Read this used paperback in the late 1980's. Warrior king TJ. The court jester is a decorated vet. Military medal called order of the spire or similar.
Could it be King David's Spaceship, published in paperback in 1980 but originally serialised in Analog in three parts as A Spaceship for the King, by Jerry Pournelle and part of his Co-Dominion series?
I have the paperback book somewhere in the house but I'd never be able to find it. There are two planets involved, Prince Samual's World and Makassar but I don't remember a court jester or a military medal order called spire so maybe not.
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