I have said before that being a councillor allows you access to unusual events and yesterday's was one of those: I was invited to attend the 'ceremonial to be observed on the occasion of the installation of the Rt Hon The Lord Cullen of Whiteside,KT,PC and Sir Garth Morrison, KT, CBE as Knights of the most ancient and most noble order of the Thistle'...a lot of words used to describe a considerable display of State power and theatre. The Queen and Prince Philip, HRH, The Princess Royal and so on and so on were all in attendance. St Giles was packed with very well dressed ladies and gentlemen. Like Ian Rankin, many were bedecked with their 'honours' or were garbed in archaic costume following equally archaic ritual: yet the whole thing had a kind of dignity and timelessness...
...and some of the ladies' hats were to die for...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment