There are few grander titles than the Grand Prior of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and it would be hard to find more fabulous regalia (more properly, choir dress) – not too long ago, it boasted a bicorn hat. The man who occupies this grandiloquent position in England is Fra’ Max Rumney, to all appearances a tall, gentle media lawyer, 54. Its correct title, incidentally, is The Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta – which pretty well encapsulates its history.
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there are few grander titles than the grand prior of the sovereign military order of malta, and it would be hard to find more fabulous regal...
Gertrude Clarke
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