For the second time amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trooping the Colour will not take place. The event, marking The Queen’s official birthday, usually takes place in June. However, owing to the pandemic, it has been cancelled for 2021.
Thousands usually line the streets for the event which sees a battalion troop its colour in the Queen’s Birthday Parade. The Royal Family travel to…
The Order of the Garter ceremony won’t go ahead this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Buckingham Palace has just announced that the annual service, held at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, has been cancelled.
The decision to put off this ancient…
The traditional Order of the Garter service is taking place in Windsor this afternoon with all four of the Queen’s children taking part. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal, who are all members of the Order, have joined Elizabeth II for the event.
The Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra of Kent are also at the traditional…
The Queen invests King Felipe and King Willem-Alexander as Supernumerary Knights of the Order of the Garter
17th June 2019
The King of Spain and the King of the Netherlands have been invested as supernumerary Knights of the Garter by the Queen at Windsor Castle. Their official welcome to the ancient Order of the Garter came just ahead of the traditional procession and service at St.
As the crowds began to take their places in Windsor ahead of the 2019 Order of the Garter procession and ceremony, the royals involved in this year’s event took to social media to share some behind the scenes details. From the stunning setting for a very regal meeting…
The Order of the Garter ceremony will see two new royal knights join the procession for the first time. King Felipe VI of Spain and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will be invested at Windsor following their recent appointments to the order. The Queen made King Felipe a Supernumerary Knight in 2017 and conferred the same honour on King Willem-Alexander in 2018.
The two men will join a…
It is the oldest Order of Chivalry in Britain, linking the 21st century with the medieval era and today it got new members. Buckingham Palace has announced that the Order of the Garter is to welcome two new appointments.
Dame Mary Peters, the Olympic gold medallist who has…
Every year in June, in the week of Royal Ascot, the Garter day service is held. This service and procession marks the installation of new members of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. This year the event is to be held on Monday 18th June.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter…
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is considered to be the most prestigious chivalric order in Great Britain, so let’s take a look at the history behind it.
Founded in 1348 by King Edward III, who was “so inspired by the tales of King Arthur and the chivalry of the Knights of the Round Table”, the Order of the Garter was a group of honourable knights.
A legend persists that Edward III was…
