Wednesday 29 February 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the West Midlands

On the 28th of February 2012, Mr Paul Sabapathy CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the West Midlands.
Professor David Eastwood
Mr David Stuart Frost CBE
Mr Christopher Peter Sims OBE QPM
Mrs Satinder Kaur Taunque

New Princess of Sweden

On the 23rd of February 2012 Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden gave birth to a baby girl at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden. On the 24th of February King Carl XVI Gustaf announced the princess’s name is Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary and has been given the title Duchess of Östergötland the young princess is second in line to the Swedish throne behind her mother.

Friday 24 February 2012

New Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire

On the 22nd of February 2012, Helen Nellis became Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire when Sir Samuel Whitbread KCVO retired after 21 years of Public service.

Thursday 23 February 2012

Royal Tours of 2012

Below outlines the upcoming royal tours abroad 

The Earl and Countess of Wessex will visit St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda from the 21st of February till the 7th of March.

Prince Harry of Wales will visit Belize from the 2nd of March till the 3rd of March The Bahamas from the 3rd of March till the 5th of March Jamaica from the 5th of March till the 8th of March and Brazil from the 9th till the 11th of March.

The Duke of Gloucester will visit the British Virgin Islands on the 5th of March.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will visit Norway, Sweden and Denmark from the 20th of March till the 27th of March.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Wiltshire

On the 3rd of February 2012, Mr John Bush CVO OBE KStJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Wiltshire.
Mr David Leonard Brewer
Mr Michael Jeremy Hodges
Mr Ram Thiagarajah JP

Friday 17 February 2012

New Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire

On the 13th of February 2012, Ian Dudson CBE DL was appointed by the Queen to become Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire when Sir James Hawley KCVO retires on the 28th of March 2012.