Sunday 17 March 2024

A Baby boy for Prince Félix and Princess Claire of Luxembourg

On the 7th January 2024 Princess Claire of Luxembourg gave birth to a baby boy. His name is His Royal Highness Prince Balthasar Felix Karl of Nassau. Prince Balthasar is currently 7th in line to the Luxembourg throne.

New Year Honour List 2024 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the New Years Honour List 2024.


Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
The Right Honourable and the Most Reverend Justin Portal Welby


Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Colonel Edward Thomas Bolitho OBE
The Very Reverend Dr David Michael Hoyle MBE


Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)
Ms Rowena Jane Feilden CVO


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Mr Ian Angus Campbell
Ms Sophia Louisa Densham LVO
Mr Patric Laurence Dickinson LVO
Dr Veronica Mary Geneste Ferguson LVO
Mr Alastair Gilbert Martin
The Right Honourable The Lord Offord of Garvel
Sir Antonio Pappano
Professor James Roy Robertson LVO MBE


Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)
Mr Ian Scott Anderson MVO
Mr Mark Appleby
Colonel Jeremy David Bagshaw CBE
Major Grant Vincent Ashley Baker
Mr Paul David Baumann CBE
Mr Charles Harcourt James Davies MVO
Ms Karen Ross Findlay
Dr Michael Terence Isaac
Air Vice-Marshal Richard Howard Lacey CBE
Ms Charlotte Elizabeth Martin MVO
Mr Jonathan David Rogerson Martin
Mr Ian Donald McCowan
Professor Paul Mealor
Mr Graham Paul Midgley
Mr Gavin Donald Reid
Mr Paul John Sedgwick
Lieutenant Colonel James Edward Noel Bridgeman Shaw
Mr Nicholas Kester Smith
Mr David William Courtenay Whelton OBE
Mr James Wyndham Williams


Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Mr Russell Adams RVM
Captain Andrew Mark Aspden
Mr Ian Charles Bartlett
Mr Nicholas John Birch
Mr Ian Leslie Bullock RVM
Ms Emma Jane Clarke
Ms Nicola Charlotte Craig
Mr Andrew John Cranidge
Ms Anne Maria Curran
Ms Sarah Louise Davis
Ms Julie Elizabeth Denby
Mr Michael Robert Duncan
Ms Hannah Elizabeth Evans
Mr David Irwin Foy
Mr Christopher William Andrew Hallworth
Ms Stephanie Kate Howard
Ms Adelaide Georgina Gray Izat
Mr Daniel James Kevin Johnson
Mr Kevin Malkin
Ms Louise Michelle Walker-Pickett
Ms Nicola Jane Pritchard
Warrant Officer Class 1 David Alexander Roper
Warrant Officer Class 2 Julian Philip Desmond Sandford
Mr Christopher Charles Savage
Mr Derrick Andrew Scott
Mr Thomas Nicholas McKinlay Service
Ms Elizabeth Fiona St Clair
Ms Kathryn Elizabeth Stone
Mr Paul Stonell
Mr Christopher Tombling
Ms Karen Louise Willemsen


Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Gary William Adams RVM
Mr Andrew John Buckland RVM
Mr Neil Hepple Dodds RVM
Mr Jose Manuel Lazarczuk RVM


Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Andrew David Basson
Mr Gary Clarke
Mr Edward Peter Evans
Mr Malcolm Greenland
Ms Helen Hitchcock
Ms Isabel Lorna Laylo
Mr Matthew Simon Murphy
Mr Timothy James Rayson
Ms Elisabeth Michelle Roberts
Corporal of the Horse Kate Elizabeth Sandford
Mr James Richard Shaw
Ms Fiona Ailsa Smith
Mr John Spelzini
Ms Monica Jane Tandy
Ms Vanessa Anne Wakeford
Mr Barry James Whearty


Honorary Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)
Mr Jorge Manuel Martins Fernandes José

Sunday 18 February 2024

New Year’s Honours 2024

The New Year’s honours list 2024 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:


Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Mr Michael Eavis CBE
The Right Honourable Sajid Javid MP
Mr Tim Martin

Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Sir Ridley Scott

Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)
The Right Honourable Dame Margaret Beckett DBE MP

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Ms Siobhain McDonagh MP
Ms Felicity Dahl
Ms Jilly Cooper CBE

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon
Mr Rob Burrow
Mr Kevin Sinfield
Mr Stuart Broad
Mr Peter Shilton OBE

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Ms Leona Lewis
Ms Millie Bright
Mr Tony Blackburn
Ms Mary Portas
Mr Mark Garnier MP
Ms Maggie Throup MP

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Miss Emilia Clarke
Miss Anna Lapwood
Ms Lauren Hemp
Ms Mary Earps
Mr Paul Hollywood
Mr Steve Wright

Monday 12 February 2024

The Count and Countess of Paris have a baby Boy

The Count and Countess of Paris have announced the birth of their sixth child, a boy born on the 31st December 2023. The couple have named him Prince Alphonse Charles François Marie d'Orléans.

Prince Jean, Count of Paris is Head of the House of Orléans and claimant to the defunct Throne of France, Inheriting the role from his father in 2019.The couple married in 2009 and now have three boys and three girls.

Monday 29 January 2024

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

On the 13th December 2023 His Majesty the King approved the following people members of His Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr Richard Holden MP
Ms Laura Trott MP

LVO for Apothecary to The King

On the 15th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Dr Anton Raymond Borg, to be Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Apothecary to The King.

CVO for Communications Secretary

On the 19th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Ms Hannah Margaret Louise Howard LVO, to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Communications Secretary.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey

Mr Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey.

Captain Andrew Canale MVO
Mrs Mary Zoeller
Mr Erik Jespersen
Mrs Christine Howard
Mr Mark Carter
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hibbs HAC
Mr James Babbington OBE
Mrs Marilyn Scott MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian

Richard Callander LVO OBE TD, Lord-Lieutenant of the Midlothian has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian.

The Reverend Doctor Valerie Cameron

Saturday 6 January 2024

KCVO for The Former Deputy Master of the Household and Equerry to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

On the 28th November 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Charles Richards CVO to be Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Deputy Master of the Household and Equerry to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

New Deputy Lieutenants of East Riding of Yorkshire

Mr James Dick OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of East Riding of Yorkshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Mrs Jacqueline Bowes
Mr James Cubitt Bloom
Colonel Lisa Violet Brooks

New Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire

Professor Veronica Pickering DL was appointed by the King to become Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire when Sir John Peace CVO retires on the 2nd of March 2024.

MVO for Former Fire Safety Manager

On the 5th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Mr Gareth Evans to be Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as a Fire Safety Manager.

CVO for Former Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales

On the 6th December 2023 His Majesty the King appointed Dr Grahame Clive Davies LVO to be Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

The Countess Howe, Lord-Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

Sir Francis Habgood QPM DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London

On the 28th November 2023, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London.

Miss Deirdre Barr BEM TD VR
Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE
Major Larry Davis VR
Ms Kate Heaps
Mrs Deborah Wilkinson

New Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset

Mr Mohammed Saddiq, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset.

Brigadier Nigel Crawford Beacom QVRM TD VR

Mr Justin Andrew Sargent OBE

His Majesty The King appoints to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order for their part in the King and Queen's State Visit to Kenya in October 2023.

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr Desmond Patrick Wigan OBE


Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Ms Josephine Gauld


New Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside

Mark FW Blundell, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside.

Mr Liam Hanlon
Mrs Susan Higginson OBE
Mr William Hui BEM
Mr Peter Oliver OBE
Mrs Natalie Reeves Billing
Mrs Hazel Snell

New Deputy Lieutenants of Roxburgh, Ettrick & Lauderdale

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KT KBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale.

Mrs Katherine Weir
Mrs Rosamund De La Hey