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1884:"BOE-A-2023-22792 Real Decreto 820/2023, de 8 de noviembre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III al excelentĂsimo señor AntĂłnio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas"
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some cases the clergymen being greater in number than the knights and nobles of which it was made up. The meetings were held in the Church of San Gil in Madrid twice a year, one coinciding with the
Immaculate Conception and the other with the
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1836:"BOE-A-2018-5100 Real Decreto 223/2018, de 13 de abril, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III al ExcelentĂsimo señor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Presidente de la RepĂşblica Portuguesa"
1812:"BOE-A-2015-6859 Real Decreto 527/2015, de 19 de junio, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III al ExcelentĂsimo Señor Enrique Peña Nieto, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos"
1620:"BOE-A-1985-19477 Real Decreto 1635/1985, de 11 de septiembre, por el que se concede la Banda del Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su ExcelencĂa la Señora Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Presidenta de Islandia"
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1500:"BOE-A-1978-14493 Real Decreto 1242/1978, de 2 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III al excelentĂsimo señor Antonio Ramalho Eanes, Presidente de la RepĂşblica de Portugal"
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The insignias of the Order have varied throughout time, but have invariably maintained some original features: blue silk band with white design, an eight-point cross with the image of the
Immaculate Conception, the motto
1860:"BOE-A-2023-21040 Real Decreto 783/2023, de 10 de octubre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a Su Alteza Real la Princesa de Asturias, doña Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz"
1764:"BOE-A-2009-6944 Real Decreto 769/2009, de 24 de abril, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III al ExcelentĂsimo Sr. Nicolas Sarkozy, Presidente de la RepĂşblica Francesa"
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and the other valid laws. Those received by the Order took an oath for loyalty towards the king, his family, and the protection of the goods of the Royal House, recognizing him as Great Master, live and die in
1644:"BOE-A-1986-2416 Real Decreto 117/1986, de 24 de enero, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a su Alteza Real el PrĂncipe de Asturias, Don Felipe de BorbĂłn y Grecia"
1476:"BOE-A-1962-11227 Decreto 1193/1962, de 10 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Alteza Real el PrĂncipe don Juan Carlos de BorbĂłn y BorbĂłn"
1788:"BOE-A-2014-10888 Real Decreto 913/2014, de 24 de octubre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a la ExcelentĂsima Señora Michelle Bachelet Jeria"
1524:"BOE-A-1979-26756 Real Decreto 2565/1979, de 15 de octubre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Majestad Carlos XVI Gustavo, Rey de Suecia"
1908:"Real Decreto 349/2024, de 26 de marzo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a Su Majestad el Rey Guillermo Alejandro de los PaĂses Bajos."
1668:"BOE-A-2001-9151 Real Decreto 525/2001, de 11 de mayo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Alteza Real Enrique, Gran Duque de Luxemburgo"
1572:"BOE-A-1981-14506 Real Decreto 3206/1980, de 23 de octubre, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Alteza Real el PrĂncipe Heredero Akihito"
1716:"BOE-A-2006-7241 Real Decreto 501/2006, de 21 de abril, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a su Majestad el Rey Abdulah II de Jordania"
1692:"BOE-A-2005-782 Real Decreto 20/2005, de 14 de enero, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a Su Majestad el Rey Mohamed VI de Marruecos"
1548:"BOE-A-1980-8628 Real Decreto 738/1980, de 15 de marzo, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Majestad Margarita II, Reina de Dinamarca"
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1740:"BOE-A-2006-11883 Real Decreto 823/2006, de 30 de junio, por el que se concede el Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Majestad el Rey Harald V de Noruega"
1596:"BOE-A-1983-28595 Real Decreto 2747/1983, de 31 de octubre, por el que se concede la Banda del Collar de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a S. M. la Reina Doña SofĂa"
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