Investiture – What is it and who is notable?

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,…

Trooping the Colour: What is it?

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…