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”.

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.