7 November 2016
HRH the Duke of Calabria, Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
The ceremony took place in the Holy Basilica of Saint Francis the Great (San Francisco el Grande) in Madrid, a church constructed by King Carlos III of Spain, Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, between 1731 and 1759, and which formed one of the first major churches built by the House of Bourbon in Spain.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Royal Deputation of the Constantinian Order, as well as by the President of the Royal Commission for Spain, His Excellency the Duke of Hornachuelos (Grandee of Spain), in addition to numerous other Spanish knights of the Order, who were invited by the organizer of the ceremony, the Lieutenant for Western Spain of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
[Top photograph: HRH the Duke of Calabria, Grand Master, accompanied by his spouse, HRH the Princess Sofia, Duchess of Calabria, as well as his mother, HRH the Dowager Duchess of Calabria (born HRH Princess Anne of France]
HRH Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria (wearing the star of the grand cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre), with his spouse, HRH the Duchess of Calabria
View of the interior of the Royal Basilica of Saint Francis the Great.
HRH the Duke of Calabria, adorned now with the cap and cape of the Choir Habit of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, accompanied by various knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre as well as the Secretary of the Aragonian Delegation of the Constantinian Order, Mr. Carlos de Corbera.
