I thought that, as tomorrow is the day when the Order of the Thistle is celebrated some information on the Insignia presented to King George and Queen Mary in 1893 might be of interest.
I find some of the information perplexing.
The Dundee Courier and Argus 11 August 1893 had an item showing that a set of Insignia for the Order of the Thistle was given to the the then Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary, as a wedding present.
In one part of the report it says that the gift was to the Duke and Duchess of York.
But the caption accompanying one of the images specifically says that part of the Insigna was a gift from the Ladies of Scotland to the then Duchess of York (later Queen Mary)
Yet, the first Lady of the Thistle was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
That report is confirmed in official material about the Order of the Thistle, so presumably there was some inaccuracy in the report in 1893 that the Insignia was also presented to Queen Mary, then the Duchess of York.
on July 6, 2016, 4:23 am
