Yeah, some Crowns understand the "theater" aspect better than others. I suspect someone locally told them that Royalty never comes, nobody gets awards, yada yada and they thought they were Righting a Great Wrong.

That IS a good mental concept.

I think it ties into why I just hate the whole structure with the Grant Level Awards. In the MK, for instance, the AoA service award is an Award. The GoA is an Order. So the AoA one can be given repeatedly and should be. BUT, now that it's overshadowed - it sometimes feels/looks like an "also ran" sort of thing.