Knights of the Thistle

The Order of the Thistle is Scotland's only national order of chivalry. As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, we congratulate the chairman of the organising committee, Lord Smith of Kelvin, shown here with the other new knight, the Earl of Home, invested earlier this month by the Queen.

Lord Smith's coat of arms includes references to the Commonwealth Games and to the Royal Museum of Scotland the board of which he also chaired for many years.