EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Justin Welby's past association with serial abuser could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles' Coronation
Daily MailJustin Welby's past association with serial abuser John Smyth could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded for presiding at King Charles' Coronation. My well-placed source whispers that Welby's former links to Smyth and the ongoing inquiries into his abusive behaviour led courtiers to red-flag the King's nomination of Welby to the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year Honours. Justin Welby 's past association with serial abuser John Smyth could have jeopardised the royal knighthood he was awarded Justin Welby is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order by King Charles III at Windsor Castle Tradition dictates that departing Welby will be garlanded with the Royal Victorian Chain, a rarely awarded honour usually given to retiring archbishops. King Charles III is crowned with St Edward's Crown by The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Gary Lineker had told Esquire magazine he accepted he will 'have to slow down at some point'.
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