Simon Cooper (British Army officer)
Major General Sir Simon Christie Cooper, is a retired British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District and later Master of the Household to the Sovereign.
Cooper in the driver's compartment of an M1 Abrams tank in 1985
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.
