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Re: Garter Day & the King of Spain

Posted by Torkel

on 18/6/2019, 22:57:26, in reply to "Re: Garter Day & the King of Spain"

I cannot state this with certainty for the Garter, but from Orders of service for other British order ceremonies, the senior knights are always ranked after appointment to the order. The line-up of ordinary knights of the Garter appears also to be based on appointment to the order, which probably means your guess about the internal precedence between the Kings being based on appointment to the order is correct.

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I know it, of course. But the precedence of a King derives from the date of accesion. So ,WA outranks Felipe. My question is if at a Garter ceremony the date of creation as Knight determines the precedence even if, based on international protocol , the date of accession is the relevant factor.

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Indeed! See the link I provided when starting this thread please
The King of Spain was appointed by Her Majesty on the occasion of the Spanish state visit in July 2017, and the King of the Netherlands was appointed on the occasion of the Netherlands state visit in October 2018.

Pictures of both State Visits show both Kings wearing the insigna of the Garter during the Gala Banquet of those State Visits !

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Garter Day & the King of Spain - Marianne 7/6/2019, 20:37:51