The spouse of Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was - alike his later son-in-law Prince Bernhard - created a Knight Grand Cross with Chain in the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
In comparison Prince Claus was given the "lower" Grand Cross in the Royal Victorian Order, while his spouse Queen Beatrix is a Dame Grand Cross in the Royal Victorian Order, has the Royal Victorian Chain and is a Dame in the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
So not only differences between male and female spouses but also in between male spouses.
Picture: the ceremonial robe, chain and breast star of Prince Hendrik, exposed in a vitrine at the Chancellery of the Netherlands' Orders.
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It is remarkable that a born Princess of the blood royal, like Queen Beatrix, staples British Orders, while another born Princess of the blood Royal, Queen Sofía (family of Philip) received nothing at all.
Queen Beatrix already received he Dame Grand Cross in the Royal Victorian Order at the age of 18 from the same Queen Elizabeth II.