Miss Phebe Modupe-Ojo (Born 15th December 2018)

Mrs Maddison May Modupe-Ojo and Mr Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo have had a second child. A baby girl named Phebe born 15th December 2018. Baby Phebe’s arrival was announced on her father’s Instagram page.

Mrs Maddison May Modupe-Ojo is the eldest child of Mr Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell and Mrs Edwina Victoria Louise Brudenell (née Hicks) and Granddaughter of Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (née Mountbatten) and Mr David Nightingale Hicks.

Mrs Maddison May Modupe-Ojo is a Great-Granddaughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (née Ashley) and a Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort. Phebe like her mother Maddison is in the Line of Succession to the British throne.

DCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of East Riding of Yorkshire

In the New Year’s Honours list for 2019, The Honourable Elizabeth Susan Cunliffe-Lister has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2019. Thank you for following and reading Royal News. May the coming year bring good fortune and health to you and your family.

MVO for Deputy Keeper of the Royal Archives

Mr Oliver Urquhart Irvine has been appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Librarian and Deputy Keeper of the Royal Archives.

LVO for Director of Royal Communications

Ms Sally Osman has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Director of Royal Communications.

CVO for The Apothecary to Her Majesty The Queen whilst at Windsor

Dr Jonathan Holliday, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as the Apothecary to Her Majesty The Queen whilst at Windsor.

KCVO for Private Secretary to The Princess Royal

Captain Nicholas Wright RN has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Private Secretary to The Princess Royal.

GCVO for The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Ford KCVO has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office.

GCVO for The Master of the Horse

The Rt Hon. The Lord Vestey GCStJ has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Master of the Horse.

New Prelate of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally, DBE, Bishop of London to become Prelate of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in succession to The Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Chartres KCVO who has retired.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Caithness

The Right Honourable The Viscount Thurso PC, Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Caithness.

Ms Katherine Elizabeth Gillian Coghill

New King of Arms of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB King of Arms of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in succession to Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL who has retired.

New Usher of the Scarlet Rod

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major General James Gordon CB CBE Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath in succession to Major General Charles Vyvyan CB CBE who has retired.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel M. G. Emmett MBE, Aide-de-Camp to her household.

Life Peerage for Socialist Campaigner

Her Majesty The Queen has granted Ms Martha Otito Osamor the title of Baroness Osamor, of Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey and of Asaba in the Republic of Nigeria for the duration of her life under the Life Peerage Act of 1958.

She was nominated for a Life Peerage following her work as a Socialist Campaigner. Baroness Osamor will sit in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast

Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast.

Mrs Patricia Sarah Corbett

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Armagh

The Earl of Caledon KCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of County Armagh has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Armagh.

Mr Simon Cassells QVRM

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 Jonathan Baker
Mr Stephen Barclay MP
Dame Nicola Davies DBE
Sir Nicholas Green
Sir Charles Haddon-Cave
Mr Christopher Pincher MP
Mr Mark Tami MP

New Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire

Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher Bt JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire.

Mrs Joanna Mary Barclay
Dr Sheena Ritchie Dykes
His Honour Judge Francis Anthony Sheridan
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Tuckett JP

New Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

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

Professor Gordon Masterton OBE