There was also a Sjah of Persia I believe.

@@Popperite, you are correct, I shall alter my comment. For there were two Shahs invested with the Garter

Hirohito's was rescinded during the War only to be restored later.

@@purrdiggle1470 indeed.

@@purrdiggle1470I heard about that during a tour of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor. Quietly taken down during WW II, quietly restored some time later.

Yes, the lighting wasn't too good on the photos they took and gave it a yellow cast that made it look greenish. I think it's a good choice.

@@allanbarton It definitely looks green when worn above Queen Elizabeth's yellow against the blue sash. I think its green.

@@anna_luin I’m only going on the official reports! Every report says it is pale blue. Granted blue at the green end of the spectrum, like duck egg blue.

It doesn't have to be a competition. George VI held a luncheon the day before his coronation and awarded it to all the female members of his family. The only thing that rank differentiated was the size of the order. The larger ones went to his wife Queen Elizabeth and mother Queen Mary. Everyone else got the smaller ones.

I think he will award Duchesses at the same time as Princesses aswell. It’s probably why only Camilla has one now. With Catherine and Anne out of commission for now. Still it will be fun to see them all debuting them when they are ready. At some point a lot of the older Princesses and Duchesses will have three and possibly Camilla. It’s been a while since someone has had three and worn them all. I know that Margret had three and wore them together, I also know that the Queen Mum had the same three. Though normally she wore her husbands and daughters. Princess Alexandra is the only surviving to have George VI and Elizabeth II, It would be brilliant, for King Charles to give her one as well. The all time record holder must be Queen Mary of Teck. She was given the Order Victoria and Albert, the Order of Edward VII, the Order of George V, the Order of George VI and the Order of Queen Elizabeth II. Three of them were the largest size being the wife of a reigning Monarch, the second for being the Mother of a reigning Monarch, and the third for being the Grandmother of a reigning Monarch. Alas I will most likely only get to see three in my lifetime anyway. Unless the Queen already gave Princess Charlotte one. Like her Grandfather did for both her and Margaret as children.

I have to agree and nothing against Queen Camilla but she is Queen Consort whereas Princess Anne is Princess Royal and I argued, quite well I'm told, that her Majesty, May She Rest in שלום, Queen Elizabeth II should re write the order doing away with primo geneture, or male centric inheritance of the crown, so that Anne might become Queen upon her, Queen Elizabeth II, unfortunate, demise. We all see how well that went

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I do hope so, that would be lovely.

I Do hope so! I love the wee order that is presented to the babies in the Swedish Royal House. 😊

I'm pretty sure she will, once she becomes of age and takes up public duties...and assuming that His Majesty is still alive. King Charles doesn't seem to be one who would be keen on bestowing such marks of distinction on children, not with his emphasis on a "slimmed-down" monarchy.

Every female HM and HRH gets the family order, no?

@@jesusthroughmary No. It’s in the sovereign’s gift, it isn’t automatic.

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The Garter sashes are worn from the left shoulder to the right hip to signify its superiority than the other orders.

The King is wearing the collar of the order of the Garter. Meaning he can't wear the sash at the same time, so the RVO was the next best thing. Although I would have thought that the order of the Thistle was higher ranking and the sash should have been worn instead of the RVO. But I guess I'm wrong.

@@richierich7229 The sash of the Thistle would be a dark green. The sash of the RVO pops up much more in this miniature picture. And as the sovereign Charles can decide what he want to wear. In the original portrait photo he wears the star of the Thistle, but this can't be seen on the miniature.

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George VI was able to hand out his order to all female members of his family at once the day before his coronation in May after only ascending the throne in December. I don't know if it actually has to take this long.

@@richierich7229 A few years before that Coronation, British industry and artists could craft Queen Mary's Doll House. Try replicating this today in a timely manner. I'm not saying that each of King Charles's Family Order badges would take several years to make, but it might be another year or even two before a lot of three or four are completed, assuming that the bottleneck is painting the miniature portrait, and depending on the priority Charles gives the project. The jewelry work is fairly simple and could be done in a matter of weeks.

Can you ask for one for me at the same time?

Wouldn’t hurt to ask for a third too, would it

😊Uh hmmm...maybe a 4th also?😊

I have six.

I'd be content with one of the 'loose' diamonds that seem to be in ready supply!

Oh. What an interesting idea. Is that ‘done’?

@@leahnichol6665 - past monarchs have given a larger version to their spouse, or to other senior ladies in the family. It's kind of like classes within the order.

​@@tek5692 For example. George VI, gave the larger version to his wife Queen Elizabeth and mother Queen Mary. And gave the smaller versions to his daughters The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, his sisters-in-law the Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent and his niece Princess Alexandra of Kent.

We still don't have a new great seal.

@@allanbarton Or (as far As I know) any new royal warrants for manufacturers, in the name of HM King Charles III.

@@williamevans9426 that’s true, it’s very curious - a slow start with some things.

Camilla has worn the Burmese Ruby Tiara for the South Korean state visit in November 2023.

@@red.aries1444 Excellent comment. Thanks for the update. I must alter my notes.

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@@allanbarton Everything you post is informative, entertaining and well researched. I love how the Royal Family Orders show the continuity of tradition and style.

Alexandra is barely a working royal anymore. I doubt it.

It's expensive to make this order, Princess Alexandra already has resigned from royal duties, therefore she wouldn't have the possibility to wear it. It's therefore unlikely that she will receive the family order. Princess Charlotte might get the order but it is unlikely that she will receive it as long as she is a child.

George VI, not George V as she was born not long before George V's death

@@pedanticradiator1491 Oh, my mistake.

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no offence but our King will have to die and William is in no rush for that to happen, no one wants to lose a parent

I think William will prefer to wait as long as possible. He loves his father.

We can all wait for William, we want King Charles III around for many more years ❤

Such an insensitive comment, in so many ways.

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Ribbon or sash?

He wears the collane of the Garter, no need to wear the sash too.

No, it’s just a sign of personal affection from the sovereign. I’ve done a whole video on the rationale and origin of this tradition.

It’s a colour cast from the photography. It is very pale blue.

The official record is light blue, the photos realised have an unfortunate yellow cast to them. I think a decision was made to use the image as a reference.

Lighting affects the colours we see as well as camera type, some capture colours slightly differently to our eyes.

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I don't think they had to attend Garter Day though.

@@user-cy1ri4wj4b Monarchy should be an antipode of innovations by definition

I wonder if HM The Kind wears this item of uniform because be was an ADC to his mother?

@@williamevans9426 I am inclined into believing the aiguillette King Charles III wears is indicative of his rank as Admiral of the Fleet. This is based by observing the other two family order, the one with the portrait of King George V and the one with the portrait of King George VI. Including the one for King Charles III, all three are almost identical. The three of kings are wearing the naval uniform of Admiral of the fleet, the blue sash of the Order of the Garter and finally we can partially see the gilded cords of the aiguillettes. What rest to learn is, if when these three monarchs were crown princes and ADC of the current monarch at that time, the aiguillettes differed - in some details - from the one used as ADC vs the ones indicating the highest naval rank.

@@gustavtracchia1341 Ah yes! Many thanks for the explanation.

@@williamevans9426 I must correct myself when I wrote "the three most recent male monarchs are wearing the blue sashes of the Order of the Gater." King Charles III is making an exception, since in his official portrait of 2023, he is wearing the sash of the Victorian Order instead and that portrait is the one used for the family order here discussed.

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That’s an unanswerable question. More than I have!

Yes, look for example at the pictures of the state banquet for President Trump.

Why would I do that I’m an English KZfaqr 😂😂

​@@allanbarton obviously this person only thinks Americans use KZfaq

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The red portrait was commissioned by the Drapers’ Company of the City of London. They asked if he could sit for it and as there’s hundreds of years of tradition that the Monarch has a portrait at Drapers’ Hall, Charles agreed. Charles didn’t pay for it, he didn’t choose the artist, he had no input into what it looked like, and it isn’t for him to display

Whatever got into their heads to commission such a ghastly thing? 😬

@@VonononieTHANK YOU for explaining that situation, I’ve heard nothing of the background story before now, and from the shoddy journalism I encountered I had drawn the conclusion that this was a portrait for royal use and display. I wish more people understood this.

That is not an official portrait.

I love the red portrait. i could talk at length about the symbolism, the message and the emotion that this painting embodies... but as the old saying goes, there is no accounting for taste.

It was a different time... They also created little coronets for her and her sister when her father was crowned.

@@red.aries1444 Yes, I know those coronets. They look like the Burger King crowns that come with the kids meals except they were real. I was just asking because I didn't know that orders were given to children as well.

The sash of the Thistle would be dark green. You wouldn't see much of it on this small picture. As the souvereign he can decide which decorations he wants to wear. In the original portrait photo he is wearing the star of the Thistle, but it's not included in the miniature.

@@red.aries1444 good point I hadn't seen the original portrait