According to The Royal Correspondent:
On Monday, June 15, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II…attended Service for the Order of the Garter…
Established in 1348 by His Majesty King Edward III the Order of the Garter is:
“…the most senior and the oldest British Order of Chivalry.
Over the years, a number of knights have been ‘degraded’ (for the crimes of heresy, treason or cowardice) or even executed – such as Lord Scrope of Masham (a childhood friend of Henry V), and the 3rd Duke of Buckingham in 1521. Charles I wore his Order (ornamented with over 400 diamonds) to his execution in 1649.
To read the entire article in The Royal Correspondent, please click here.
