Northern Ireland Olympic hero Dame Mary Peters further honoured by the Queen
She will become a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter- the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry.
Each year, Royal Knights and Ladies of the Order of the Garter gather at St George’s Chapel in Windsor for a colourful procession and ceremony.
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Hide AdWatched by crowds of onlookers, they walk down the hill to the chapel from the State Apartments, dressed in blue velvet mantles, red velvet hoods, black velvet hats and white ostrich plumes.
Dame Mary is one of two new appointments announced by the palace.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the 7th Marquess of Salisbury, who is former chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, has been made a Knight Companion.
He organised the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in 2012 to mark the Queen’s 60 years on the throne.
Here we look back at her career and life after the Olympics.
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