Legality of Honour
The question whether an order is a legitimate Chivalric order coincides with the fons honorum. A legitimate fount of honour is a person or entity who held sovereignty when the order was established. The Official Website of the British Monarchy states: " As the 'fountain of honour' in the United Kingdom, The Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including life peerages, knighthoods and gallantry awards."
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“Weep not for little Leonie, Abducted by a French Marquis! Though loss of honour was a wrench, Just think how it’s improved her French.”
—Harry Graham (1874–1936)