WEBSITE: www.royal.gov.uk
How TO GET THERE: Nearest Underground stations: Westminster (Circle and District lines) for Horse Guards Parade; Green Park (Piccadilly line) for The Mall.
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS: A few tickets for seats in the Horse Guards parade-ground stand for the rehearsals and the Sovereign's Parade itself are allocated by ballot (max. two per person). Applications must arrive between January 1 and March 1, accompanied by SAE and international reply coupon, at: The Ticket Office, Headquarters, Household Division, Horse Guards, London SW1A 2AX; tel: 020 7414 2479; fax: 020 7414 2259. Successful applicants are notified and must confirm acceptance within 21 days. It is at this stage only that payment for tickets should be sent. Overseas visitors should also give their date of arrival and address in Britain.
WHAT TO WEAR: No dress code for spectators. Take a camera.
Knights of the Order of the Garter Investiture
DATE: 17 June, 2002, (Monday of Royal Ascot Week).
VENUE: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor.
WHAT IT IS: Investiture of knighthood into England's most ancient and chivalrous Order of the Garter takes place at St. George's Chapel, a Royal Peculiar and the Chapel of the Order, which was constituted in 1348 by King Edward III. Arrayed in their midnight-blue robes emblazoned with the Star of the Order and plumed hats, the Queen and her knights process through Windsor Castle to St George's Chapel for the investiture service of thanksgiving. The
procession is preceded by a detachment of red-coated silver-helmeted Life Guards and the route to the entrance of St.George's Chapel is lined by the Queen's Yeomen of the Guard dressed in their vermilion and gold Tudor uniforms. Investiture and Chapel service are private but visitors are able to line the route within the castle on allocation of a ticket. Early arrivers gain the best vantage points.
FURTHER INFORMATION: See the Royal Family's website below for background information.
WEBSITE: www.royal.gov.uk
GETTING THERE: Trains from London Paddington to Windsor Town Centre station, adjacent to Windsor
Castle (50 minutes). The London Waterloo-Windsor Riverside train arrives close by (40 minutes). By road, the location is between Junctions 5 and 6 of the M4.
OBTAINING TICKETS: Ticket applications accompanied by SAE or International Reply Coupon should be addressed
to: Lord Chamberlain's Office, St James' Palace, London SW1A 1BE. The envelope should be marked "Garter Ceremony" and arrive not later than the end of January. Successful applicants will be notified.
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