New Secretary to the Order of the Thistle

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mrs Elizabeth Ann Roads LVO OStJ FSA to the position of Secretary of The Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle following the retirement of Mr William David Hamilton Sellar MVO FRhistS.

Mrs Roads is the current Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records and is also the Snawdoun Herald of Arms in Ordinary.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire

Dame Mary Fagan DCVO JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.

General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux GCB CBE DSO

New Deputy Lieutenants of Mid Glamorgan

Kathrin Thomas CVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of Mid Glamorgan.

Lt Col Huw Meyrick Evans TD RA
Ms Beverley Anne Humphreys
Mrs Carol Ann Jenkins
Dr Richard Lewis

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Mr Alan Campbell MP
Mr Greg Hands MP
Miss Esther McVey MP
Mr Mike Penning MP
The Rt Hon. The Lord Newby OBE
The Rt Hon. The Lord Tyler CBE

King of Sweden Names Royal Baby

Yesterday King Carl XVI Gustaf announced to the Swedish cabinet that Princess Madeleine and her husband Chris O'Neill have named their daughter Leonore Lilian Maria.

The baby princess will be styled Her Royal Highness Princess Leonore of Sweden. King Carl XVI Gustaf has given his granddaughter the title Duchess of Gotland. Princess Leonore is fifth in line to the Swedish throne.

Life Peerage for Former Chief of the Defence Staff

General Sir David Julian Richards GCB CBE DSO has been granted the title of Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, of Emsworth in the County of Hampshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Lord Lieutenant for East Lothian

Major Michael Ingouville Williams MBE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian succeeding the late Sir William Garth Morrison KT CBE.

Baby girl for Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland gave birth to a baby girl on the 20th February 2014 at 10:41pm (EST) in New York, USA. Her husband Christopher O’Neill was at the birth.

The baby‘s name and Title is to be announced by her grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf

Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill KNO were married in Stockholm on the 8th June 2013.

New Lord Lieutenant for Orkney

Mr James William Spence DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant of Orkney succeeding the late Anthony Trickett MBE.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen appointed Air Commodore A. M. Amos to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Physician to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen appointed Air Commodore J. E. Gaffney to be an Honorary Physician to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen appointed Air Commodore Group Captain T. A. B. Nelson to be an Honorary Dental Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Constable of Lancaster Castle

Her Majesty the Queen, acting in her position as Duke of Lancaster has appointed Mrs Pam Barker DL to the position of Constable of Lancaster Castle following the retirement of Mr Gordon Arthur Johnson.

New British High Commissioner to New Zealand

Mr Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair LVO has been appointed Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to New Zealand succeeding Mrs Victoria Treadell CMG CVO who is stepping down in August 2014.

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”.