Had the Duke of Windsor wished to portray himself as a king-in-exile, he could not have done so more ostentatiously than at La Croe, the French chateau in which he and his wife moved after his abdication.
With Ash Wednesday marking the start of Lent tomorrow, the King s thoughts will be doubtless be turning to an important moment in the year of a Monarch and an occasion he will not want to miss.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby , 67, is admitted to the Royal Victorian Order for his personal service to the Crown as revealed by the Daily Mail earlier this month.