New Governor-General of Australia Announced

Australian war hero General Peter John Cosgrove AC MC has been nominated by the Prime minister of Australia, Tony Abbott to become the 26^th Governor-General of Australia.

Her Majesty the Queen has accepted the Prime Ministers nomination.

General Cosgrove will succeed the current Governor-General, Her Excellency The Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO who’s stepping down in March 2014.

LVO for Deputy Official Secretary to The Governor-General of Australia

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the following person Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Deputy Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia.

Mr Mark Thomas Fraser OAM

Prime Minister of Barbados made a Privy Counsellor

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

The Hon. Freundel Jerome Stuart QC MP

New Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

Dr Ingrid M Roscoe, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.

Mrs Virginia A Lloyd

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore C. J. Luck MBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

Tindall Baby Named on Twitter

Mike Tindall announced on twitter his baby girl’s name using the twitter handle @miketindall13 he tweeted “For everyone who has asked what our daughters name, it’s Mia Grace Tindall”.

Baby girl for Queen’s Granddaughter

Zara Tindall has given birth to a baby Girl weighing 7lb 12 oz at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Her husband Mike was at the birth.

The baby is yet to be named and is currently 16th in line to the throne of Britain and the Commonwealth realms.

Mr and Mrs Tindall were married at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh on the 30th July 2011.

The Princess Royal and her ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips are said to be delighted with the news of their third grandchild.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh has also expressed their joy at the news of the birth of their fourth great-grandchild.

Princess Claire of Luxembourg is Pregnant

The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg have announced that their son Prince Félix and his wife Princess Claire of Luxembourg are expecting their first child in June 2014.

Prince Félix and Princess Claire were married on 17th September 2013 (civilly) and on the 21st (religiously).

Following this announcement it looks like 2014 in shaping up to be busy year when it comes to royal Babies with Zara Phillips and Princess Madeleine of Sweden both expecting in the coming weeks.

New British Ambassador to Serbia

Mr Denis Keefe has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia succeeding Mr Michael Davenport who is stepping down in June 2014.

New British Ambassador to Guinea

Mr Tim Brownbill has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea succeeding Mr Graham Styles who is stepping down in April 2014.

New Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mr Alistair Harrison to the post of Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. Mr Harrison succeeds Mr Charles Gray CMG LVO.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Kent

The Viscount De L’Isle MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Kent.

Mrs Valerie Joan Clifton Hale JP
Robert Bertrand Sackville-West 7th Baron Sackville

New Honorary Chaplain to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Venerable P. A. Eagles Honorary Chaplain to her household in succession to The Reverend Father A. B. Paris.

Queen’s Medal for Music 2013

Her Majesty the Queen has awarded The Queen’s Medal for Music to the opera singer and Director Sir Thomas Allen CBE.

The Award was established in 2005 and is given to groups or individuals for outstanding contribution to music.

Sir Thomas Allen will be presented with his award by The Queen later this year.

New British Ambassador to Vietnam

Mr Giles Lever has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam succeeding Dr Antony Stokes LVO who is stepping down in July 2014.

Mr Giles Lever is currently the Deputy High Commissioner to Federal Republic of Nigeria.

New British High Commissioner to Rwanda

Mr William Gelling OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to Republic of Rwanda succeeding Benedict Llewellyn-Jones who is stepping down in January 2014.

Mr William Gelling OBE was Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon William Hague MP.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel A. T. G. Cash Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel M. C. Whiteside OBE ADC.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland

On the 3rd of January 2014, The Duchess of Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland.

Mr Stephen James Harmison MBE

New Lord Lieutenant for Dorset

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mr Ian Angus Campbell to become Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset when Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers CVO retires on the 22nd January 2014.

RVM for Duke of Kent’s Chauffeur

Stephen Joseph Towers has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for his service as chauffeur within the Duke of Kent’s Household.

RVM for Assistant Dresser to The Duchess of Cornwall

Miss Shona Kay Williams has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for her service as Assistant Dresser to The Duchess of Cornwall.

RVM for Yeoman of the Royal Cellars

Robert Large has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for his service as Yeoman of the Royal Cellars within the Royal Household.

RVM for Queen’s Yeomen

Div Sgt Maj Graham James Dear MBE has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for his service in the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

MVO for Royal Protector

Inspector Andrew Neil Stapleton was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to Royalty Protection.

MVO for Lord Lyon King of Arms

William David Hamilton Sellar was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as the Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle.

MVO for The Queen's Swan Marker

David Barber was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as the Queen's Swan Marker.