CIIIR Royal Family Order etc.

Posted by Bryce on December 4, 2024, 4:01 pm

Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by Nellie on December 4, 2024, 8:05 pm, in reply to "CIIIR Royal Family Order etc."

Previous Message part: Apparently larger sizes of QEII order were issued to her grandmother (Queen Mary), her mother (QEQM) and her sister (Princess Margaet). Thank you Bryce for starting this thread. I will respond to parts of it separately. According to Royal Service Vol II, there were just two of the large size RFO of QEII made and presented to Queen Mary and to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. It was after the death of Queen Mary that Princess Margaret acquired the larger one.

Wearing breast Stars

Posted by Nellie on December 4, 2024, 9:37 pm, in reply to "CIIIR Royal Family Order etc."

Previous Message part - On another “honours” note, I also noticed that both the The Duchess of Edinburgh and The Duchess of Gloucester were wearing their breast stars (RVO for Sophie and Garter for Birgitte) on their right side as opposed to the left (where is should be). I am not sure why they have done this - perhaps they felt that the left side of the ensemble was a bit weighty so they moved it over – but The Princess Royal managed to wear her two RFOs and three breast stars (Garter, Thistle and RVO) correctly all on her left side. In recent years, for some reason the position for ladies wearing breast stars shifted down to waist level and even lower than that on occasion. For them to now shift from left side to right is all too much, in my view. They really should not be treated simply as brooches.

Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by JohnPete on December 5, 2024, 3:10 am, in reply to "Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II"

If you look at the 1911 coronation portrait of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, you can see her family order of Queen Victoria and Albert is quite small. At least in this orders’ case, it was divided into classes, with the lower classes featuring less ornate design. Previous Message Previous Message part: Apparently larger sizes of QEII order were issued to her grandmother (Queen Mary), her mother (QEQM) and her sister (Princess Margaet). Thank you Bryce for starting this thread. I will respond to parts of it separately. According to Royal Service Vol II, there were just two of the large size RFO of QEII made and presented to Queen Mary and to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. It was after the death of Queen Mary that Princess Margaret acquired the larger one.

Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by Bryce on December 5, 2024, 9:16 am, in reply to "Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II"

Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by Cynthia on December 5, 2024, 4:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II"

Re: Princess Alice Countess of Athlone

Posted by Nellie on December 5, 2024, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II"

Another slant on the story

Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted by Davidr on December 6, 2024, 6:06 am, in reply to "Re: Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II"

Same for Queen Ena of Spain Previous Message Further to JohnPete's note regarding Alice, Countess of Athlone - I think she too used to occasionally wear larger, inherited Orders (which she kept in an old biscuit tin - so the story goes) Yes, she'd wear her mother's higher-up version of the V&A order, which was bigger than her own. Very much in character!