The Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra’ John T. Dunlap, has honoured Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria by conferring her the insigna of Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

The presentation took place on 7 March at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in New York with other members of the United Nations community in attendance.

The Lieutenant of the Grand Master said “Our friendship has blossomed and I am so happy that I was able to honour your life’s achievements by finally making you a member of our beloved Order. An order with which you are quite familiar given that your brother, the King, has been a member for years, your husband Bron is a member and countless generations of your ancestors have been members for almost a thousand years”.