Though Kate Middleton, 42, continues her cancer treatments and remains out of the public eye, Queen Camilla has just followed in her daughter-in-law’s footsteps as she debuted the new Family Order at last night’s State Banquet at Buckingham Palace. The Family Order was bestowed upon the 76-year-old royal by her husband, King Charles, and marked a major change in royal tradition.
According to Hello! Magazine, Her Majesty wore a portrait of the 75-year-old monarch pinned to the blue sash on her dress, which shows King Charles wearing the uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet. Also, the portrait is surrounded by a diamond and gold frame with a tiny gold and enamel Tudor crown on top.
Per the outlet, the new Family Order is made of polymin, which is described as a “synthetic translucent treated plastic sheet.” This is a huge shift in the material used to make Orders (and a much more animal-friendly one). Formerly, the royals followed a not-so-great tradition that dates back to King George IV’s reign in the 1800s of making the Family Order out of ivory.
