Dman
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I think the Reagan family has been able to keep the late President's Garter chain and badge and its part of the exhibition at Reagan Library.
I think the Reagan family has been able to keep the late President's Garter chain and badge and its part of the exhibition at Reagan Library.
I think the Reagan family has been able to keep the late President's Garter chain and badge and its part of the exhibition at Reagan Library.
There will be honors William will award his wife, but I think it's Charles that will invest Catherine with the Garter.
and that goes against history. Catherine probably won't get the RVO until at least 2020, at the earliest. Camilla only waited seven years, but she is quite older. Sophie waited 11 years, the Duchess of Kent waited 16 years, and the Duchess of Gloucester waited 17 years. So Catherine probably has at least 10 years to wait, unless the Queen dies before then. I think it's possible, that if the Queen dies before W&K have reached their 10th anniversary, that Charles will give Catherine the RVO not long after becoming King.
Charles will give Camilla the Garter when he's King and Catherine will receive the Garter from William when he's King. Unless we see W&K step up and become full fledged working members, then possibly Charles may give Catherine the Garter when he's King, but it's unlikely. Sure, he may want to do things his own way, but I think he's also very keenly aware of history and how things have been done. Albert received the Garter from his Queen, Alexandra received hers from her King, Mary from hers, and Elizabeth from hers. Philip was a unique case, true, but not so different from Albert, I think. It's just that at the time of Albert's marriage, his wife was already Queen. I believe Camilla will receive the Garter from Charles and Catherine from William, should they both become King.
also, the idea that Charles will have a short rule is possible, but considering that his father is in his 90s and he has had several family members live up to the 100s, Charles could rule for 20 years. If Elizabeth dies at 100 and Charles dies at 100, that still gives him a 20+ year rule. Not short by any means. Certainly we don't know what's in store, but genetics have shown that Liz and Charles could both live for quite a long time.
One must remember, there's no rule book on how long it takes for members of the royal family to receive these Orders. It's all made up by the family. Most likely Charles will award some honors to his daughter-in-law, as she would be Princess of Wales while he's on the throne.
I don't believe Catherine is too far off from receiving the RVO. The Order of the Garter may be far off, until Charles is on the throne, but the Orders that should be awarded to Catherine, Royal Family Order and later the Royal Victorian Order should be coming her way soon. She deserve a pat on the back, IMO.
Again the 'earning' is in the eyes of the Queen. I have no idea when Catherine will receive the RVO but William was made a Knight of the Garter at 25 while his uncles were in their 40s so its quite possible Catherine will receive the RVO sooner rather than later.
Again the 'earning' is in the eyes of the Queen. I have no idea when Catherine will receive the RVO but William was made a Knight of the Garter at 25 while his uncles were in their 40s so its quite possible Catherine will receive the RVO sooner rather than later.
Only the Prince of Wales is required to be a member of the Garter, not William but using the logic that William was made a knight because he is the heir to the heir, we can apply that to Catherine. She is in a different position to all other royal woman except Camilla.
Again I have no idea when Catherine will receive the RVO but I wouldn't be shocked if t came sooner rather than later given her position in the family
The previous Princess of Wales received her RFO very early. On this picture she wears the RFO together with the only foreign Royal Order. In 1982 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands made her a Lady Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown (The House of Orange Order).
So Diana got her RFO with turbo speed.
yes and Camilla got hers in 2007. A little longer, but I think that was kind of expected due to the public opinion of Camilla.
Diana deserved more honors from The Queen.
Also, William might have received his Garter earlier than he might have otherwise so that he could be granted the 1,000th Garter on the rolls.
The Queen doesn't go by public opinion when handling out honors.
The Queen hands out the honors and the Queen did not think Diana deserved another one.
Actually Diana stopped representing the Queen after 10 years of marriage per Jephson.
The Queen knows better than us what went on in the Wales marriage.
IMO, it was because of the breakup on the Wales' marriage that Sarah never received the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II.
The Wales marriage fell apart 5 years into marriage and the Queen waited 5 years to see if the York & Wessex marriage would work.
One did and one did not. Sophie received the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II and Sarah did not.
Obviously what we see as 'service to the monarch' and what The Queen regards in that way is different - and making her sons happy I suspect is a major consideration - Diana and Sarah were unable to fulfil that part of the job of being a 'wife' and as the mother of those sons that was an important 'service to the monarch' that the wives are expected to be able to achieve. If Kate is still able to make William happy in a few years time than Kate may have earned the recognition but the jury is still out due to the newness of the relationship within the Firm.
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Unfortunately, Diana only received The Royal Family Order from The Queen. After all the years of her work within the "Firm", she got nothing else from Her Majesty. Her only two Orders she received was, Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown (Netherlands) and Order of the Virtues (Egypt). No other member of the British royal family have the Egyptian Order other than, The Queen.
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