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
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.
Anne, Princess Royal, is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the sister of King Charles III.
Royal Victorian Order
…and was occupied by Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) from that date until her death in 2002. Queen Elizabeth II then appointed her daughter, Anne, Princess Royal, to the position in 2007. Below the Grand Master are five officials of the organisation: the Chancellor, held by the Lord Chamberlain; the Secretary…
Anne with her parents and elder brother, Charles, in October 1957
Anne riding at an event in the Netherlands (1980)
Anne with her second husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (2014)