Royal Family and their medals...
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Royal Family and their medals...
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Can anyone shed any light on what medals the Royal Family wear, and whether they were 'freebies' or earnt?
Obviously, Prince Andrew qualified genuinely for his Op Corporate medal, but how many of the others are 'real' medals, and how many are pinned on their just to look good for ceremonies etc?
Thanks in advance for satisfying my curiosity.
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Can anyone shed any light on what medals the Royal Family wear, and whether they were 'freebies' or earnt?
Obviously, Prince Andrew qualified genuinely for his Op Corporate medal, but how many of the others are 'real' medals, and how many are pinned on their just to look good for ceremonies etc?
Thanks in advance for satisfying my curiosity.
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Royal's Medals
Some of them may be honorary foreign 'orders', other may be various levels of membership of the Victorian Order which I believe can be given out to the family and is properly awarded to various members of the Royal Household. Housemaids get MVO 5th Class, head of Royal Household gets MVO First class etc.
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Wonder if any lads/girls who didn't qualify for the QGJ medal as they had served less than 5 years reckonable feel aggrieved that Wills and Harry got it before they even passed out of Basic!
While on the subject of medals, a Sgt in my trade has 10. Anyone know of more than this at this particular (RAF) rank?
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While on the subject of medals, a Sgt in my trade has 10. Anyone know of more than this at this particular (RAF) rank?
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Sorry old boy but you are wrong. Housemaids get the RVM (Royal Victoria Medal). The Order is for service to the Monarch or household and it is given freely at her discretion. Traditionally Service Equerries receive the MVO if they have done a good job for POW, DOE and HM the Queen. Next is the LVO then the CVO and what Prince Edward and Andrew have, the KCVO. Princess Royal has a GCVO (The highest grade). Other medals include the Queen's Service Order from New Zealand (Princess Royal and POW). There are the usual 1977 Jubilee and the 2002 Jubilee, Knight Thistle, Knight Garter and some smatterings of the Order of the Bath (Mil).
Hope this helps!!
Sorry old boy but you are wrong. Housemaids get the RVM (Royal Victoria Medal). The Order is for service to the Monarch or household and it is given freely at her discretion. Traditionally Service Equerries receive the MVO if they have done a good job for POW, DOE and HM the Queen. Next is the LVO then the CVO and what Prince Edward and Andrew have, the KCVO. Princess Royal has a GCVO (The highest grade). Other medals include the Queen's Service Order from New Zealand (Princess Royal and POW). There are the usual 1977 Jubilee and the 2002 Jubilee, Knight Thistle, Knight Garter and some smatterings of the Order of the Bath (Mil).
Hope this helps!!
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I think the Duke of Edinburgh earned his the hard way in WW2 thats all I can think of
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Read post #2.
Prince Philip of Greece served in WW 2 as an RN Officer and received a Mention in Dispatches.
Her Majesty's Father, King George VI, was a Gunnery Officer at the Battle of Jutland.
Prince Andrew went to the Falklands because it was his duty to go. I have met him and I have flown him; it never occurred to him that he should not go - it was his duty.
Read post #2.
Prince Philip of Greece served in WW 2 as an RN Officer and received a Mention in Dispatches.
Her Majesty's Father, King George VI, was a Gunnery Officer at the Battle of Jutland.
Prince Andrew went to the Falklands because it was his duty to go. I have met him and I have flown him; it never occurred to him that he should not go - it was his duty.
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Er...I think you've missed my point entirely here...
I am interested to know what each particular medal the DofE, POW, PR and Prince Andrew wear is, and why they were awarded.
Not once have I questioned WHY Prince Andrew has a Corporate medal, in fact, I actually know quite a bit about that particular Op, and HRH's role in it, hence why I used the word 'geniuinely' in my first post...
My initial post was asking for a definitive listing of their medals (by name), and followed it on with a question as to whether members of the Armed Forces who did not qualify for the QGJ medal feel aggrieved that the POW's sons have got them, before they had even passed out...
Nobody, least of all me, is questioning the Royal Familys military careers, and moral fibre. Except Edwards.
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I am interested to know what each particular medal the DofE, POW, PR and Prince Andrew wear is, and why they were awarded.
Not once have I questioned WHY Prince Andrew has a Corporate medal, in fact, I actually know quite a bit about that particular Op, and HRH's role in it, hence why I used the word 'geniuinely' in my first post...
My initial post was asking for a definitive listing of their medals (by name), and followed it on with a question as to whether members of the Armed Forces who did not qualify for the QGJ medal feel aggrieved that the POW's sons have got them, before they had even passed out...
Nobody, least of all me, is questioning the Royal Familys military careers, and moral fibre. Except Edwards.
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Originally Posted by Comp Charlie
Wonder if any lads/girls who didn't qualify for the QGJ medal as they had served less than 5 years reckonable feel aggrieved that Wills and Harry got it before they even passed out of Basic!
Nevermind - looks like a chocolate coin anyway!
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Originally Posted by doubledolphins
The gold one with the red white and blue ribbon is the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal. (Oh all right I know its obvious but its the only one I've got the same as them.)
I think it is long practice for all members of the royal family to receive jubilee medals irrespective of a) their age, b) whether they are in the armed forces or not. That is simply a perk of being in the royal familly!!! I think you will find that HRH POW and HRH PR have earlier jubilee medals - they were children at the time.
As an aside the Queen's silver jubilee medal was rather more sparingly handed out (eg the CO's of service units plus 1 or 2 extras that were then awarded locally to deserving members of the unit at CO's discretion - imagine how that went down!!) To avoid some of these problems the recent Golden Jubilee medal went to virtually everyone who had done a 'chunk' of service; that is why the 5 year service thing was adopted.....a pity if you had 4 years and 364 days!
As an aside the Queen's silver jubilee medal was rather more sparingly handed out (eg the CO's of service units plus 1 or 2 extras that were then awarded locally to deserving members of the unit at CO's discretion - imagine how that went down!!) To avoid some of these problems the recent Golden Jubilee medal went to virtually everyone who had done a 'chunk' of service; that is why the 5 year service thing was adopted.....a pity if you had 4 years and 364 days!
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When Andrew joined the RN, he joined as a good old 'SL' (short career commision). The story goes that he transferred to 'GL' (full career commision) but only found out when someone congratulated him on being promoted to Lt Cdr.
"I didn't know I'd applied!" was his comment
"I didn't know I'd applied!" was his comment
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Missed out on the jubilee medal by two weeks ho hum, also missed out on Nato medal by five days and veritas by two weeks. Just qualified for my first medal after nine years service, one which i believe virtually everyone will have anyway - the iraq medal !!!!