Comments on: Anthony Bailey http://pinkindustry.wordpress.com The ATLANTIC SEMANTIC Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Guy Stair Sainty http://pinkindustry.wordpress.com/anthony-bailey/#comment-692 Guy Stair Sainty Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:26:38 +0000 http://pinkindustry.wordpress.com/?page_id=569#comment-692 I have just read this commentary and see one point that needs correcting - the Madrid based Constantinian Order is not headed by Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein, he is the president of the British knights. The grand master is Infante don Carlos of Spain, Duke of Calabria, who is recognised as such by the King of Spain (himself a member); this Order was never a state award but was always an independent, autonomous Catholic Order founded in the 16th century to commemorate the cessation of persecution of Christians by Constantine the Great – it was coincidental that its grand masters were, for some time, sovereigns of Parma and then Spain and the Two Sicilies and its existence – recognized by several states – is not connected to any claim to a former crown. The Order distributed on Mr Bailey’s recommendation is headed by a junior prince of the Bourbon family - only distantly connected with the two reigning lines of the Bourbon family (Spain and Luxembourg), neither of which recognise his claims. The claims of the father of this junior prince (whom the younger has now succeeded) were decisively rejected by five of the highest institutions of the Spanish state, in a formal investigation; these bodies included the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs and the Council of State. Unfortunately those British citizens who have accepted Mr Bailey's Order (and "revived" Order of Francis I, given on his recommendation for purported contributions to "interfaith" relations), are probably completely unaware of this. The worthless Order of Francis I was originally a state merit Order of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, given for services to industry, agriculture, science, the military, etc and never conceived as a reward for interfaith activities - needless to say, this Order ceased to exist along with the kingdom, in 1860. The “revival” of the Order of Francis I has been a useful tool as the Constantinian Order can only be given to Catholics in good standing (who do not include some of the politicians enrolled in Mr Bailey’s Order) and, astonishingly, it has been accepted by a number of prominent British citizens who do not seem to have wondered why they were offered the decorations of a state which has not existed for almost 150 years. Despite being restricted to Catholics in good standing, the Constantinian Order’s “Benemerenti Medal” was given (along with the grand cross of Francis I) to president Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the president of the Yemen, while the grand cross of the Constantinian Order was also given to the president of Lebanon as well as several South American presidents. Mr Bailey then received, in return (although allegedly to recognize his inter faith activities), high decorations from these states, whose award he then announced in the Times and Telegraph newspapers. All this, unfortunately, has damaged the otherwise good name of the legitimate Constantinian Order (see www.constantinianorder.org) I have just read this commentary and see one point that needs correcting – the Madrid based Constantinian Order is not headed by Prince Rupert zu Loewenstein, he is the president of the British knights. The grand master is Infante don Carlos of Spain, Duke of Calabria, who is recognised as such by the King of Spain (himself a member); this Order was never a state award but was always an independent, autonomous Catholic Order founded in the 16th century to commemorate the cessation of persecution of Christians by Constantine the Great – it was coincidental that its grand masters were, for some time, sovereigns of Parma and then Spain and the Two Sicilies and its existence – recognized by several states – is not connected to any claim to a former crown.

The Order distributed on Mr Bailey’s recommendation is headed by a junior prince of the Bourbon family – only distantly connected with the two reigning lines of the Bourbon family (Spain and Luxembourg), neither of which recognise his claims. The claims of the father of this junior prince (whom the younger has now succeeded) were decisively rejected by five of the highest institutions of the Spanish state, in a formal investigation; these bodies included the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs and the Council of State. Unfortunately those British citizens who have accepted Mr Bailey’s Order (and “revived” Order of Francis I, given on his recommendation for purported contributions to “interfaith” relations), are probably completely unaware of this. The worthless Order of Francis I was originally a state merit Order of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, given for services to industry, agriculture, science, the military, etc and never conceived as a reward for interfaith activities – needless to say, this Order ceased to exist along with the kingdom, in 1860. The “revival” of the Order of Francis I has been a useful tool as the Constantinian Order can only be given to Catholics in good standing (who do not include some of the politicians enrolled in Mr Bailey’s Order) and, astonishingly, it has been accepted by a number of prominent British citizens who do not seem to have wondered why they were offered the decorations of a state which has not existed for almost 150 years.

Despite being restricted to Catholics in good standing, the Constantinian Order’s “Benemerenti Medal” was given (along with the grand cross of Francis I) to president Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the president of the Yemen, while the grand cross of the Constantinian Order was also given to the president of Lebanon as well as several South American presidents. Mr Bailey then received, in return (although allegedly to recognize his inter faith activities), high decorations from these states, whose award he then announced in the Times and Telegraph newspapers. All this, unfortunately, has damaged the otherwise good name of the legitimate Constantinian Order (see http://www.constantinianorder.org)

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