CROWN OF INDIA
HONOUR FOR DUCHESSES
(Received June 9, 12.30 p.m.)
LONDON, June 8.
The King, in celebration of his birthday, has appointed the Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent to the Imperial Order of the Crown of India. Queen Victoria instituted the order in 1878 to commemorate her assumption of the title of Empress of India. The order carries no title but its members, who include their Majesties, Queen Mary, the Princess Royal, and the Queen of Norway, may put the initials "C.1." after their nanirts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 135, 9 June 1937, Page 11
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