The Court Circular reported that on Tuesday, 13 November, 1906 at Windsor, the King had held a 'Chapter of the Garter at 7.30 o'clock… in the Castle, for the purpose of investing his Majesty The King of Norway with the Insignia of this Most Noble Order. The ceremony was witnessed by the following already assembled in the Throne Room: The Queen of Norway, the Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the Duchess of Connaught, Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Victoria and Louise Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Duke of Argyll.'

Hall chose to depict the moment at which the Sovereign affixes the Star of the Order of the Garter to the left breast of the King of Norway. The Secretary, kneeling, holds a cushion bearing the Collar of the Garter. The scene is a striking mix of red, black and gold tones; the red of the cloaks of the Knights of the Garter contrasting with black of Queen Alexandra's dress; she was in mourning for her father Christian IX of Denmark, who had died in January that year. The ornate Throne of Kandy, which replaced the Ivory Throne Chair at Windsor during the King's reign, stands behind him (see RCIN 406712). The portraits on the wall are of George I and George II and George IV, all of which remain in the Throne Room.

Haakon was the son of Frederick VIII of Norway; and married to Maud of Wales, daughter of Edward VII. He reigned from 1905-21.