strengthened roles in the Royal Family

King Charles III has decided to grant a series of new leading honor titles to Queen Consort Camilla, to the heir to the throne William and above all to his daughter-in-law, the Princess of Wales, Kate, who is struggling (like the 75-year-old sovereign himself ) with treatments against a cancer after the dual diagnosis announced to the United Kingdom in general shock in recent months. Buckingham Palace made this known, against the backdrop of the publication of a list of decorations and awards, which also includes other figures from the Royal Family and British civil society, traditionally released in view of the feast of St. George, patron saint of England.

Royal honors

The designations, according to several commentators, confirm the monarch’s desire to enhance the image of the members of the dynasty closest to him, at a time marked by the therapies to which he continues to undergo, such as Kate, due to current health conditions. In the palace statement, Charles thanks his “beloved daughter-in-law” for her service on behalf of the monarchy and appoints her Royal Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour: an order established in 1917 by his great-grandfather, King George V, whose access it is usually reserved for personalities who have distinguished themselves in the arts, sciences, medicine or in service to the State; an order of which no member of the royal family was part until now. There Queen Camilla, for her part, was designated Grand Master and First or Principal Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: the Order of the (defunct) British Empire, which awards civil and military honors and insignia and of which she was in the past Prince Philip, consort of Elizabeth II and father of Charles, was Grand Master. While the Prince William he was awarded the title – held by Charles himself until his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022 – of another prestigious order: the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.

Other titles

There Duchess of GloucesterElizabeth’s cousin, and still an active member of the House of Windsor in carrying out royal representative duties, was finally awarded the title of Royal Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter, the oldest of the historic surviving orders of British chivalry, together with the current Chief of Staff of the RAF (the Kingdom’s air force) and Lord Kakkar, a renowned doctor and scientist.

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