Editing Scottish Rite (section)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Structure of Masonic appendant bodies in England and Wales.jpg|thumb|The position of the ''Ancient and Accepted Rite'' among the Masonic appendant bodies in England and Wales]]
In England and Wales, whose Supreme Council was warranted by that of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the USA (in 1845),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beds-freemasonry.org.uk/rose_croix_masonry.htm|title=Property Market in the South East – Bedsfordshire Property Times|website=beds-freemasonry.org.uk|access-date=28 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822014426/http://www.beds-freemasonry.org.uk/rose_croix_masonry.htm/|archive-date=22 August 2017}}</ref> the Rite is known colloquially as the "Rose Croix" although this is just one of the degrees. More formally, it is known as "The Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas". In England, the adjective "Scottish" is generally left out, although in continental European jurisdictions, they retain the "Écossais".
[[File:Side Degrees of British Le Droit Humain.jpg|thumb|Position of the AASR among the Allied Degrees of British Le Droit Humain]]
There are 25,000 members of the Supreme Council out of the 160,000 members of the United Grand Lodge of England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sc33.org.uk/|title=The Supreme Council|website=www.sc33.org.uk}}</ref> England and Wales are divided into Districts, which administer the Rose Croix Chapters within their District. There are also some eighteen Districts overseas, as well as some 'unattached' Chapters in a further nine countries. All candidates for membership must have been Master masons for at least six months.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Supreme Council – Who Can Join |url=http://www.sc33.org.uk/who-can-join.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917232958/http://www.sc33.org.uk/who-can-join.html |archive-date=17 September 2017 |access-date=28 April 2018 |website=sc33.org.uk}}</ref>

Many degrees are conferred in name only, and degrees beyond the 18° are conferred only by the Supreme Council itself. In England and Wales, the candidate is perfected in the 18th degree with the preceding degrees awarded in name only. Continuing to the 30th degree is restricted to those who have served in the chair of the Chapter. Degrees beyond the 30th are conferred only upon a very small number of individuals.

In [[Scotland]], the 18th and 30th degree are practised. A minimum of a two-year interval is required before continuing to the 30th degree, again with the intervening degrees awarded by name only. Elevation beyond that is by invitation only, and numbers are severely restricted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecouncilforscotland.org/|title=Supreme Council for the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite|website=supremecouncilforscotland.org|access-date=28 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315114737/http://supremecouncilforscotland.org/|archive-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite is also practiced from the 1st to the 33rd degree by the British Federation of [[Le Droit Humain]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Fundamentals |url=https://ledroithumain.international/fundamentals/?lang=en |access-date=2013-10-18 |newspaper=Ordre Maçonnique Mixte International le Droit Humain}}</ref> and from the 1st to the 3rd degree by the all-male lodge The White Swan, No. 1348, of the [[Grande Loge de France]] in London, as well as by the mixed lodge Marco Polo of the [[Gran Loggia d'Italia]].