Lord Lieutenancy News

Her Majesty The Queen unveiled a portrait of a Special Operations Executive and named a room for the Executive, Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan GC, at the Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London W1, and, having been received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa), attended a Reception.

Ms Khan was the first agent […]

On 26 July the BIGKID Foundation celebrated its 15th Anniversary by having a summer reception at the Dexter Adventure Playground, Montego Close, SE24, which was attended by The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa, who is BIGKID’s Patron and the Mayor of Lambeth, Councillor Sarbaz Barznji.

A community event ran alongside the reception, which celebrated […]

The Lord Lieutenant for Greater London, the High Sheriff of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa, attended the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce KG (former Chief of the Defence Staff) which was held in Westminster Abbey, London SW1 on 13 July 2023.

HM The King was represented by […]

HRH The Princess Royal, Royal Fellow, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, attended the Royal Academy of Engineering Annual Awards Dinner at the Londoner Hotel, 38 Leicester Square, London WC2, and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (Sir Kenneth Olisa).

HRH Duke of Edinburgh, President, Creative Youth, the organisers of Fuse International, launched Fusebox at 2 Bucklands Wharf, Kingston upon Thames, and, having been received by the Reverend Martin Hislop (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London), afterwards attended a performance at the Rose Theatre, 24-26 High Street, Kingston upon Thames.

The Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Colonel Jane Davis (far left) attended the War Widows Association Founders Day Service which was held on Friday 7 July at the Guards Chapel Wellington Barracks. The Association is 52 years old this year and allows all widows, widowers and family members a chance to remember the loss of a cherished family […]

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh, as Colonel-in-Chief of QARANC, officially opened the Nursing and Midwifery Academy based at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and was received by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Colonel Jane Davis.

This new training academy for nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) opened on the same day that the […]

Fallen Metropolitan Police officers and staff were honoured at the Ceremony of Remembrance held at the Metropolitan Police’s Hendon Training School.  The event was attended by Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, Lord-Lieutenant Of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan

The annual event saw families and friends join officers and staff to […]

HRH The Princess Royal, President of the Carers Trust, attended a reception held by the Carers Trust at Carlton House Terrace and was received by Deputy Lieutenant, Mr Stuart Shilson.

HM The Queen, President, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), visited the Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3, and was received by Colonel Jane Davis (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London).

The JDRF, the leading global type 1 charity, welcomed its President, HM The Queen to University College London (UCL) Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, where Professor […]