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That the king has elevated him to the peerage, made him Lord Privy Seal, and later, bestowed on him The Most Noble Order of the Garter, does not scrub out his base origins nor temper the perplexed rage that England's old aristocracy bears towards this upstart.

For instance, he has attended the annual Order of the Garter ceremony, without taking part in the public procession.

The earliest known reference to "the Usher to the Order of the Garter" is in letters patent - a written order from a monarch granting an office, right or title to an individual - from 1361.

In other carriages were Prince Andrew's daughter Princess Eugenie with her husband Jack Brooksbank and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who on Monday was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter at a ceremony attended by the King and Queen.

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Gloucester, a working royal at the age of 77, becomes a member of the oldest and most senior of the orders of chivalry, the Order of the Garter, which dates back to the 14th Century.