Danish Monarch a Garter Knight. Entertains Britain's King and Queen at Danish Embassy. King Frederik Of Denmark, Wearing his sash as a Knight of the Garter, arriving with Queen Ingrid at the Danish Embassy in London Tonight to entertain Britains king and Queen to Dinner. Earlier the Danish king had been made a knight of the Garter in a ceremony at Windsor castle. The order of the Garter is one of Britain's oldest orders. It originated in L348 - when a court lady Dropped her Garter the king picked it up and placed it round her knee, saying "Honit soit aui Maly Pense" (Evil to him who Evil thinks). May 9, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper).