Royal Warrant - Grant of Precedence to a Daughter of King Constantine I of Greece [1947-08-25]
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George the Sixth by the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order, Earl Marshal and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Greeting! Whereas We having taken into Our Royal Consideration that Our Trusty and Well Beloved Richard Brandram, Esquire, upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Major in Our Royal Regiment of Artillery, has lately intermarried with the Princess Katherine of Greece, daughter of His late Majesty Constantine the First, King of Greece, whereby she has become a subject of these Our Realms, We have thought fit to and do hereby signify Our Royal Will and Pleasure to declare and ordain that the said Katherine Brandram (hitherto known as the Princess Katherine of Greece) shall henceforth have hold and enjoy upon all occasions the same style, title, place, pre-eminence and precedence as the daughter of a Duke of this Our United Kingdom. Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you the said Bernard Marmaduke, Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong, do see this Our Order observed and kept and that you do cause these Presents to be recorded in Our College of Arms. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
Given at Our Court at Saint James’s this Twenty-fifth day of August 1947; In the Eleventh year of Our Reign.