Lord Stirrup's Garter

Air Chief Marshal Lord Stirrup was been appointed a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, St George's Day, 2013. Lord Stirrup, 63, fills one of the the three vacancies in the order left by the deaths of the Duke of Grafton, Viscount Ridley and Baroness Thatcher. Lord Stirrup will be invested at Windsor on the Monday before the start of Royal Ascot week in June. -=-