The Privy Council has ruled in favour of non-Christians from Trinidad and Tobago saying that the Trinity Cross of the Order of Trinity was unconstitutional because of its associations with Christianity.
Despite the award for distinguished service and bravery being instituted 40 years ago the decoration will now be withdraw. But the 62 recipients, who include the novelist VS Naipaul and the cricketers Sir Garfield Sobers and Brian Lara, will not be stripped of their medal, which took precedence over all other decorations bar the Victoria Cross and George Cross....
Paul Fountain | 1/30/2009
