Wednesday 21 December 2011

Happy Holidays

 I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2012.

Royal Tours for 2012

On the 14th of December 2011, Buckingham Palace announced the following royal overseas visits for 2012.

The Prince of Wales will be visiting the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will be visiting Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea 

The Duke of York will be visiting India

The Earl and Countess of Wessex will be visiting Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Gibraltar, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago

The Princess Royal will be visiting Mozambique and Zambia

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Malaysia, Singapore, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu

Prince Harry of Wales will be visiting Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas

The Duke of Gloucester will be visiting the British Virgin Islands and Malta

The Duke of Kent will be visiting the Falkland Islands and Uganda

New Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire

On the 13th of December 2011, Mr Martin Dunne, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Warwickshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Warwickshire.
Mr Andrew Charles Firth
Mrs Joseph Greenwell
Mr David Jeremy Owen
Lady Susan Mary Saunders
Mrs Anna March Trye

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

On the 9th of December 2011, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Jonathan Sumption QC

Thursday 1 December 2011

New Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

On the 1st of December 2011, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher Bt JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
Mr Roger Jefcoate CBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

On the 1st of December 2011, Captain The Hon. Gerald Maitland-Carew, Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Richard Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Herefordshire

On the 1st of December 2011, The Countess of Darnley, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Herefordshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Herefordshire.
Mrs Joanna Hilditch
Mr Robert Simon Dyke Tabor
Mrs Helen Maureen Thomas

A Royal Olympics

On the 1st of December 2011, The British Olympic Association appointed The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry ambassadors of the British Olympic and Paralympics Teams for London 2012.

New Lord-Lieutenant for Wiltshire

On the 28th of November 2011, Sarah Troughton was appointed by the Queen to become Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire when Mr John Bush Esq. OBE CStJ JP retires on the 5th of February 2012.

New Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire

On the 10th of November 2011, Mr William Tucker, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire.
Miss Susan Elaine Welch MVO