The First Investiture by Her Majesty of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India in the Throne-Room, Windsor Castle, 1861. '...Princesses Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, Princes Arthur and Leopold, and the Princess of Hohenlohe, witnessed the ceremony...the Prince Consort and Prince of Wales having been first nominated extra knights, the following were then invested: Viscount Gough, Lord Harris, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Lord Clyde, Sir John Lawrence, and Sir George Pollock...the Queen wore the mantle, which is of light blue satin, lined with white satin, and fastened with a cordon
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The First Investiture by Her Majesty of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India in the Throne-Room, Windsor Castle, 1861. '...Princesses Alice, Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, Princes Arthur and Leopold, and the Princess of Hohenlohe, witnessed the ceremony...the Prince Consort and Prince of Wales having been first nominated extra knights, the following were then invested: Viscount Gough, Lord Harris, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Lord Clyde, Sir John Lawrence, and Sir George Pollock...the Queen wore the mantle, which is of light blue satin, lined with white satin, and fastened with a cordon of white silk...on the left side was the star of the order. Over the mantle her Majesty wore the collar of gold and enamel, composed of the lotus of India, of palm branches, and the united white and red roses. In the centre of the collar was an Imperial crown...From the middle of the front of the collar hung suspended the badge, which consists of an onyx cameo of her Majesty's effigy, set in a perforated and ornamented oval, containing the motto of the order - "Heaven's light our guide" - surmounted by a star, all in diamonds'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.