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 viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is Victoria. The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London.
Breast star of Knights/Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Mantle of the order bearing the star of a Knight Grand Cross
The Countess of Wessex (2013) wearing the riband of a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian 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.
The King's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the King's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Facing it are 111 Strand, the Savoy Hotel, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and – across the green to its side – the east side of Savoy Street. The chapel is designated as a Grade II* listed building.
View of the associated green and the chapel's east side, from Savoy Street
Part of the old Savoy Hospital (top) and the 'Church of St Mary Savoy' (bottom) in 1753
The Savoy Chapel c. 1890
Diamond Jubilee window
