Saturday 29 April 2017

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr Gavin Laurence Barwell MP
Mr Melvyn John Stride MP

New Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Reverend Alastair Symington to be an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend George Cowie to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland, in succession to the Reverend Alastair Symington.

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Sir Gary Robert Hickinbottom

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Venerable Elizabeth Adekunle to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Deputy Priest in Ordinary to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Prebendary Jonathan Osborne to be a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

The Queen’s Birthday 2018

Buckingham Palace has announced The Queen’s Official Birthday in 2018 will be on Saturday the 9th of June 2018.

Friday 21 April 2017

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland

Dr Monica Main, Lord-Lieutenant for Sutherland has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland.

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Edward Gilmour MBE DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Durham

Mrs Sue Snowdon, Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Durham.

Mrs Andrea Hayley Flynn
Mrs Susan Robertson
Mr Michael Barton QPM

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Vice-Marshal Lord BeaverBrook Aide-de-Camp to her household.

Tuesday 4 April 2017

New Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

Guy Clark, Lord-Lieutenant of the Renfrewshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.

Ms Fiona Maxwell

Monday 3 April 2017

Royal Tours of 2017

Here are the upcoming royal tours abroad for members of the British Royal family for the months of April and May. These are all the overseas tours announced as of the 2nd April.

3rd April 2017 - 4th / 5th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will visit the Republic of Ghana.

5th April 2017 – 7th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will visit the Republic of Sierra Leone

7th April 2017 – 9th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in her role as Honorary President of the Lawn Tennis Association will attend the Davis Cup in Rouen, France.

2nd May 2017

Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex in her role as Royal Colonel of the 5th Battalion of The Rifles will visit them while they are deployed in Estonia as part of a Nato mission.

11th May 2017

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge will take part in the commemorations of the Treaty of London in Luxembourg.

Saturday 1 April 2017

New Exon of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel Jonathan Schute to be Exon of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Major Christopher Cox to the position of Ensign of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Ensign of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major Christopher Cox to be Ensign of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Major Henry Robertson to the position of Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major Henry Robertson to be Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Colonel Michael Kingscote to the position of Lieutenant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Lieutenant of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel Michael Kingscote to be Lieutenant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the retirement of Brigadier David Innes OBE.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire

Dame Janet Trotter DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire.

Ms Eve Jardine-Young
Mr Mark Hurrell
Ms Vivienne Hargreaves
Mr Roger Ernest Deeks
Mr Oliver Christie