Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh Current Events 27: June 2018 - April 2021


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Court Circular 14th May:
Buckingham Palace

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.
 
Court Circular 15th May:
Buckingham Palace

Mr Andrew Stephenson MP was received by The Queen today and delivered up his Wand of Office upon relinquishing his appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

Mr Craig Whittaker MP was received by The Queen upon his appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household when Her Majesty handed to him his Wand of Office.

General Sir Nicholas Carter (Chief of the Defence Force) was received by The Queen.

The following were received in audience by The Queen and kissed hands upon their appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassadors: Mrs Jessica Hand (the Republic of Angola), Mr Barry Lowen (the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria) and Mr Robert Macaire (the Islamic Republic of Iran).
Dr Robert Hand, Mrs Lowen and Mrs Macaire were also received*by Her Majesty.

Mr Nigel Phillips was received in audience by The Queen and kissed hands upon his appointment as Governor of Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Mrs Phillips was also received by Her Majesty.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Sir Barry Jackson (formerly Serjeant-Surgeon to The Queen) at the Funeral and Celebration of Life for Sir William Slack (formerly Serjeant-Surgeon to The Queen) which was held at St George’s Church, Fordington, Dorchester, this afternoon.
 
Court Circular 16th May:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen, Air Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Air Force Regiment, today received Air Commodore Francis Clifford upon relinquishing his appointment as Commandant General and Air Commodore Scott Miller upon assuming the appointment.

Lady Mary Peters was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

The Marquess of Salisbury was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.

The Duke of Edinburgh this morning received Mr Martin Palmer (Secretary General, Alliance of Religions and Conservation) at Windsor Castle.
 
Court Circular 20th May:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen, Patron, Royal Horticultural Society, this evening visited the Chelsea Flower Show in the Gardens of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

Court Circular 21st May:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen, Colonel-in-Chief, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, today received Lieutenant Colonel Robert Driver upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer 1st Battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Singleton upon relinquishing his appointment as Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Kelly upon assuming the appointment.
Brigadier Frazer Lawrence (Colonel) was present.

Sir Geoffrey Adams was received in audience by The Queen this afternoon and kissed hands upon his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Lady Adams was also received by Her Majesty.

Mr Paul Cradock was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

The Duchess of Cambridge was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

The Queen gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, The Duke of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy were present.

Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.
The Bands of the Scots Guards and The Parachute Regiment played selections of music during the afternoon.
 
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Court Circular 22nd May:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen this morning visited a replica of an original Sainsbury’s store at 6A Langley Street, London WC2, on the occasion of their One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa), the former Chairman and Life President of Sainsbury’s (the Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover), Mr Martin Scicluna (Chairman) and Mr Michael Coupe (Chief Executive).

Her Majesty, escorted by the Chairman and the Chief Executive, toured the “pop-up” commemorative location, meeting members of staff and viewing archive material and displays of original and modern-day innovations and technology.

The Queen held a Council at 5.30pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP (Secretary of State for Wales), the Rt Hon David Gauke MP (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) and the Rt Hon David Mundell MP (Secretary of State for Scotland).

Dr Andrew Murrison MP was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr Richard Tilbrook was in attendance as Clerk of the Council.

The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP had an audience of Her Majesty before the Council.

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.
 
I suspect Andrew Leadsom will be having another audience with the Queen shortly - as she has resigned from the Cabinet.

Poor Queen - she has to see them when they are appointed and again when they resign and often in between but this year has been a mess politically in the UK.
 
Court Circular 23rd May:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen this morning visited British Airways Headquarters, Waterside, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, to commemorate the company’s Centenary and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa) and Mr Alejandro Cruz de Llano (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer).

Her Majesty met members of the Management Committee, before viewing a model of the headquarters building and meeting members of staff wearing heritage uniforms.

The Queen subsequently met the project team and volunteers from the airline’s charity partnership, Flying Start.

Her Majesty afterwards toured the Heritage Centre, viewing historic artefacts and memorabilia, before meeting further members of staff.
 
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Today, May 30, Queen Elizabeth received the High Commissioner for the Republic of Botswana and the High Commissioner for the Republic of Namibia:


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** rex gallery **
 
Court Circular 29th May:
Buckingham Palace

Professor Dame Carol Ann Duffy was received by The Queen today upon relinquishing her appointment as Poet Laureate in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

Mr Simon Armitage was received by The Queen when Her Majesty presented him with The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and upon his appointment as Poet Laureate in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

The Queen, Colonel-in-Chief, Le Royal 22e Regiment (of Canada), received Lieutenant-General Richard Evraire (Colonel).

Her Majesty, accompanied by The Duke of Sussex, this afternoon received captains of the teams participating in the International Cricket Council World Cup.

The Queen gave an Afternoon Party in the garden of Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice of York, Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent were present.

Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty.
The Bands of the Royal Marines (Portsmouth) and the Royal Air Force College played selections of music during the afternoon.

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.
 
Court Circular 30th May:
Buckingham Palace

Her Excellency Ms. Linda Scott was received in audience by The Queen today and presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor and her own Letters of Commission as High Commissioner for the Republic of Namibia in London.

His Excellency Dr. John Gosiamemang Ndebele Seakgosing was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Commission as High Commissioner for the Republic of Botswana in London.
Mrs. Seakgosing was also received by Her Majesty.

Sir Simon McDonald (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) was present.

Sir Jeremy Greenstock was received by The Queen upon relinquishing his appointment as King of Arms of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George and delivered up to Her Majesty the Insignia of Office.

The Baroness Ashton of Upholland was received by The Queen when Her Majesty handed to her the Insignia of Office upon her appointment as King of Arms of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh were represented by The Duke of York at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Duchess of Abercorn which was held in the Cathedral Church of St. Anne, Belfast, this afternoon.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall were represented by the Earl of Caledon.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex were represented by the Viscount Brookeborough KG.
The Princess Royal was represented by Leonora, Countess of Lichfield.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were represented by Mr. William Montgomery.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Mr. Noel Lamb.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy was represented by the Lord O'Neill.
 
Court Circular 1st June:
Buckingham Palace

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, honoured Epsom Races with her presence today.
 
Mr Morrison gave The Queen a gift from Australia - a book about the racehorse Winx. This horse has just retired and won 33 consecutive races including a world record 25 group 1 races. I am sure HM will enjoy reading about this magnificent racehorse. Her final victory was The Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick (the Queen herself gave Randwick racecourse the right to use Royal when she went to the races there).

I wonder if the country will possibly buy her first foal as a potential Platinum Jubilee gift for The Queen (we gave her a foal for her Silver Jubilee so another for her Platinum would be appropriate and from a horse such as Winx would be fantastic - IMHO).

I also love the colours in the Queen's dress. Most people think Australia's colours are green and gold and they are - for sporting events - but the country's actual official colours are blue and gold as seen here in the Queen's dress. This is one thing she does so very well. If this had been the Canadian PM I would expect her to be in something with red and white on it while for NZ I would expect black and silver. She takes her role as Queen of these countries seriously and acknowledges each one in her own way.

Mr and Mrs Morrison seemed so nervous but she soon put them at their ease. I suppose that she was probably expecting to be meeting Mr Shorten when this event was put on her schedule - given that we only had the election two weeks ago - but the polls were wrong and so Mr Morrison had his 'miracle'. (Aussies I am sure will get that last point and for the rest - Mr Morrison is a committed Christian which was even used against him during the election but he came back, in his victory speech, with 'I believe in miracles ... tonight we have seen another miracle...' The polls gave him no chance but he went from PM of a minority government to one with a majority ... and that after the polls had driven both political parties to use poor poll results to change PMs ...).
 
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Kudos to the Australian people to know exactly what to give a Queen that seems to have everything. Indulging her in her lifetime passion is definitely something that brought a wide smile to her face and (if she could break the lifetime habit of always being right on the money regal) a girlish squeal of delight.

I also think that perhaps a gift for her Platinum Jubilee of a foal by Winx would probably make her day. If there's one thing the Queen knows, its her horseflesh and their abilities. ?
 
Lumutqueen said:
Really appreciate Philip Mays’ head bow when The Queen passes him.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1136221107806187520

Don’t appreciate why Trump gets pride of place though.
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I very much doubt D day would have been so successful or even happened without the US contribution. We (as in the UK) have a lot to be grateful for to the USA and the other commonwealth countries that they stood alongside us at that time.
 
Of course Trump has to have pride of place. The USA were the senior partner at the time. The USA had the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Western Europe. They were providing much of the ordinance as well as manpower. Any D-Day commemoration will give equal billing to the USA and UK with Canada as the third party.

Obama was similarly place five years ago with only the French President between him and The Queen, who was on a State Visit to France at the time.

I think it is wrong that there was no representative of Russia there as they were involved in the planning. There may not have been actual Russian troops on the ground but the Soviets launched Operation Bagration on the 19th June to ensure that German troops couldn't be moved from the eastern front to reinforce those in the west. The gap was deliberately timed to allow for the Germans to plan to move troops and maybe even start to do so and then have to change plans again. Stalin was well aware of when the D-Day landings were occurring so a Russian representative should have been there. Putin was at the commemorations in 2014 in France.
 
Lemon Lyman said:
I very much doubt D day would have been so successful or even happened without the US contribution. We (as in the UK) have a lot to be grateful for to the USA and the other commonwealth countries that they stood alongside us at that time.
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This myth was actually picked up on Twitter last night, yes the US helped but they were by no means the major player in the game. If anything Justin Trudeau should have had pride of place.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1135140384370126849

“On 75th anniversary of D-Day, time to debunk Hollywood myth it was largely a US invasion force.
Of 1,213 warships involved, 892 were British/Canadian; only 200 US. Royal Navy in charge of Operation Neptune. Of 4,126 landing craft involved, 805 American, 3,261 British. 1/2”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1135141112794849280

“Two-thirds of the 12,000 aircraft involved in D-Day were RAF/RCAF. Two-thirds of the troops landed on the beaches were British/Canadian. Eisenhower was supreme commander but all his most senior officers in charge of land, sea and air were British 2/2”
 
Lumutqueen said:
This myth was actually picked up on Twitter last night, yes the US helped but they were by no means the major player in the game. If anything Justin Trudeau should have had pride of place.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1135140384370126849

“On 75th anniversary of D-Day, time to debunk Hollywood myth it was largely a US invasion force.
Of 1,213 warships involved, 892 were British/Canadian; only 200 US. Royal Navy in charge of Operation Neptune. Of 4,126 landing craft involved, 805 American, 3,261 British. 1/2”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1135141112794849280

“Two-thirds of the 12,000 aircraft involved in D-Day were RAF/RCAF. Two-thirds of the troops landed on the beaches were British/Canadian. Eisenhower was supreme commander but all his most senior officers in charge of land, sea and air were British 2/2”
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The US gave the UK raw materials, weapon systems, industrial equipment and services worth $31 billion dollars during WWII under the Lend and Lease Act. Without this the UK would never have been able to storm the beaches of Normandy.
 
The US gave the UK raw materials, weapon systems, industrial equipment and services worth $31 billion dollars during WWII under the Lend and Lease Act.
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They 'gave' us NOTHING.. we only [relatively] recently completed paying off the cost of their 'contribution' to our effort to fight the War...

On 31 December 2006, Britain made a final payment of about $83m (£45.5m) and thereby discharged the last of its war loans from the US. By the end of World War II Britain had amassed an immense debt of £21 billion.

We were [of course] grateful for the loans, but they were just that.. NOT a 'gift'.
 
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wyevale said:
They 'gave' us NOTHING.. we only [relatively] recently completed paying off the cost of their 'contribution' to our effort to fight the War...

On 31 December 2006, Britain made a final payment of about $83m (£45.5m) and thereby discharged the last of its war loans from the US. By the end of World War II Britain had amassed an immense debt of £21 billion.

We were [of course] grateful for the loans, but they were just that.. NOT a 'gift'.
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They gave you the opportunity to buy what was left of the lend-lease materials at 10% of it's value and lent you an additional $52 billion dollars in today's value to be repaid with a 2% interest rate in installments of which the last one was in 2006. The UK themselves asked to keep what was left of the lend-lease materials and payed the reduced price. You did not pay for what had been used up during the war.
 
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Lumutqueen said:
Really appreciate Philip Mays’ head bow when The Queen passes him.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1136221107806187520

Don’t appreciate why Trump gets pride of place though.
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I have to say; whilst I'm not a huge fan of the (now former) PM, Philip May does seem like a gentleman! It's a pity that we have to appreciate these sort of gestures since basic manners of politeness seem to have just gone with a lot of people nowadays.
 
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