It is not what you know, it is who you know....
"The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales to be a Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter... The appointment of the Knights and Ladies of the Garter is in The Queen's gift".
There's a full list of those with access to the dressing up box here, the most intriguing bit being the list of crowned heads from abroad who sport the garter - Spain, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Japan. Soo, no Belgians. Or Thais, sons of the desert, Swazis or Basotho, inter alia. Presumably Monaco is viewed as too trashy and Liechtenstein too small.
There's a full list of those with access to the dressing up box here, the most intriguing bit being the list of crowned heads from abroad who sport the garter - Spain, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Japan. Soo, no Belgians. Or Thais, sons of the desert, Swazis or Basotho, inter alia. Presumably Monaco is viewed as too trashy and Liechtenstein too small.
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Where is Mr Newmania when you need him to tear your evil republicanism apart?!?! ;-)
All of about 20 mins walk from Croydonian Towers, actually.
Assuming he is working....
titles are meaningless anyway. I have a whole collection for sale if you would like some.....not much use to me as I am with C on this issue!
I am willing to bet one ACL Blair had his eye on the vacancy
You are surely not saying you would have included any Belgians?
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