Current Knights and Ladies of the Garter

The charts below list the Current Knights & Ladies of the Garter. For more on the Order of Garter & the Annual Ceremony see here. 

24 Members

The members of the Order are all British Citizens, who receive the honor in recognition of their public service. There number of members is limited to 24 and there is no requirement to immediately fill a vacant spot. New members are usually appointed to the order on St. George's Day (usually April 23rd), but are not officially invested until the Order of Garter Service. 

Male members are called "Knights Companion" and female members are called "Ladies Companion."

Invested by Queen Elizabeth II
Spot	Name	Year Invested	Number
1	The Duke of Abercorn	1999	986
2	Lord Butler of Brockwell	2003	992
3	Sir John Major	2005	996
4	Lord Luce	2008	999
5	Sir Thomas Dunne	2008	1001
6	Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers	2011	1002
7	Lord Stirrup	2013	1004
8	Baroness Manningham-Buller	2013	1005
9	Baron King of Lothbury	2014	1006
10	Lord Shuttleworth	2016	1007
11	Viscount Brookeborough (Queen's 100th Investment)	2018	1010
12	Lady Mary Fagan	2018	1011
13	Marquess of Salisbury	2019	1013
14	Lady Mary Peters	2019	1014
15	The Baroness Amos	2022	1015
16	Sir Anthony Blair	2022	1016
Invested by King Charles III
Spot	Name	Year Invested	Number
17	Baroness Ashton of Upholland (King Charles's 1st Investment)	2023	1017
18	Lord Patten of Barnes	2023	1018
19	Vacant	-	-
20	Vacant	-	-
21	Vacant	-	-
22	Vacant	-	-
23	Vacant	-	-
24	Vacant	-	-

British Royals

The Order of Garter tends to only be given to royals born into the Royal Family, and the spouse of the Monarch/Heir. British Royals are considered Supernumerary members, and don't count towards the 24 members. 

Female British Royals are numbered separately. 

British Royals are usually appointed on St. George's Day (usually April 23rd), but are not officially invested until the Order of Garter Service.

Invested by Queen Elizabeth II
Royal	Year appointed	Year Invested	Age at Investment	Number
King Charles	1958 (Year he was made Prince of Wales)	1968	19	920
Duke of Kent	1986 (50th birthday)	1987?	50	966
Princess Anne	1994	1994?	43	L 9
Duke of Gloucester	1996	1997	53	884
Princess Alexandra	2003	2003	66	L 10
Prince Andrew	2006	2006	46	997
Prince Edward			42	998
Prince William	2008 (1000th Knight)	2008	25	1000
Queen  Camilla	2021 (While Duchess of Cornwall)	2022 (Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee)	74	L11
Invested by King Charles III
Royal	Year appointed	Year Invested	Age at Investment	Number
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Foreign Royals

Only Foreign Monarchs are made Stranger Knights and Ladies Companion of the Order of Garter.  (Mostly it is just given to European Monarchs.)

Like with British Royals, Female Foreign Royals are numbered separately. 

Monarchs are usually appointed to the order during a State Visit, but not officially invested until they attend an Order of Garter Service.

Queen Elizabeth's Reign
Royal	Country	Year Appointed	Year Invested	Number
Queen Margrethe	Denmark	1979	1980	L 7
King Carl Gustaf	Sweden	1983	1985	963
King Juan Carlos	Spain	1988	1989	970
Princess Beatrix (Then Queen)	Netherlands	1989	1990	L 8
Emperor Emeritus Akihito (Then Emperor)	Japan	1998	?	985
King Harald	Norway	2001	2002	990
King Felipe	Spain	2017	2019	1009
King Willem-Alexander	Netherlands	2018	2019	1012
Invested by King Charles III
Royal	Year appointed	Year Invested	Age at Investment	Number
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