State & Ceremonial

Order of the Companions of Honour full to capacity for the first time in 100 years

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29th December 2017
For the first time since its institution in 1917, the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) now has its full 65 members meaning no more recipients can be added. The prestigious honour is restricted to 65 people and following The Queen’s 2018 New Year Honours list being released, it can now be revealed that the last three remaining places have been filled. The three new members are historian…
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In Memoriam: Remembering those who died in 2017

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29th December 2017
Many friends and relatives of the Royal Family have died this year, as well as royals from across Europe and the world. Here we remember some of those who passed away in 2017. King Michael of Romania Romania’s King Michael died early in December at the age of 96 in…
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Prince Charles beats Princess Anne to become 2017’s hardest working royal by just six engagements

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29th December 2017
The annual survey of the Royal Family’s public engagements has been released in the customary letter to the Times from the paper’s ‘unofficial royal archivist’, Tim O’Donovan, now on his 38th year of conducting the survey. A total of 3,628 engagements were performed by the 15 members of the Royal Family classed as working royals within the Court Circular. The total number of engagements…
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Arise Sir Nick Clegg - former Deputy Prime Minister to receive knighthood from The Queen

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25th December 2017
Nick Clegg will receive a knighthood from The Queen in the New Years Honours list for his services to politics. Mr Clegg, who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for five years, will be named in the list when it is released later this week according to reports. Senior Liberal Democrat sources have told the Daily Mail that the former party leader will be knighted next year. A Liberal…
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Meghan Markle joins The Royal Family at Church for Christmas Day Service

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25th December 2017
The Royal Family have attended the traditional Christmas Day Church Service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham Estate. This Christmas, they are joined by a new face as Prince Harry’s fiancee, Meghan Markle, attended the service alongside her soon to be in-laws and relatives. Harry and Meghan arrived at Church besides the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they followed The Queen…
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