Sunday 29 April 2018

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands

John Crabtree OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands.

Mr Mick Laverty
Mr Martin Levermore MBE
Mrs Fleur Sexton
Dr Abdullahi Shehu
Mrs Julia Willoughby

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Down

David Lindsay, Lord-Lieutenant of County Down has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Down.

Miss Amanda Fiona Charlotte Blackmore
Mr Noel Lamb
Mrs Sara Caroline Paget McCorkell

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Sir Peter Coulson
Mr Robert Goodwill MP
Sir George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt
Mr Kevan Jones MP

Friday 27 April 2018

Tuesday 24 April 2018

It’s a Boy for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Yesterday HRH The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy at 11:01am GMT weighing 8lb 7oz at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London. The Duke of Cambridge was at the birth. Both mother and baby are doing well.

Royal gun salutes around the country will be fired in honour of the Royal birth today. The bells of Westminster Abbey are also to be rung today at 1pm GMT in honour of the royal birth.

Monday 23 April 2018

Two New Members of the Order of the Garter

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed two new members of the The Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG/LG) they are as follows:

Dame Mary Fagan DCVO
Viscount Brookeborough

Saturday 14 April 2018

New Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk

Richard Jewson JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk.

Mrs Cecilia Back
Mrs Alexandra Bartram
Mr Thomas Courtauld
Major General Sir William Cubitt KCVO CBE
Mr David Goddard
Mrs Caroline Jarrold
Mrs Mary Rudd
Dr Andrew Wood OBE

Saturday 7 April 2018

New Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Reverend James Gibson 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 Elizabeth Henderson to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland, in succession to the Reverend James Gibson.

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.

Mr Albert Pattison
Professor Jane Margaret Turner

Tuesday 3 April 2018

New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brigadier S. R. Goldstein MBE VR to the position of Aide-de-Camp of the Army Reserve to her Royal Household in succession to Brigadier J. P. Mooney QVRM TD VR.

New Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has announced Mr Simon Case will become Private Secretary within His Royal Highness’s Household in July, succeeding Mr Miguel Nunes Head LVO who is stepping down.

Mr Simon Case currently works for the British Civil Service and will be leaving the Civil Service in order to assume his royal appointment.