Full list of royals in Order of the Garter – as Princess Kate and Duchess Sophie snubbed

The Royal Family will be out in Windsor today.

King Charles will lead the way for the annual Garter Day service today (Image: Getty)

The Royal Family will be making a grand appearance today in Windsor for this year’s Garter Day service. The annual ceremony will take place at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, with the traditional procession highly anticipated by royal watchers worldwide. The day will be filled with a fine display of pomp and pageantry as the Knights and Ladies of the Garter don velvet robes, glistening insignia and ostrich-feathered plumed hats for the hallowed ceremony.

Garter Day is a staple fixture in the royal calendar and comes just two days after the Royal Family were out in force to celebrate the King’s official birthday at Trooping the Colour during the weekend. It is the country’s oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry, with the day set to see Ladies and Knights of the Order process down the hill from Windsor Castle’s State Apartments to St George’s Chapel while being watched by crowds of onlookers.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s appointment to the Order was annulled in 2025 (Image: Getty)

It is only outranked by the Victoria Cross and the George Cross. The Order includes the King, who is Sovereign of the Garter, Queen Camilla, several members of the Royal Family, and up to 24 Companions who have been recognised for their dedication to public service.

New appointments are formally invested on the day, in the Garter Throne Room, by the monarch.

This year, three new Companions will be invested at a ceremony in the Garter Throne Room ahead of the main service.

King Charles bestowed the ancient honour upon historian and former journalist Lord Peter Hennessy, former Cabinet Secretary Lord Augustine Thomas O’Donnell, and former Chief Justice Lord Ian Burnett.

The new appointments of the three distinguished members of the House of Lords were announced back in April.

Queen Camilla was made Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 2022 (Image: Getty)

There are currently 10 members of the Royal Family who have become Royal Knights and Royal Ladies within the Order.

King Charles was made a Royal Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1958, when he became the Prince of Wales.

Since Queen Elizabeth’s death in 2022, he became the Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

Prince William became a Royal Knight in 2008 and was also the 1000th Knight ever created.

Other royals who were made Knights and Ladies include the Duke of Kent in 1985, the Duke of Gloucester in 1997, the Princess Royal in 1994 and Princess Alexandra in 2003 as Royal Knight Companions, and the Duke of Edinburgh in 2006.

Prince Edward and Prince William are also royal Companions (Image: Getty)

Queen Camilla was made Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 2022.

The Duchess of Gloucester was invested as a Royal Lady Companion of the Garter in 2024.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York, was made Royal Knight Companion in 2006; however, his appointment was annulled in 2025 due to the scandal involving his links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh are not in the ancient Order but watch the service and procession from St George’s Chapel, before taking part in a carriage procession around the castle grounds.

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