aide is considered to exist as a title of honour (which confers the post-nominal letters ADC), and participates at ceremonial functions. E.g., Prince Andrew, Duke of York of the British Royal Family is presently an aide-de-aide to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Likewise, Geraud Duroc was made an aide-de-adjutant to Napoleon in 1796, and number one aide-de-aide within 1798. In the United Kingdom junior officers when well help as Aides-de-Camp to certain senior officers. Equerries come equivalents to Aides-de-Camp in the Royal Domestic, where ADC's come restricted to senior officers sustaining the primarily honorific role.

A badge of professional for an aide-de-adjutant is the aiguillette, the braided cord inside gold or even even more colours, worn by having a uniform on the left (or every now and again perfect) shoulder.