Saturday 29 December 2012

KCVO for Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire

Charles James Dugdale, The Lord Crathorne was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire.

KCVO for Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Mr Martin Dunne was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire.

KCVO for Lord Lieutenant of Tweeddale

Captain John David Bingham Younger LVO was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Tweeddale.

CVO for Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art.

Mr Jonathan Mark Marsden LVO was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of The Queen's Works of Art.

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe KBE for services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Professor Peter Ware Higgs for services to Physics.

RVM for Member of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

Divisional Sergeant Major Peter Saul has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for his service as a member of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

MVO for Assistant Treasurer to The Prince of Wales

Mrs Clara Pearce was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as the Assistant Treasurer to the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

MVO for the Dresser to The Duchess of Cornwall

Mrs Jacqueline Meakin RVM was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as the Dresser to The Duchess of Cornwall.

MVO for House Manager to The Prince of Wales

Mr Leslie Edwin Chappell RVM was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as the House manager and assistant to the Master of the Household to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Private Secretary to the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

Mr Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton MVO MBE was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as the Private Secretary and Equerry to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales.

LVO for Gentleman Usher to The Queen

Air Vice-Marshal Richard Henry Kyle CB MBE was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as the Gentleman Usher to The Queen.

LVO for Communications secretary to The Prince of Wales

Mr Patrick Richard Harverson was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as the Communications secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Deputy Private Secretary to The Earl and Countess of Wessex

Mrs Rosemary Hamer was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as the Deputy Private Secretary to The Earl and Countess of Wessex.

LVO for Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales

Mr Clive Alderton was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as the former Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

CVO for Head PA for The Prince of Wales

Mrs Miriam Ray Watts LVO was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as the former Head of Personnel and Administration to the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

Team GB Hero’s Win Big in New Year honours

Both Olympians and Paralympians have been honoured for their contribution to making London 2012 one of the best games team GB has ever had. The list below outlines the recipients and their honours.

Olympians

Knighthood:

Ben Ainslie CBE
Bradley Wiggins CBE

CBE:

Katherine Grainger MBE
Jessica Ennis MBE
Mo Farah
Victoria Pendleton MBE

OBE:
Charlotte Dujardin
Jason Kenny MBE
Andy Murray
Laura Trott

MBE:
Nicola Adams
Tim Baillie
Laura Bechtolsheimer
Scott Brash
Alistair Brownlee
Steven Burke
Luke Campbell
Peter Charles
Katherine Copeland
Helen Glover
Alex Gregory
Carl Hester
Philip Hindes
Sophie Hosking
Jade Jones
Anthony Joshua
Peter Kennaugh
Dani King
Mary King
Ben Maher
Ed McKeever
Joanna Rowsell
Greg Rutherford
Louis Smith
Heather Stanning
Etienne Stott
Anna Watkins
Peter Wilson

Paralympians

Dame:
Sarah Storey OBE

CBE:
David Weir MBE

OBE:
Sophie Christiansen MBE
Ellie Simmonds MBE

MBE:
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Natasha Baker
Danielle Brown
Mickey Bushell
Hannah Cockroft
Mark Colbourne
Josef Craig
Deborah Criddle
Aled Davies
Neil Fachie
Jonathan Fox
Heather Frederiksen
Oliver Hynd
Helena Lucas
Craig MacLean
Nigel Murray
Jonnie Peacock
Josie Pearson
Pam Relph
Naomi Riches
James Roe
David Smith
Lily van den Broecke
Sophie Wells
Richard Whitehead

New Year’s Honours 2013

The New Year’s honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

Adrian Lester
Andy Murray
Arlene Phillips OBE
Ben Ainslie CBE
Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM
Bradley Wiggins CBE
Cherie Blair
David Weir MBE
David Wootton
Eleanor Simmonds MBE
Ewan McGregor
Greg Rutherford
Iain Robert Lobban CB
Jessica Ennis MBE
Jonathan Evans
Kate Bush
Katherine Grainger MBE
Kenneth Grange CBE
Laura Trott
Louis Smith
Mark Ramprakash
Mohamed Farah
Nicola Adams
Nicola Benedetti
Paul Clive, Baron Deighton
Professor Peter Higgs
Quentin Blake CBE
Sarah Storey OBE
Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe KBE
Sir Alan Peter Budd
Stella McCartney
The Rt Hon Margaret Mary Beckett, MP
Tracey Emin
Victoria Pendleton MBE

Thursday 27 December 2012

Peerage for Archbishop of Canterbury

Her Majesty the Queen granted a peerage for life to the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams Lord Archbishop of Canterbury he will be styled and titled Baron Williams of Oystermouth in the City and County of Swansea.

Sunday 23 December 2012

Queen Appoints New Deputy Press Secretary

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mr James Roscoe as her deputy press secretary and head of news. Mr Roscoe currently works for the Foreign office as a diplomat in the United Nations.

Friday 21 December 2012

Happy Holidays

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2013.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk

Richard Jewson JP, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk has appointed The Countess of Romney DL Vice Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Midlothian

Patrick Prenter CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Midlothian commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of Midlothian.
Mrs Sarah Barron
Mrs Daphne Farquharson

Thursday 20 December 2012

New Lord Lieutenant of Durham

On the 18th of December 2012, Mrs Susan Snowdon was appointed by the Queen to become Lord-Lieutenant of Durham when Sir Paul Nicholson KCVO retires on the 7th of March 2013.

The Queen’s Piper Honoured

Her Majesty the Queen awarded Pipe Major Derek Potter the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver for his service as the Queen’s Piper.

Wednesday 19 December 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of East Sussex

Peter Field, Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of East Sussex.
Mr Julian R Avery
Mr Geoffrey T Bush
Professor Julian M Crampton
Mr James R May
Colonel Nick Richards
Mrs Chantal Wilson

Monday 17 December 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Isle of Wight

Major General Martin White CB CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Isle of Wight.
Mrs Susie Sheldon
Dr Nicholas John England MA DPhil

Queen Appoints Pages of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Viscount Aithrie and Hugo Bertie as her pages of honour in succession to Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe and Andrew Leeming.
Charles Adrian Bristow Hope, Viscount Aithrie is the grandson of Adrian John Charles Hope, 4th Marquess of Linlithgow and is second in line to his grandfather’s title.
Hugo Bertie is the great-great grandson of Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon sister to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother making Hugo the Queen's 1st cousin 3x removed.

Thursday 13 December 2012

Prince FĂ©lix of Luxembourg to Marry

On the 13th December 2012, the court of Luxembourg announced that His Royal Highness Prince FĂ©lix of Luxembourg is engaged to Miss Claire Lademacher. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are delighted by the announcement.

Succession to the Crown Bill Presented to the British Parliament

Today the Succession to the Crown bill was put before the House of Commons by the Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg. The Bill outlines the biggest change to the royal succession since the Act of Settlement in 1701, allowing only the descendants of Sophia of Hanover to inherit the British throne. The first point of the bill changes the succession law from Male-Preference Primogeniture to Equal Primogeniture meaning whoever is eldest will inherit the throne regardless of their gender. The practice of Equal Primogeniture is not uncommon adopted by Sweden in 1980, Netherlands in 1983, Norway in 1990, Belgium in 1991, Denmark in 2009 and in Luxembourg in 2011.The proposed change regarding gender will be back dated to the 28th of October 2011 when all 16 commonwealth realms agreed to change the laws of succession, this means royals born before the 28th will follow the old rules of succession.

The second point of the bill is concerning the rules about royals marring someone of the Roman Catholic faith. The law currently states that if a person in the royal succession marries a person who is of the Roman Catholic faith at the time of their marriage, they are disqualified from the succession. Under the proposed bill royals who marry Roman Catholics will not lose their place in the line of succession. The bill will also be retrospective to living royals who married Roman Catholics before this bill was presented meaning royals like Prince Michael of Kent, who married his Roman Catholic wife in 1978 will regain his entitlement to a place in line to the throne. However the bill does not repel the law that disqualifies a royal who becomes Roman Catholic from inheriting the throne.

The Third point of the bill regards the sovereign giving consent to a royal marriage under the Royal Marriages Act 1772. The law currently states that no descendant of George II other than the issue of Princesses who married or may marry into “foreign families” shall be capable of contracting matrimony without the previous consent of the sovereign signified under the great seal, declared in council, and entered in the Privy Council books. Every Marriage of any such descendant, without such consent, shall be null and void. Under the Proposed bill, the first six people in line to the throne will need the consent of the Sovereign signified under the great seal, declared in council, and entered in the Privy Council books. The failure to comply will result in that person and their descendants being disqualified from succeeding to the Crown. The current six people in line to the throne are:
1. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
2. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
3. Prince Henry of Wales
4. Prince Andrew, Duke of York
5. Princess Beatrice of York
6. Princess Eugenie of York

The fourth point of the bill is to repel the Royal Marriages Act 1772.

The fifth point of the bill concerns the Royal Marriages Act 1772 all marriages voided under act will be treated as never having been voided.

The proposed bill will make amendments to the Bill of Rights, Act of Settlement 1701, Act of Union with Scotland 1706, Act of Union with England 1707, Act of Union with Ireland 1800 and the Act of Union (Ireland) 1800.

If the proposed bill becomes law it will be known as the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.

Similar legislation will need to be passed in the Parliaments of the other 15 commonwealth realms listed below.
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Grenada
Jamaica
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu

This bill, if passed will change the face of the Royal Family forever. By bringing the Monarchy in to the 21st Century we change an institution at the heart of our nation. My personnel opinion is how do you change an institution that has stood for a thousand years? I worry that this bill may break the dam and allow a flood of bills that may change the monarchy into something we won’t recognise and make the monarchy seem unneeded in the 21st Century, leading one day to a British republic. I hope not.

Monday 10 December 2012

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Lord Ashcroft KCMG
Paul Burstow MP
Andrew Stunell OBE MP
Lord Wallace of Saltaire

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Devon

Eric Dancer CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Devon.
Mr Richard Dion Bayly
Mrs Patricia Southby-Tailyour
Wing Commander Brian Wills-Pope MBE MCGI FloD RAFVR(T)
Brigadier Simon Young CBE

Thursday 6 December 2012

Queen Honours Archbishop of Canterbury

Her Majesty the Queen invested The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury with the Royal Victorian Chain for his service as Primate of All England. The Royal Victorian Chain is a personal award from the monarch; there are only 14 living recipients.

Monday 3 December 2012

The Duchess of Cambridge is Pregnant

On the 3rd of December 2012 Clarence House announced Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is Pregnant. The Queen, Prince Philip, The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry have been informed and are delighted with the news. The Duchess is reported to be in the early stages of pregnancy and has been admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London suffering with acute morning sickness. The Duchess is expected to stay in hospital for several days for rest and further tests.

Friday 30 November 2012

GCB for Amir of Kuwait

Her Majesty the Queen presented Sabah Al-Ahmad AL-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of Kuwait with an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB).

Wednesday 28 November 2012

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

On the 28th of November 2012, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombe

Monday 26 November 2012

New Governor of the Bank of England

Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of Mr Mark J Carney to the office of Governor of the Bank of England. Mr Carney is the Current Governor of the Central Bank of Canada and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. He will take office on the 1st of July 2013 and leave in 2018.

Friday 23 November 2012

Kuwaiti State Visit

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, The Amir of the State of Kuwait has been invited to visit the United Kingdom by Her Majesty The Queen from the 27th to the 29th of November His Highness will stay at Windsor Castle.

Thursday 22 November 2012

New Harbinger of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major Edward Crofton to be Harbinger of Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms following the retirement of Colonel Michael Robertson.

Monday 19 November 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Hertfordshire

The Countess of Verulam, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Hertfordshire.
Dame Claire Bertschinger DBE
Mrs Sally Denise Burton
Dr Sarah Katherine Coffey
Mrs Helen Hanbury
Professor Keith Paul William James McAdam
Mr Stuart Ellis Storey

Tuesday 13 November 2012

High Sheriffs of England and Wales

On the 12th of November 2012 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and wales for 2013, 2014 and 2015 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England
For the County of Bedfordshire
2013/2014: Mrs Deborah Inskip
2014/2015: Mr Colin Osborne MBE
2015/2016: The Countess of Erroll
For the Royal County of Berkshire
2013/2014: Professor Suzanna Christina Rose
2014/2015: Mr Christopher Teik Kooi Khoo
2015/2016: Mr David Montagu Albermarle Bertie
For the County of Buckinghamshire
2013/2014: Sir Stuart Hampson
2014/2015: Mr Joseph Gurney Barclay
2015/2016: Mrs Anna Francesca Skelton DL
For the County of Cambridgeshire
2013/2014: The Hon. Aubrey James Francis Buxton
2014/2015: Mrs Linda Alison Fairbrother
2015/2016: Captain Victor Harold Lucas RN DL
For the County of Cheshire
2013/2014: Mr Martin Dudley Beaumont
2014/2015: Mrs Susan Elisabeth Sellers
2015/2016: Mr Piers Sparrow
For the City of Bristol
2013/2014: Dr Shaheen Shahzadi Chaudhry
2014/2015: Mr Michael Bothamley
2015/2016: Dr Rosalind Kennedy
For the County of Cumbria
2013/2014: Mrs Diana Ruth Matthews
2014/2015: Mr Martyn Peter Telford Hart
2015/2016: Mr Samuel Alan Miles Rayner
For the County of Derbyshire
2013/2014: Mr Derek Mapp DL
2014/2015: Mr David Frederick Coleman QPM DL
2015/2016: Mr Oliver George Stephenson
For the County of Devon
2013/2014: Mr John Albert Thomas Lee OBE
2014/2015: The Hon. John Rous Clovelly
2015/2016: Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE
For the County of Dorset
2013/2014: Mrs Catriona Janet Payne
2014/2015: Mrs Jane Stichbury CBE QPM
2015/2016: Mrs Jennifer Sheila Coombs
For the County of Durham
2013/2014: Mr Peter Stuart Bell
2014/2015: Mr Gerald Charles Osborne
2015/2016: Mr James Mark Featherstone Fenwick
For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2013/2014: Mr Stephen Thomas Larard
2014/2015: Mrs Gail Stafford Mettyear
2015/2016: Mr James Lawrence Dick
For the County of East Sussex
2013/2014: Mr Graham Peters
2014/2015: Mr Christopher John Gebbie OBE
2015/2016: Mrs Juliet Anne Smith
For the County of Essex
2013/2014: Mrs Julia Mary Seton Abel Smith
2014/2015: Mr Nicholas Charrington
2015/2016: Mr Simon Andrew Dalton Hall MBE
For the County of Gloucestershire
2013/2014: The Hon. Hugh John Hamilton Tollemache
2014/2015: Mr Thomas Alexander Fortescue Frost
2015/2016: Mr Roger John Head
For Greater London
2013/2014: Mr David Christopher Fraser Jones
2014/2015: Mr Kevin David McGrath
2015/2016: Mr William James Furber
For the County of Hampshire
2013/2014: Mr Rupert Edward Alexander Younger
2014/2015: Major General James Melville John Balfour CBE
2015/2016: Lady Portal
For the County of Herefordshire
2013/2014: Mr Robert Simon Dyke Tabor
2014/2015: Major Patrick James Auchinleck Darling
2015/2016: Mr Edward Harley
For the County of Hertfordshire
2013/2014: The Viscountess Trenchard
2014/2015: Mr Fergus John McMullen
2015/2016: Mr Jonathan Charles Gosselin Trower
For the County of Isle of Wight
2013/2014: Mrs Mary Louise Case
2014/2015: Mrs Claire Elizabeth Bradley Locke
2015/2016: Mr Ronald Thomas Holland
For the County of Kent
2013/2014: Lord Colgrain
2014/2015: Mr Hugo Mark Fenwick
2015/2016: Mr William Alexander
For the County of Leicestershire
2013/2014: Mrs Sally Elizabeth Ann Bowie
2014/2015: Mr Richard Charles Griffin Clowes
2015/2016: Mr Gordon Drake Arthur
For the County of Lincolnshire
2013/2014: Mr Toby Edward Drake Dennis
2014/2015: The Earl of Yarborough
2015/2016: Air Vice Marshal Hector Gavin Mackay CB OBE AFC
For the County of Norfolk
2013/2014: The Countess of Leicester
2014/2015: Lady Dannatt
2015/2016: Mr Anthony John Habgood
For the County of Northamptonshire
2013/2014: Mr James Michael Shepherd-Cross
2014/2015: Mrs Virginia Anne Burnett
2015/2016: Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Mukhtar
For the County of Northumberland
2013/2014: Mr Peter Robert Loyd
2014/2015: Mr John McMorrough Carr-Ellison
2015/2016: Mrs Lucy Helen Maxwell Carroll
For the County of North Yorkshire
2013/2014: The Reverend Rachel Candia Benson
2014/2015: Mr Thomas James Ponsonby Ramsden
2015/2016: Lady Middleton
For the County of Nottinghamshire
2013/2014: Mrs Nicola June Weston
2014/2015: Mr Graham Cartledge
2015/2016: Dr Jaswant Singh Bilkhu
For the County of Oxfordshire
2013/2014: Professor Graham Upton
2014/2015: Mr Anthony John Stratton
2015/2016: Mr Thomas Henry Birch Reynardson
For the County of Rutland
2013/2014: Mrs Patricia Tena Ruddle
2014/2015: Air Commodore Simon Miles David Williamson-Noble
2015/2016: Mr Andrew Jonathan Brown
For the County of Shropshire
2013/2014: Mrs Diana Rosemary Flint
2014/2015: Mr Robert John Bowring Bland
2015/2016: Mr David Robert Stacey
For the County of Somerset
2013/2014: Mrs Maureen Effie Whitmore
2014/2015: Mr Richard David Ayshford Lloyd
2015/2016: The Hon. Mrs James Nelson
For the County of South Yorkshire
2013/2014: Lady Sykes
2014/2015: Mr John Clive Bramah
2015/2016: Mr John Raymond Holt
For the County of Staffordshire
2013/2014: Miss Susan Caroline Inge-Innes-Lillingston
2014/2015: Mrs Ann Elizabeth Fisher
2015/2016: Mr John William Leavesley
For the County of Suffolk
2013/2014: Sir Edward Bernard Greenwell Bt
2014/2015: Mr Nicholas John Wingfield Digby
2015/2016: Mrs Judith Veronica Shallow
For the County of Surrey
2013/2014: Dr Helen Ann Bowcock DL
2014/2015: Mr Peter John Gorringe Lee
2015/2016: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Stafford Kennedy
For the County of Tyne and Wear
2013/2014: Mr George Scott
2014/2015: Mrs Ruth Thompson OBE
2015/2016: Miss Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell
For the County of Warwickshire
2013/2014: Mr Keith Howard Sach
2014/2015: Mrs Clare Diana Hopkinson
2015/2016: Mrs Janet Alison Smith
For the County of West Midlands
2013/2014: Dr Christine Braddock CBE
2014/2015: Mr Timothy Watts
2015/2016: Mr Edward Jonathan Turpie
For the County of West Sussex
2013/2014: David Patrick Henry Burgess MBE
2014/2015: Mr Jonathan Charles Lucas
2015/2016: Mrs Denise Lesley Anne Patterson
For the County of West Yorkshire
2013/2014: Mrs Virginia Annable Lloyd
2014/2015: The Hon. Mrs Dent
2015/2016: Mr Edmund John Seward Anderson
For the County of Wiltshire
2013/2014: Mr William Francis Wyldbore-Smith
2014/2015: Mr Peter Addington
2015/2016: Lady Gooch
For the County of Worcestershire
2013/2014: Mr Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley
2014/2015: Mr John Michael Waller Hogan
2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Roy Holcroft OBE
Wales
For the County of Clwyd
2013/2014: Mrs Celia Mary Jenkins Trevor
2014/2015: Mr John David Meredith Jones
2015/2016: Mrs Janet Patricia Evans
For the County of Dyfed
2013/2014: Mr John Thomas Davies
2014/2015: Mrs Rachel Elinor Jones
2015/2016: Mr James Edward Charles Raw-Rees
For the County of Gwent
2013/2014: Mr Murray Alexander MacFarlane
2014/2015: Mrs Gillian Ann Sheddick OBE
2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Simon Tuggey
For the County of Gwynedd
2013/2014: Mrs Marian Wyn Jones
2014/2015: Mr David Murray Lea-Wilson
2015/2016: Dr Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews MBE
For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2013/2014: Mr Rory James Murray McLaggan
2014/2015: Mrs Elizabeth Singer
2015/2016: Mrs Jayne Ann James
For the County of Powys
2013/2014: Mr Bernard Bromley Harris
2014/2015: Mr Philip Bowen
2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hugh Ledston Lewis (Retd)
For the County of South Glamorgan
2013/2014: Mrs Morfudd Ann Meredith
2014/2015: Mr David Ward Jenkins
2015/2016: Professor Heather Vivienne Stevens CBE
For the County of West Glamorgan
2013/2014: Mrs Gaynor Marie Richards MBE
2014/2015: Mr John Edward Collins
2015/2016: Mr Robert Michael Redfern

Monday 12 November 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross


Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross.
Major Charles K Dunphie
Lt Col G A Middlemiss
The Lady Sara Cornwallis
Mr G K Stephen Leckie
Mr Angus MacDonald

Friday 9 November 2012

New Archbishop of Canterbury

Her Majesty the Queen has nominated the Right Reverend Justin Welby MA Hon FCT, the Lord Bishop of Durham to the offices of Bishop of the see of Canterbury, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England. Right Reverend Welby will become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and will be enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on the 21st of March 2013.

Duchess of Cornwall appointed Colonel in Chief

On the 9th of November 2012, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall was appointed Colonel in Chief of the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police.

Tuesday 6 November 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London

Sir David Brewer CMG JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London.
Mr Barry George Albin-Dyer OBE
Colonel Alastair Bruce of Crionaich OBE
The Hon Edward Charles Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea
Mr Rupert Andrew Woodward Goodman
Mr Nitesh Gor
Mr Pieter van der Merwe MBE
Major John Francis Meadows Rodwell

Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

On the 6th of November 2012, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Brigadier R H B Williamson to be a Honorary Surgeon to Her Majesty.

New Life Peer

On the 1st of November 2012, Paul Clive Deighton was elevated to the title of Baron Deighton of Carshalton in the County of Surrey. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Friday 2 November 2012

GCB for President of Indonesia

Her Majesty the Queen presented Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia with an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB).

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon Dr Robert Innes to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Christine Farrington.

Thursday 1 November 2012

Royal Tour of Oceania

On the 3rd of November 2012, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall start their two week tour of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand representing The Queen as part of her Diamond jubilee celebrations.
Tour Itinerary
Papua New Guinea 3rd-5th of November
Australia 5th-10th of November
New Zealand 10th-16th of November

Wednesday 31 October 2012

New Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Cumbria

On the 31st of October 2012, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Mrs Claire Hensman as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Cumbria to succeed Sir James Cropper KCVO upon his retirement on the 22nd of December 2012.

Tuesday 30 October 2012

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

On the 30th of October 2012, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Sir David Lloyd Jones
Sir Colman Maurice Treacy

Friday 26 October 2012

Indonesian State Visit

Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia has been invited to pay a state visit to the United Kingdom by Her Majesty The Queen from the 31st of October to the 2nd November the President will be accompanied by Mrs Yudhoyono and will stay at Buckingham Palace.

Thursday 25 October 2012

Princess Madeleine of Sweden to Marry

Today the Swedish Royal Court announced the engagement of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland and Mr Christopher O’Neill. His Majesty The King of Sweden has given his consent to the marriage and has requested the approval of the Swedish Parliament in accordance with the Swedish Constitution. The wedding will take place in the summer of 2013.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Surrey

Dame Sarah Goad DCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Surrey.
Dr Helen Bowcock
Mr Robert Douglas CBE
Mr Nicholas Wood-Dow

Monday 22 October 2012

New Private Secretary for the Gloucester’s

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester have appointed Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Todd to be Private Secretary and Comptroller of the Gloucester Household starting on the 5th of November 2012.

Friday 19 October 2012

CVO for Queen's Former Defence Secretary

On the 19th of October 2012, Air Vice-Marshal the Honourable David Paul Murray OBE was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Defence Services Secretary within the Royal Household.

Thursday 18 October 2012

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

On the 17th of October 2012, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Mr Gregory Barker MP
Mr Michael Fallon MP
Mr Damian Green MP
Mr Hugh Robertson MP

Wednesday 17 October 2012

New Chancellor of the Order of the Garter

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed James Hamilton The Duke of Abercorn KG to the Office of Chancellor of the Most Noble Order of the Garter after the retirement of The Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC.

Monday 15 October 2012

New Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Durham

Sir Paul Douglas Nicholson KCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Durham commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Durham.
Mr Jonathan Ruffer

Friday 12 October 2012

New Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire

Dame Mary Fagan DCVO JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire.
Lieutenant General Sir Mark Mans KCB CBE

Wednesday 10 October 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Dundee

Bob Duncan, Lord-Lieutenant of Dundee commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Dundee.
Mr Andrew Dawson
Mr Jim Barrie
Ms Elizabeth Fordyce

Wednesday 3 October 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Warwickshire

Mr Martin Dunne, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Warwickshire.
Mr Andrew John Arkwright
Mr William Matthew Stratford Dugdale
The Most Honourable Henry Jocelyn Seymour The Marquess of Hertford
The Rt. Hon. The Lady Kilmaine
Mr David Stuart Degge Lodder

Monday 1 October 2012

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

On the 1st of October 2012, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Tricia Marwick MSP

Friday 28 September 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of West Yorkshire

Dr Ingrid M Roscoe BA PhD FSA, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of West Yorkshire.
Peter Ackroyd Esq MBE
Dr G K Akbar MD
Professor R A Cryan
Neil Davidson Esq
Sir John Harman Hon FICE FIEWEM FIWN FSE DCL
Mrs Julia R Lister LLB
Dr Richard Mantle
Mark Ridgway Esq OBE BSc (Hons) MSc Hon.DUniv
James Selka Esq BSc (Hons)
Mrs H Thomson BA (Hons) RGN RM ADM MTD MA
Jonathan Turner Esq

Thursday 20 September 2012

New Companion of Honour

On the 20th of September 2012, The Honourable Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young Bt MP was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for his service as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal.

Monday 17 September 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Essex

On the 14th of September 2012, Lord Petre, Lord-Lieutenant of Essex commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Essex.
Mr Simon Robert Brice
Mr Christopher Patrick Butler
Mr Daniel Worrin Squier
Mr Ian Robert Twinley

Thursday 13 September 2012

LVO for Queen’s Page

On the 13th of September 2012, Mr Paul Kevin Whybrew MVO RVM was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Her Majesty’s Page.

LVO for Queen’s Press Secretary

On the 13th of September 2012, Mrs Colette Benedicta Geraldine Saunders was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Assistant Press Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen.

LVO for Queen’s Secretary

On the 13th of September 2012, Mr Douglas Robert King was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Assistant Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen.

LVO for Queen’s Personal Assistant

On the 13th of September 2012, Miss Mary Angela Kelly MVO was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Her Majesty’s Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser.

CVO for Queen’s Equerry

On the 13th of September 2012, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles Richards LVO was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Deputy Master of the Household and Equerry to Her Majesty the Queen.

KCVO for Lord Salisbury

On the 13th of September 2012, The Rt. Hon. Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil Marquess of Salisbury DL was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as chairman of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation.

GCVO for Queen’s Treasurer

On the 13th of September 2012, Sir Philip Alan Reid KCVO was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to Her Majesty the Queen.

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Royal Tour of Asia and Oceania

On the 11th of September 2012, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge start their tour to Singapore, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu representing The Queen as part of her Diamond jubilee celebrations
Tour Itinerary
Singapore 11th-13th of September
Malaysia 13th-15th of September
Solomon Islands 16th-18th of September
Tuvalu 18th-19th of September

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

On the 10th of September 2012, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Mr David Jones MP
Mrs Maria Miller MP

Prince Harry in Afghanistan

On the 7th of September 2012, Prince Harry known as Captain Wales in the military was deployed to Afghanistan to start a four month tour of duty with 622 Squadron 3 Regiment Army Air Corps as a co-pilot and gunner for Apache helicopters. I wish him and our troops the best of luck and to come home safe.

Tuesday 4 September 2012

New Aide de Camp’s to The Queen

Her Majesty The Queen has appointed Colonel C.B. Bird and Colonel S.H. Cowen to be her Aide de Camp’s.

New Secretary for the Duke of York

On the 3rd of September 2012, Prince Andrew, Duke of York appointed Mr James Upsher as his Assistant Private Secretary.