The Royal Victorian Order: The Queen Victoria's Legacy of Re-establishing the Monarch’s Personal Recognition
On 21 April 1896, Queen Victoria decided to establish her own Order, the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) - one that she could bestow solely at her own discretion!
Imagine being a Queen or a King without having a Chivalric Order to bestow at your own discretion, as all other Orders were conferred at ministerial advice. Well, this was the situation Queen Victoria faced at the end of the 19th century!
At that time, even the highest …
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