Royal Garden Parties
Each year the Lord-Lieutenant collates a list of local individuals to receive an invitation to a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. The list is typically made up of deserving volunteers and unsung heroes within the community.
The Lord-Lieutenant encourages nominations of highly deserving individuals throughout the year for him to consider.
To attend a Royal Garden Party is a unique honour. With limited places only the most deserving are likely to secure a place. Your nominee:
- should be a very deserving volunteer/unsung hero
- must reside in Leicester or Leicestershire and will be able to take a personal guest
- be British, Commonwealth or European citizens (although their spouse/partner or companion need not)
- must be 18 years of age or over (including companions)
- must not have previously attended a Royal Garden Party.
Your nomination will be considered by the Lord-Lieutenant’s Advisory Panel, whose recommendations will be considered by the Lord-Lieutenant personally. You will be advised of the outcome of your nomination as soon as possible.
If you’d like to nominate someone that you know to attend, please submit a form to the Lieutenancy Office:
Royal Garden Party Nomination (Leicestershire County Council website)
Royal Visits
The Lord-Lieutenant is The King’s representative for the City and County of Leicester. It is the Lord-Lieutenant’s duty to meet and escort members of the Royal Family on public visits to the city and county.
The Lieutenancy Office liaises with the Royal Household to submit suitable Royal visit bids and, if the bid is successful, to pull together the over-arching programme.
Anyone (individuals, organisations, businesses etc) may extend an invitation to a member of the Royal Family though, in all cases it is best if the invitation is submitted to the Lord-Lieutenant’s Office. If you have any queries, please contact lieutenancyoffice@leics.gov.uk
Birthday cards and anniversary cards
The King and Queen Consort offer free birthday and anniversary messages for special occasions.
These include:
- 100th Birthday
- 105th Birthday and each year following their 105 birthday
- 60th (diamond) anniversary
- 65th anniversary
- 70th (platinum) anniversary and each year following their 70th
You can find more information regarding this at Get a birthday or anniversary message from the King (GOV.UK)
