1.0Provincial Grand Chapter of Gloucestershire and Herefordshirehttps://gandhroyalarch.org.ukPGCOhttps://gandhroyalarch.org.uk/index.php/author/pgco/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8DWzm2hz9m"><a href="https://gandhroyalarch.org.uk/index.php/2025/05/08/companions-sojourn-to-supreme-grand-chapter/">Companions Sojourn to Supreme Grand Chapter</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gandhroyalarch.org.uk/index.php/2025/05/08/companions-sojourn-to-supreme-grand-chapter/embed/#?secret=8DWzm2hz9m" width="600" height="338" title="“Companions Sojourn to Supreme Grand Chapter” — Provincial Grand Chapter of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire" data-secret="8DWzm2hz9m" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://gandhroyalarch.org.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://gandhroyalarch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3747.jpeg19201440It was a particularly warm and sunny spring morning as over forty Companions from Gloucestershire and Herefordshire made their way to London for the annual investiture meeting of Supreme Grand Chapter. It is at this meeting that appointments and promotions are conferred on members by the First Grand Principal, HRH The Duke of Kent.