Rome – October 2001. His Most Eminent Highness Frà Andrew Bertie (left), Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta has invested HRH The Duchess of Calabria as a Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in October 2001. The ceremony was attended by all members of the Sovereign Council.
This award to the Duchess of Calabria is the latest in a long line of cordial exchanges between the Order of Malta and the Sacred Military Constantinian Order. Since 1878, every Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta has been a knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order or the Royal Order of Saint Januarius.
HRH The Duke of Castro (right), our Grand Master and Head of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, was invested as a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in December 1968. In 1988, the Duke of Castro, received from Frà Andrew Bertie, Prince and Grand Master, the rare award of an Honorary Cross of Profession.
HRH The Duchess of Castro(below) was promoted within the Order of Malta to the rank of Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in 1996, together with His Royal Highness The Duke of Calabria, who became a Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion. Our Grand Prefect, the Duke of Calabria, first entered the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in May 1983.
HMEH Frà Andrew Bertie was invested into the Sacred Military Constantinian Order in 1985 as a Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Order. The Prince and Grand Master was later elevated to the rank of Bailiff Grand Cross with Collar in 1988 — the highest distinction within the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. In 1993, HMEH Frà Andrew Bertie, Prince and Grand Master was invested as a Knight of Royal Order of Saint Januarius – the most senior Order of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies.