ロイヤル・ファミリーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ロイヤル・ファミリーInstagram)「Today is Garter Day! The Queen and members of The Royal Family will attend a service and a ceremony at Windsor Castle where new appointments to “The Order of the Garter” will be made. The King of Spain and The King of the Netherlands will also attend this year’s Garter Day, during which they were installed in St. George’s Chapel as Supernumerary, or ‘Stranger’, Knights of the Garter. The Garter Day tradition dates back over 700 years when, in medieval times, King Edward III was inspired by tales of King Arthur and the chivalry of the Knights of the Round Table that he set up his own group of honourable knights, called the Order of the Garter. The Knights are chosen from a variety of backgrounds, in recognition for public service. Today, the Order includes the Queen, who is Sovereign of the Garter, several senior Members of the Royal Family including the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge, and twenty-four knights chosen in recognition of their work. St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle has been the spiritual home of the Order since its foundation. In the Quire of the Chapel are brass stall plates recording the Order’s membership through the centuries. 📷1 shows King George V and Queen Mary at Garter Day, 📷 2 shows The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth in 1948, 📷 3 shows Knight of the Garter Sir Winston Churchill (centre in robes) in 1954 📷 4 shows Sir Winston Churchill’s stall plate New appointments to "The Garter" will be invested in the Garter Throne Room and include a Lady Companion, athlete Lady Mary Peters, and a Knight Companion, the Marquess of Salisbury, a former Chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation. Pictures 1-3: PA Images Picture 4: Royal Communications」6月17日 20時20分