Constantinian Order 2003 - Investiture of Baroness Margaret Thatcher

This video features London's Westminster Cathedral play host to a royal investiture ceremony of leading religious, state and lay personalities into the internationally recognised Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and the Royal Order of Francis I.

The investiture into these two Catholic Order of Knighthoods, took place on Friday 14 November 2003 and was conducted by the Order's Grand Prior, His Eminence Mario Francesco, Cardinal Pompedda, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Segnatura, President of the Court of Cassation of the Vatican City State and Ecclesiastical Counsellor of Pope John Paul II to the Order.

His Eminence Cormac, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster and Prior of the Order's British and Irish Delegation, the Order's then Grand Prefect and Duke of Calabria and now current Grand Master, HRH Prince Carlo of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, and British and Irish Delegate, HE Mr Anthony Bailey, preside over the ceremony which was followed by Vespers.

Among the Knights and Dames invested into the Royal Order of Francis I and which appear in the video are:

To Knight Grand Cross, His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain, Head of the Greek Orthodox Church in the UK,To Dame Grand Cross, The Rt Hon Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, FRS, former UK Prime Minister,To Knight Commander, His Excellency Mr Mohammed Belmahi, Ambassador of His Majesty The King of Morocco to the Court of St James's, To Knight Commander, Sir David Durie, KCMG, KStJ, Her Majesty's Governor and Commander in Chief of Gibraltar,To Knight Commander, Professor Nasser David Khalili, interfaith campaigner, and to Knight Commander, Mr Mahmoud Khayami, interfaith campaigner,