https:// www.
nytimes.com/2008/05/11/fashion/11chevalier.html
France’s most prestigious — and most coveted — society: the Légion d’Honneur, granted by the French government to those who have somehow contributed to the glory of France.
https://
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By virtue of this office, Macron is the Grand Maître of the Légion d’Honneur and entitled to wear the Grand Croix, the highest level of that order.