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It says in the British Monarchy website:
A limited number of tickets is available for members of the public to watch the procession to St. George's Chapel from inside the precincts of Windsor Castle.
Applications must be sent between 1 January and 1 March each year to:
The Superintendent
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Windsor
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Where can we get the application form? Or we only need to send a letter saying we want to be there and be lucky??
Thanks!
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I just sent a letter last year.
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06-05-2009, 05:18 AM
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It would be interesting to hear what others thought about the likelihood of Tony Blair being invited to join the Garter. There are already two former PMs who are Garter knights..........
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06-05-2009, 06:03 AM
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Where can we get the application form? Or we only need to send a letter saying we want to be there and be lucky?? Thanks!
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You should write in the third person presenting you compliments and requesting that tickets be sent when the ballot is held
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06-05-2009, 06:20 PM
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who is the Superintendant??
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06-05-2009, 06:31 PM
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who is the Superintendant??
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He is the Household official responsible for the day to day running of the castle
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06-05-2009, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by muriel
It would be interesting to hear what others thought about the likelihood of Tony Blair being invited to join the Garter. There are already two former PMs who are Garter knights..........
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He may very well get offered a knighthood at some time in the future when there is a vacancy but I suspect that he would turn it down.
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06-08-2009, 11:31 AM
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He may very well get offered a knighthood at some time in the future when there is a vacancy but I suspect that he would turn it down.
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I was not clear: Are you suggesting that Blair might turn down a kknighthood, or an opportunity to be a Garter Knight? Either way, why do you think that?
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06-08-2009, 06:17 PM
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I was not clear: Are you suggesting that Blair might turn down a kknighthood, or an opportunity to be a Garter Knight? Either way, why do you think that?
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I think that being married to a staunch republican and one who himself undermined a lot of the role of the monarch and wanted to do more he would see it as hypocritical to accept a title from a monach he would like to see end.
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06-08-2009, 08:36 PM
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I think that being married to a staunch republican and one who himself undermined a lot of the role of the monarch and wanted to do more he would see it as hypocritical to accept a title from a monach he would like to see end.
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I don't think the monarch "that he would like to see end" would even offer him to be a member of the Order at all.
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06-09-2009, 05:51 AM
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I don't think the monarch "that he would like to see end" would even offer him to be a member of the Order at all.
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I agree that Tony Blair is unlikely to be offered a role as a Garter knight in a hurry by HM. That said, I do think that if offered, he would accept it. Whilst Cherie was clearly a republican, my sense was that Tony's motives were more about centralising power at no 10 for his presidential style of government as opposed to an ideological difficulty with the concept of monarchy.
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06-15-2009, 02:02 AM
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So I'm curious with the actual church service are members of the public allowed to watch or is it a private service because I was reading RoyalProtocol's post from a few years and it seemed like members of the public were allowed in but I wasn't too sure.
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06-15-2009, 06:38 AM
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So I'm curious with the actual church service are members of the public allowed to watch or is it a private service because I was reading RoyalProtocol's post from a few years and it seemed like members of the public were allowed in but I wasn't too sure.
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A limited number of tickets is available for members of the public to watch the procession to St. George's Chapel from inside the precincts of Windsor Castle.
Applications must be sent between 1 January and 1 March each year to:The Superintendent
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Berkshire SL4 1NJ
The Garter Ceremony
If you are a subscriber (friend), you can also apply, or of course connected to the school/college/employed
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06-15-2009, 12:47 PM
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Pics 15.6.2009
Here's a picture gallery from zimbio:
Royals Attend Order of The Garter Service
As every year it all looked quite impressing 
So far I've seen the Queen, the Duke of York, Prince William,
the Duke of Edinburgh, the Earl of Wessex, Princess Anne, the
Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke of Gloucester attending. But
I guess more members of the family were there as well.
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The Countess of Wessex was there, riding in the carriage beside Princess Anne.
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Todays event were as splendid as ever. Camilla looked beautiful extremly radiant but I thought she had recieved the order of the garter or was I wrong?
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No, Camilla has not received the Order of the Garter. None of the spouses of The Queen's children have it.
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06-15-2009, 02:44 PM
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No, Camilla has not received the Order of the Garter. None of the spouses of The Queen's children have it.
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Ahh thank you. Are they allowed to recieve the order? I know Prince Phillip did before he was married it think?
I really wish that Sophie and Camilla were given the order.
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