Order Of The Garter. Membership in the order was intended as a mark of royal favour and a reward for loyalty to. The king was still in a celebratory mood after england's famous victory over a much bigger french army at the battle of crécy in august 1346.

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The queen and european royals attend order of the garter service at windsor castle. The most noble order of the garter is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in england, founded in 1348. Prince charles, the queen and the duke of cambridge during the order of the garter procession. George's chapel for the garter service, windsor castle, 2006.

The origins of the garter as the order's emblem and for its motto, honi soit qui mal y pense, will probably never be ascertained with certainty, but legend relates that it began at a ball, when edward iii's dancing partner, perhaps joan, countess of salisbury, dropped her garter to her great embarrassment.

There is an ancient font that now stands in the this katherine, countess of salisbury, is locally affirmed to be the lady whose garter slipped from her leg at a court ball in 1349 whilst dancing with. The most noble order of the garter is a british order of chivalry. It is the most senior order of knighthood in the british honours system. Fought under the black prince at poitiers.