Investiture – What is it and who is notable?

Investiture Ceremony at Buckingham Palace

Each year, approximately 30 Investitures are held annually at Buckingham Palace or other royal residences, and around 2,600 people are personally invested by either King Charles III, or other members of the British royal family.

The responsibility for planning Investitures and organising the different insignia lies with the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, which is a branch of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office. Here is everything you need to know about this celebratory event…

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Trooping the Colour: What is it?

Trooping the Colour

Trooping the Colour will take place this year on Saturday 17th June. Buckingham Palace has announced that The King will ride on horseback at the Trooping the Colour ceremony. This will mark the first time that the reigning Monarch has ridden at Trooping the Colour since 1986, when Queen Elizabeth II last rode.

Here is everything you need to know about Trooping the Colour…

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Seven Facts about Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, which took place at Westminster Abbey on the 2nd June 1953. When the young queen solemnly received the orb and sceptre and was crowned in Westminster Abbey seventy years ago, no one could have known she would go on to become Britain’s best loved and longest reigning monarch.

In this blog, we identify seven key facts of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II…

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The 2023 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Anniversary Gold Sovereign Range

The 2023 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Anniversary Gold Sovereign Range Blog

On 2nd June 1953, a young queen barely 27 years old, seated in the King Edward’s Chair as so many before her, took on the profound responsibilities of state when she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. An estimated 27 million people in Britain watched the ceremony on television whilst vast crowds lined the procession route in spite of the rain. No one could have known she would go on to become Britain’s best loved and longest reigning monarch.

This was the fourth and final coronation of the 20th century. Due to the queen’s incredible longevity, Britain would not see another for a full seventy years – in fact, until 2023. In tribute to an exceptional queen, and the 70th Anniversary of her Coronation in June 2023, a new series of commemorative gold sovereigns has been announced. Introducing the 2023 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Anniversary Gold Sovereign Range, and in particular, the one-eighth sovereign…

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