New Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone

Robert Scott OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone.

Mr Ezekiel Graham Dodds MBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Isle of Wight

Mrs Susie Sheldon JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Isle of Wight commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Isle of Wight.

The Honourable Mrs Diana Nicholson
Mr Richard Priest OBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney

Elaine Grieve, Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney.

Dr Sarah Scarth DL

New Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Mrs Diane Hawkins DL JP has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester succeeding Sir Warren Smith KCVO who retires on the 4th of July 2022.

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.

Mrs Pauline Black OBE
Mr Afzal Hussain
Professor Monder Ram OBE
Mr Jatinder Sharma OBE
Ms Jean Templeton
Mrs Dawn Patricia Ward CBE

New Great-Grandson of the late King Michael of Romaina

Mr Nicholas Medforth-Mills and Mrs Alina-Maria Medforth-Mills have had a second child. A baby boy named Michael, born 15th April 2022. Baby Michael's arrival was announced on Instagram. Nicholas and Alina-Maria married in 2017, they had their first child Maria Alexandra in 2020.

Mr Nicholas Medforth-Mills is the eldest child of Her Royal Highness Princess Elena of Romania and Mr Robin Medforth-Mills, and the maternal grandson of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania (nee Bourbon-Parma).

In 2007 King Michael signed the Fundamental Rules of the Royal Family of Romania which outlined the succession of the Romanian royal family. Under the previous rules of succession which followed Salic Law (males only), the headship and claim to the Romanian throne would have passed to the Head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, from which the Romanian royal family descend.

The Fundamental rules allow females in the Line of succession, making Nicholas's mother Princess Elena second in line to Headship of the royal house. Nicholas became third in line and was to be made a Prince of Romania upon his 25th birthday.

Then in 2015, King Michael stripped HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania of his HRH and princely styling and excluded him from the line of succession. This was likely done after Prince Nicholas had an illegitimate daughter named Anna Iris with his ex-girlfriend Nicoleta Cirjan.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire

Edmund Anderson, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire.

Ms Adeeba Malik CBE
Mr John Robins QPM
Dr Kuldip Bharj OBE
His Honour Roger Thomas QC
Ms Roohi Collins
Ms Suzanne Watson

New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Sir Warren Smith KCVO KStJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the Greater Manchester has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.

Mr David Eoin Catterall

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2022/23

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2022/2023 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England

For the County of Bedfordshire
2022/2023: Lady Clifford

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2022/2023: Miss Alka Kharbanda

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2022/2023: Miss Debbie Brock

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Crompton

For the County of Cheshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jean Gaynor France-Hayhurst

For the City of Bristol
2022/2023: Ms Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes MBE

For the County of Cumbria
2022/2023: Mr Alan McViety

For the County of Derbyshire
2022/2023: Mr Michael Guy Copestake

For the County of Devon
2022/2023: Mr Richard David Youngman

For the County of Dorset
2022/2023: Ms Sibyl Fine King

For the County of Durham
2022/2023: Mrs Shona Michelle Harper-Wilkes

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jacqueline Bowes

For the County of East Sussex
2022/2023: Mrs Madeleine Jane King

For the County of Essex
2022/2023: Mr Nicholas Kenneth Alston CBE

For the County of Gloucestershire
2022/2023: Air Marshal Sir Graham Anthony Miller KBE

For Greater London
2022/2023: Mrs Heather Jane Phillips

For the County of Hampshire
2022/2023: Lady Edwina Grosvenor

For the County of Herefordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sarah Louise de Rohan

For the County of Hertfordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sally Denise Burton

For the County of Isle of Wight
2022/2023: Mrs Kay Ann Marriott

For the County of Kent
2022/2023: Mr Russell John Race

For the County of Leicestershire
2022/2023: Ms Mehmooda Duke MBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2022/2023: Mr Timothy Michael Strawson

For the County of Norfolk
2022/2023: Mr David John McLeavy Hill

For the County of Northamptonshire
2022/2023: Mr Crispin David Jermyn Holborow

For the County of Northumberland
2022/2023: Mr James Clement Royds TD

For the County of North Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mr James Scott Lambert OBE

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2022/2023: Mr Paul David Southby

For the County of Oxfordshire
2022/2023: Mr Mark George Beard

For the County of Rutland
2022/2023: Mr Peter Geoffrey Thompson

For the County of Shropshire
2022/2023: Mrs Selina Lucy Graham

For the County of Somerset
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Margaret Duke

For the County of South Yorkshire
2022/2023: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Alfred McPherson MBE

For the County of Staffordshire
2022/2023: Mr Clarence Bennie Robinson MBE BEM

For the County of Suffolk
2022/2023: Major Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton LVO MBE

For the County of Surrey
2022/2023: His Honour Christopher Allan Critchlow

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2022/2023: Mr David Wilson Bavaird

For the County of Warwickshire
2022/2023: Mr David Randon Kelham

For the County of West Midlands
2022/2023: Mr David Robert Moorcroft OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2022/2023: Mr James Nicholas Whitmore

For the County of West Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Susan Kitty Baker MBE

For the County of Wiltshire
2022/2023: The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Lansdowne

For the County of Worcestershire
2022/2023: Mr Andrew Richard Manning-Cox

Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2022/2023: Ms Zoe Jane Henderson

For the County of Dyfed
2022/2023: Mr David Rowland Rees-Evans

For the County of Gwent
2022/2023: Mr Malgwyn Davies OBE

For the County of Gwynedd
2022/2023: Ms Davina Carey-Evans

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Maria Kovacevic Thomas BEM

For the County of Powys
2022/2023: Mr Thomas Henry Jones OBE

For the County of South Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds OBE

For the County of West Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mr Stephen Hugh Rogers

High Sheriff for 2022/23 in the Duchy of Cornwall

The Prince of Wales in his position as Duke of Cornwall has appointed the following High Sheriff within the Duchy of Cornwall.

Duchy of Cornwall

For the County of Cornwall
2022/2023: Mr Andrew Nicholas Victor Williams

High Sheriffs for 2022/23 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2022/2023: Mr Martin John Ainscough DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2022/2023: Mrs Lorraine Christine Worsley-Carter MBE DL

For the County of Merseyside
2022/2023: Ms Lesley Carol Martin-Wright JP DL

Service of Thanksgiving for His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)

Today, the 29th of March 2022, a service of thanksgiving was held at Westminster Abbey for the life of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The service was conducted by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE, Dean of Westminster. Miss Doyin Sonibare a Gold Award holder of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award gave a tribute.

Readings were conducted by The Right Hon. The Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC and The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Lord Bishop of London. The Right Reverend David Conner KCVO, The Dean of Windsor gave the Address and The Most Reverend and the Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury gave the Blessing.

The congregation consisted of the Royal Family, Prince Philip's wider family and friends, and members of overseas Royal Families. As well as representatives from the British and Devolved Governments. The High Commissioners from the Commonwealth realms, Representatives of British Overseas Territories, The Armed Forces, Staff members of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Household and The Duke of Edinburgh’s patronages.

The Service was attended by the following members of the British royal family who were seated in the south transept: 

First row left side:

HM The Queen
HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
HRH The Princess Royal
Sir Timothy Laurence

First row right side:

Prince Andrew, Duke of York
HRH Prince Edward Earl of Wessex and Forfar
HRH The Countess of Wessex and Forfar
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
James, Viscount Severn

Second row left side:

HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
HRH Prince George of Cambridge
HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

Second row right side:

Mr Peter Phillips
Miss Isla Phillips
Miss Savannah Phillips
Miss Mia Tindall
Mrs Zara Tindall
Mr Mike Tindall

Third row left side:

HRH Princess Beatrice
Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
HRH Princess Eugenie
Mr Jack Brooksbank
The Right Honourable The Earl of Snowdon
Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones

Third row right side:

Charles, Viscount Linley
Lady Sarah Chatto
Mr Daniel Chatto
Mr Samuel Chatto
Mr Arthur Chatto

Fourth row left side:

HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
Alexander, Earl of Ulster
Lady Rose Gilman
Mr George Gilman
HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Fourth row right side:

George, Earl of St Andrews
Edward, Lord Downpatrick
The Countess of St Andrews
Lady Amelia Windsor
Lady Helen Taylor
Mr Cassius Taylor

Fifth row left side:

Prince Michael of Kent
Princess Michael of Kent
Lord Frederick Windsor
Lady Frederick Windsor
Lady Gabriella Kingston
Mr Thomas Kingston

Fifth row right side:

Lord Nicholas Windsor
Mr James Ogilvy
Mrs Julia Ogilvy
Mrs Flora Vesterberg
Mr Timothy Vesterberg
Miss Zenouska Mowatt

The Service was also attended by the following overseas reigning and non-reigning royals:

The King and Queen of the Belgians
The Queen of Denmark
The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
The Prince of Monaco
The King and Queen of the Netherlands
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
The King and Queen of Spain
The King and Queen of Sweden
Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain
Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Princess Sarvath El Hassan
Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes
Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
Prince Philippos and Princess Nina of Greece
Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown and Prince Radu of Romania
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia
Prince Kyril of Preslav
Princess Christina of Sweden
The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Baden
Prince Leopold of Baden
Prince Michael and Princess Michael (Christina) of Baden
Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Landgrave and Landgravine of Hesse

New Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire

The Rt Hon the Lord Shuttleworth KG KCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of the Lancashire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.

Mrs Catherine Louise Cooper BEM

New Lord Lieutenant for the Western Isles

Mr Iain Macaulay DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for the Western Isles succeeding Mr Donald Martin who retired on the 21st of March 2022.

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

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

New Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire

Mr Edward Harley OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

Ms Patricia Claire Hodsoll Thomas

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant Colonel (Acting Colonel) P. A. Allen Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel J. C. West.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown

Aileen Teresa Brewis, Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Stair

New Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear

Ms Lucy Winskell OBE DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear succeeding Susan Winfield CVO OBE who retires on the 18th of May 2022.

Queen Appoints New Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Right Honourable Lord Hodge to the position of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2022.

The Right Honourable Lord Hodge will be the Queen’s personal representative within the Church of Scotland. As the Lord High Commissioner, Lord Hodge will carry out the opening and closing addresses at the General Assembly.