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The Queen to knight Captain Tom Moore at Windsor Castle

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15th July 2020
Captain Tom Moore

The Queen will bestow the knighthood awarded to Captain Tom Moore for his services to the NHS at Windsor Castle in a special ceremony.

The investiture will be the first time since lockdown began that the Queen has held a face to face engagement at the Castle. In June 2020, she took part in a scaled back Trooping the Colour in the grounds of Windsor.

Investitures have been postponed indefinitely since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Personal investitures such as this are also extremely rare.

Captain Sir Tom will be accompanied by members of his family for the event. He will be knighted with a sword that belonged to the Queen’s father, King George VI.

Captain Sir Tom, who has raised £33 million for the NHS since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, was made a knight on his 100th birthday in April in recognition of his achievements.

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Lydia Starbuck is Jubilee and Associate Editor at Royal Central and the main producer and presenter of the Royal Central Podcast and Royal Central Extra. Lydia is also a pen name of June Woolerton who is a journalist and writer with over twenty years experience in TV, radio, print and online. Her latest book, A History of British Royal Jubilees, is out now. Her new book, The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr, will be published in March 2024. June is an award winning reporter, producer and editor. She's appeared on outlets including BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Local Radio and has also helped set up a commercial radio station. June is also an accomplished writer with a wide range of material published online and in print. She is the author of two novels, published as e-books. She is also a marriage registrar and ceremony celebrant.