"The King has been graciously pleased to appoint the Queen to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle," Buckingham Palace announced at the time. News of Edward's appointment into the ...

The King will have privately presented the Order to his “darling wife” and Queen consort ... the Garter Star and Thistle Star and the Garter Collar and Neck Orders of the Order of the Bath ...

Lady Elish Angiolini, attends the Order of the Thistle Service at St Giles’ Cathedral ... The Stuart-era law barred any Catholic from becoming King or Queen, or holding other offices.