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


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Today, December 4, Queen Elizabeth received the High Commissioner of Cameroon and the Ambassador of San Marino for private audiences:


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H.M.The Queen helped decorate a Christmas tree during the visit today.

 
Court Circular 4th December:
Her Excellency Ms. Silvia Marchetti was received in audience by The Queen today and presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor and her own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Republic of San Marino to the Court of St. James's.

His Excellency Mr. Albert Fotabong Njoteh 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 Cameroon in London.
Mrs. Fotabong was also received by Her Majesty.

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

The Queen received the Bishop of Truro (the Right Reverend Philip Mountsteven) who did homage upon his appointment.

The Rt. Hon. David Gauke MP (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice) administered the Oath.
The Bishop of Carlisle (Clerk of the Closet) was in attendance.

The Queen held an Evening Reception at Buckingham Palace for the Diplomatic Corps at which The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were present.
 
Court Circular 5th December:
The Queen this morning visited Coram, 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa), the President (Sir David Bell) and the Mayor of the London Borough of Camden (Councillor Jenny Headlam-Wells).

Her Majesty toured the Campus, escorted by Dr Carol Homden (Chief Executive), viewing the Royal Charter and artefacts, and meeting the oldest surviving pupil and the youngest beneficiary.

The Queen entered The Queen Elizabeth II Centre and met trustees and staff of The Queen’s Trust and children who have benefited from Coram’s services and their families.

After attending a presentation and performance in the Sir Hans Sloane Lecture Hall Her Majesty opened The Queen Elizabeth II Centre.

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) had an audience of The Queen this evening.

Court Circular 6th December:
Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mrs Justice Cutts and Mrs Justice Lambert were received by The Queen today upon their appointment as Justices of the High Court when Her Majesty invested them with the Insignia of Dames Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Mr Justice Butcher, Mr Justice Fancourt, Mr Justice Jacobs, Mr Justice McAlinden, Mr Justice Swift and Mr Justice Zacaroli were received by The Queen upon their appointment as Justices of the High Court when Her Majesty conferred upon them the honour of Knighthood and invested them with the Insignia of Knights Bachelor.
 
Funniest video of a young boy crawling away when it came time to meet The Queen at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre-
 
I'm intrigued by this staff Christmas lunch as I thought they had a big party at Windsor or BP for all employees, so is this just for a smaller number of staff who work closely with HM...or is that who were just ID'd on the pics?
 
How I'd love to know what was in the gift bags all the staff left with.....
 
Maybe the Queen dug deep in the vaults and gave away a diamond bracelet to all the ladies? Lol
 
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Maybe the Queen dug deep in the vaults and gave away a diamond bracelet to all the ladies? Lol
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Wouldn't that be great?!

I do wonder about the gifts, though, considering the BRF's famous thriftiness. When foreign dignitaries just get a framed photograph, you wonder what the staff get.
 
Don't they choose their own? I thought they got a set amount spent on them based on length of service and got to pick their own?
 
Court Circular 11th December:
The following were received in audience by The Queen today and kissed hands upon their appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassadors: Mr Damion Potter (the Republic of Panama) and Mr Daniel Pruce (the Republic of the Philippines).
Mrs Potter and Ms Rachael Morgan were also received by Her Majesty.

The following were received in audience by The Queen upon their appointment as British High Commissioners: Mrs Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque (Canada) and Mr Guy Warrington (the Republic of Sierra Leone).
Mr Stephane Herve Marie le Jeune d’Allegeershecque and Mrs Karen Malia were also received by Her Majesty.

Captain Nicholas Wright RN was received by The Queen upon relinquishing his appointment as Private Secretary to The Princess Royal when Her Majesty conferred upon him*the honour of Knighthood and invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Ford was received by The Queen upon relinquishing his appointment as Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
 
Court Circular 12th December:
The Queen held a Council at 5.45pm.

There were present: the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP (Lord President), the Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government), the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal), the Rt Hon David Gauke MP (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice), the Rt Hon David Lidington MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office) and the Rt Hon Penelope Mordaunt MP (Secretary of State for International Development and Minister for Women and Equalities).
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 Lord Vestey was received by The Queen this evening upon relinquishing his appointment as Master of the Horse when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

Court Circular 13th December:
The Queen and The Duke of York, Royal Bencher, this morning visited the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2, and were received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa) and the Treasurer (the Lord Justice Patten).

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness, escorted respectively by the Treasurer and the Lord Justice McCombe (Treasurer Elect), moved into the Ashworth Centre, visiting the Advocacy Training Room and Lecture Theatre and meeting Education Committee chairmen and scholars, before The Queen opened the Ashworth Centre.

Her Majesty and His Royal Highness afterwards moved into the Great Hall and met members of staff and Senior Benchers and The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of York, subsequently re-opened the Great Hall.

Mr Andrew Stephenson MP (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household) was received in audience by The Queen this afternoon and presented Addresses from the House of Commons to which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to make reply.
 
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Court Circular 14th December:
Mr Oliver Urquhart Irvine was received by The Queen today upon relinquishing his appointment as Librarian and Deputy Keeper of the Royal Archives when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.

Dr Jonathan Holliday was received by The Queen upon relinquishing his appointment as Apothecary to The Queen at Windsor when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
 
Goodness me, there seems to be a rush of people leaving their posts of late.
 
This is a normal time for staff whose appointments are up to leave and their replacements to take up their positions.

Many of these posts are for one, two or three years and some run from January to December and others are July to June so the CC records a number of these sorts of events in the Queen's diary.

The only reason why anyone would think this is unusual is the publicity about the Sussex household when it is a perfectly normal part of the royal households annual progression.

Many of these posts are held by civil servants or military personnel as part of their normal rotation and so when it is time for them to move on they do so. Equerries, for instance are either two or three year appointments and then they return to their military or civil service job.

There are longer term positions as well of course.

I am sure I remember reading in the CC about the appointment of the new Apothecary meaning that there has been period of time in which there was a hand-over taking place. Or maybe my memory is fading and I am remembering when Dr Holliday was appointed.
 
Of course many of these are simply because length of term has been met and of course the end of one year is often seen as a good time to leave a job.

In my mind in general in the last year or so there seems to have been a large number of (relatively senior) people leaving their roles. I'm not saying there is a reason or intent behind this, its just something I have noticed and had done before the publicity about the Sussex's staff.

I can think of:
The Queen's Private Secretary (Sir Christopher Geidt left 2017)
The Queen's Assistant Private Secretary (Samantha Cohen left HM in 2018 but actually stayed on to work for H&M but will now move on from royal service)
The Keeper of the Privy Purse (Sir Alan Reid announced in 2016 that he would retire at the end of 2017 and be succeed by his deputy)
The Director of The Royal Collection (new Director appointed in Jan 18)
Private Secretary to Prince Charles (Mark Leishman left in 2017 not long after the Queen's Private Secretary left)
Private Secretary to Prince William (Miguel Head left in 2018)
Private Secretary to The Princess Royal (left this year)
Private Secretary to Earl and Countess of Wessex (not actually gone but job being advertised to start in 2019 as their current Private Sec will leave after 5 years service)
Director of Royal Communications (Sally Osman left in July 18)
Media Secretary to the Queen (Steve Kingstone left in July 18)

That seems quite a lot of senior staff in less 2 years. I'm not saying its unusual or there's something going on, just an observation.
 
There’s a mass transition happening.
 
It was reported that Sir Christopher Geidt had a serious run-in with both Prince Charles and Prince Andrew. It story claimed he had overextended his authority and thought he could "speak for HM" to her sons. I believe that when they took offence he believed HM would side with him. She did not and he handed in his resignation forthwith although he stayed on in KP until the end of the school year.

Samantha Cohen wished to resign in support of her immediate boss but HM convinced her to stay on to get Meghan acclimated to the Royal Household and the Sussexes off to a good start in all areas for six months. Samantha is still leaving but her dedication led her to say on way past the six-month mark. It has been reported that she wishes to head home to sun, sea, sand and surf, for a while and with British weather, who could blame her.
 
Court Circular 18th December:
Ms Sally Osman was received by The Queen today upon relinquishing her appointment as Director of Royal Communications when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
 
Court Circular 6th January:
Divine Service was held in Sandringham Parish Church this morning.
The Bishop of Liverpool preached the Sermon.

Mrs. Jane Gardener (Headteacher of Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy) was received by The Queen when Her Majesty presented a Bible to Alexander Simpson for proficiency in Religious Instruction.

Today being the Feast of the Epiphany, a Sung Eucharist was held in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, when the customary offerings of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh were made on behalf of The Queen by Major Grant Baker and Commodore Jonathan Handley, RN (Gentlemen Ushers to Her Majesty).
The Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal (the Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Chartres) was the Celebrant and presented the Offerings, assisted by the Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal) and the Reverend Richard Bolton and the Reverend William Whitcombe (Priests in Ordinary) and the Reverend Prebendary Jonathan Osborne (Deputy Priest in Ordinary).
The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the Chapel.

By command of The Queen, Mr. Colin Adams was this afternoon presented with the Insignia of a Royal Victorian Medal (Silver), which honour Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon him.

Court Circular 13th January:
Divine Service was held in Sandringham Parish Church this morning.
The Bishop of Sheffield preached the Sermon.

The Queen presented The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Academic Excellence at Springwood High School, King’s Lynn, to Florence Chung who was introduced into Her Majesty’s presence by Mr Andrew Johnson, the Headmaster.
 
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Here's a video of H.M.The Queen arriving at the Sandringham Women's Institute earlier today.

 
Court Circular 27th January:
Divine Service was held in Sandringham Parish Church this morning.
The Dean of Windsor (the Right Reverend David Conner) preached the Sermon.

Dr. Jeremy Russell was received by The Queen today when Her Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

Mrs. Patricia Earl was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.
 
Court Circular 30th January:
The Queen this afternoon attended a Gathering of West Norfolk Befriending at Sandringham Visitor Centre on the Sandringham Estate and was received by the Chairman of Trustees (Mr. Alan Hays) and Mrs. Phillipa May (Chief Executive).
 
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