London, June 2013. A special ceremony took place in London on 7 June 2013 during which HE Mr Anthony Bailey OBE, GCSS was bestowed the high award of Grand Officer of the Order of San Carlos by the President of the Republic of Colombia, HE Mr Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Her Majesty The Queen has granted Mr Bailey an Unrestricted Permission to receive and wear this award.
This special event, which took place at 45 Millbank London SW1, was attended by over 200 personalities from the world of faith, government, business, politics, diplomacy, culture and the arts. It was jointly hosted by the Grand Magistral Delegation for Inter-Religious Relations and the Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George and the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Britain.
Speeches were delivered by the Order’s Grand Master and Colombian Head of State. The Archbishop of Cardiff, The Most Reverend George Stack, offered the Opening Prayer. The Order’s Delegate for Inter-Religious Relations, HE Mr Anthony Bailey, and the Order’s Vice-Delegate for Scotland, Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, delivered speeches.
This event formed part of President Santos’s wider visit to the United Kingdom during which he was received in audience by HRH The Prince of Wales and held talks with British Prime Minister, Rt Hon David Cameron MP. The London visit also follows the President’s historic visit to Pope Francis in Vatican City last month during which Colombia’s first saint, Mother Laura Montoya, was canonised.
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To read the speech of Mr Anthony Bailey click here.
To view HM The Queen’s Unrestricted Permission for Mr Bailey to accept and wear this insignia click here.
To learn more about the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George, Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland, click here.
To learn more about the Order of San Carlos click here.
