Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown
| Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown Decoratia Regală a Custodelui Coroanei României | |
|---|---|
Awarded by  King of Romania | |
| Type | Dynastic order |
| Established | 18 January 2015 |
| Royal house | House of Romania |
| Ribbon | Dark Blue with Silver stripes on the sides |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Grades | Special Class Knight Knight/Dame 1st Class Knight/Dame 2nd Class |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of the Crown |
| Related | Crown Princess Margareta Medal |
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The Royal Decoration of the Custodian of the Romanian Crown [5] is a Royal Decoration of the House of Romania instituted on 18 January 2015 by Crown Princess Margareta of Romania to symbolise a quarter of a century since her arrival to Romania after a 42-year exile of the Romanian royal family.
- The Decoration
The Decoration is honoured to Members of the House of Romania and also both men and women for participating and making possible the return of the members of the Romanian royal family and also for promoting the royal family to people in their work of the restoration of Romania after the years of suffering of the Romanian people.
The Decoration may be awarded to current and former ambassadors or foreign Romanians who have brought an undeniable contribution to Romania's relations with the world.
The Decoration may be awarded to institutions or organisations, whose work is circumscribed for the above criteria.
- Statutes
The maximum number of Members of the Decoration is 400, this also includes institutions and organisations. [6]
The Decoration is celebrated on 3 May every year, which is the birthday of Queen Helen, Queen Mother of Romania born in 1898, the mother of King Michael I.
The Sovereign and Grand Master Knights both receive their version of the Decoration which is either a Medal or a bow formed Medal. [7] Male recipients are Knights of the Decoration and receive a Medal [8] [9] [10] which can be worn on special occasions with a dark suit, tuxedo or tails. [11] Female recipients from the House of Romania are also Knights of the Decoration, other females are Dames of the Decoration; both receive a Medal and a bow formed Medal, [12] during the day the Medal is worn with day dresses and during the evening either the Medal or bow formed Medal can be worn with an evening gown. [13]
- Characteristics
The Special Class Knights Decoration is crafted in White Gold which is of an oval shape and consists of 25 Sapphires and at the top with the Crown of Romania which hangs from the ribbon. [14]
The Knight/Dame 1st Class' Decoration is crafted in Gold and is smaller than that of the Sovereign and Grand Master Knights' and at the top is the Crown of Romania which hangs from the ribbon. [15] [16]
The Knight/Dame 2nd Class' Decoration is crafted in White Gold and is the same size of the 1st Class Decoration and at the top with the Crown of Romania which hangs from the ribbon. [17] [18]
On the obverse of all classes of the Decoration is the effigy of Crown Princess Margareta, with the circular inscription "Custodian of the Romanian Crown". [19] [20]
On the reverse of all classes of the Decoration is the royal monogram of Crown Princess Margareta. [21]
The Ribbon for the Medal and bow formed Medal is Dark Blue with Silver stripes on the sides which is the same as the Order of the Crown; for the bow formed Medal the ribbon is landscape.
Recipients
Special Class
First Class
- Princess Elena [23] [24]
- Princess Irina [25]
- Princess Sophie [26] [27]
- Princess Maria [28]
- Nicholas de Roumanie Medforth-Mills [29]
- Princess Muna of Jordan [30]
Second Class
- Florin Iacobescu, Legal representative of the House of Romania [5]
- Crown Princess Margareta Secondary School [5] [31]
- Countess Susannah Antamoro de Céspedes, Representative leader of FPMR [5] [32]
- Jean Milligan David, Representative of FPMR in Switzerland [5] [33]
- Alexandra Dariescu, Romanian Pianist [5] [34]
- Shajjad Rizvi, MBE (2021). [35]
