Royal Family Orders of the United Kingdom Although Diana, Princess of Wales, was known to have received the Order (and, more recently, the Countess of Wessex, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge were pictured wearing it), neither Sarah, Duchess of York, Princess Michael of Kent, nor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been seen wearing it. A biological relationship to the monarch does not automatically bestow the Order either. None of the current monarch's granddaughters have been seen to hold the order. Royal Family Orders of the United Kingdom The sovereign of the United Kingdom may award a royal family order to female members of
USS Princess Matoika "Princess Matoika". Sources disagree about the identity of the ship's namesake, who is often reported as either a member of the Philippine Royal Family, or a Japanese princess. Putnam, however, provides another answer: one of the given names of Pocahontas was "Matoaka", which was sometimes spelled "Matoika". The newly renamed ship was taken to Olongapo City, north of Manila and placed in the drydock "Dewey" at Subic Bay where temporary repairs were made. She then made her way to San Francisco, and eventually to the east coast. "Princess Matoika" was the last ex-German ship to be commissioned. Placed under the