Editing Order of the Garter (section)

===Degradation of members===<!-- Isn't more a "revocation" than a "degradation"? -->
The sovereign may "[[Degradation (knighthood)|degrade]]" members who have taken up arms against the Crown. From the late 15th century, there was a formal ceremony of degradation, in which [[Garter King of Arms]], accompanied by the rest of the [[Herald]]s, processed to St George's Chapel. While the Garter King read aloud the Instrument of Degradation, a Herald climbed up a ladder and removed the former Knight's [[banner]], [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]], [[Helmet (heraldry)|helm]], and [[sword]], throwing them down into the [[Choir (architecture)|quire]]. Then the rest of the Heralds kicked them down the length of the chapel, out of the doors, and into the castle ditch. The last such formal degradation was that of [[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde]], in 1716.<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter J Begent|title=The Most Noble Order of the Garter, its History and Ceremonial}}</ref>

During the First World War, two Royal Knights and six Stranger Knights, all monarchs or princes of enemy nations and including Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]] of Germany, and Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]], were struck off the roll of the order, their appointments being annulled in 1915.<ref name="RH4" /> The banner of King [[Victor Emmanuel III]] was removed from the chapel after [[Fascist Italy|Italy]] entered World War II against the United Kingdom and its allies in 1940.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Kemp|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jYdEyVnQn4C&dq=Victor+Emmanuel+III+of+Italy+Order+of+the+Garter&pg=PA141|title=The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain: A Discerning Traveller's Companion|date= 1992|page=141|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=9781770700703|access-date=15 March 2023|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408032005/https://books.google.com/books?id=8jYdEyVnQn4C&dq=Victor+Emmanuel+III+of+Italy+Order+of+the+Garter&pg=PA141|url-status=live}}</ref> The banner of Emperor [[Hirohito]] was removed from St George's Chapel when [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] entered World War II in 1941, but that banner and his knighthood were restored by [[Elizabeth II]] in 1971, when Hirohito made a [[state visit]] to the United Kingdom. The Emperor was particularly pleased by the restoration to the Garter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kingston|first=Jeff|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2005/03/13/books/book-reviews/the-tokyo-envoys-englishmen-in-japan/#.WPqHpVLMyRs|title=The Tokyo envoys: Englishmen in Japan|work=The Japan Times|location=Tokyo|date=13 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604025115/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2005/03/13/books/book-reviews/the-tokyo-envoys-englishmen-in-japan/ |archive-date=4 June 2016 }}</ref>