Peter Ricketts
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Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, is a British life peer and retired senior diplomat. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.
Official portrait, 2024
Royal Victorian Order
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The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any v
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…Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 2003, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 2011 New Year Honours, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 2014. Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next, Atlantic Books, 2021. ISBN 978-1-83895-181-8…
Breast star of Knights/Dames Grand Cross
Mantle of the order bearing the star of a Knight Grand Cross
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (in 2013, as the Countess of Wessex) wearing the riband of a Dame Grand Cross of the Order
The King's Chapel of the Savoy, which acts as the chapel of the Royal Victorian Order (photographed in 2020). The banners are those of the Sovereign (right) and of the Grand Master (left) of the Order as they were then in office.