His Majesty The King appoints to the Royal Victorian Order

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

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Ms Jill Gallard CMG


Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Ciara Courtney

Ms Harriet Kyle

Ms Gillian Marks

Mr Nicholas Teller

Mr Nicholas Wareham

Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1st August 1936 – 7th June 2022)

Carl, Duke of Württemberg, Head of the House of Württemberg passed away on the 7th June 2022. Son of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893 – 1975) and his second wife Archduchess Rosa of Austria (1906 – 1983) 

On the 21st July 1960, Carl married  Princess Diane d'Orléans (born 1940) daughter of Henri, Count of Paris (1908 – 1999) and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911 – 2003).

They have six children, four sons and two daughters. He became Head of the House of Württemberg when his father died 1975. 

Carl, Duke of Württemberg  has been succeeded by his grandson Duke Wilhelm Friedrich von Württemberg (born 1994) as Head of the House of Württemberg. 

Wilhelm is the son of Duke Friedrich of Württemberg (1961 – 2018) and Princess Wilhelmine of Wied (born 1973) Wilhelm's father died in a car accident in 2018. Wilhelm's heir is his uncle Duke Eberhard of Württemberg.

Twins for the House of Hanover

On the 7th July 2020 HRH Princess Christian (Alessandra) of Hanover, wife of HRH Prince Christian of Hanover gave birth to twins in Madrid, Spain. HRH Prince Christian of Hanover is second son of Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Head of the House of Hanover. The couple have named their children Nicolás and Sofía. Congratulations to them both.