Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire delivers Loyal Address to King Charles III
The Lord Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire has delivered a Loyal Address to the King at Buckingham Palace, writes Piers Mucklejohn.
James Puxley, who lives in Welford and has been Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire since 2015, delivered the address on March 9 in his capacity as the senior representative of Berkshire – a priviledged body.
Privileged bodies are institutions and corporations which enjoy the historic right to present an Address to the Monarch in person, typically on significant occasions in the life of the Monarch.
Mr Puxley said: “We are very lucky here in Berkshire that the county was given royal status in 1974 and thus became a privileged body.
“As His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for Berkshire I am enormously proud to be leading a delegation to Buckingham Palace from the county and to stand in front of the King to profess our profound sorrow at the passing of her late Majesty and our loyalty to and affection for His Majesty King Charles the Third.”
The event was attended by representatives from across the county on the occasion of King Charles III’s accession.
It was the first time a monarch had received Loyal Addresses since the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee in 2012.
Other Berkshire representatives in attendance included the mayors and chairman of the unitary authorities in the county, the Bishop of Reading, the county archivist, the deputy vice-chancellor of Reading University and the chair of the trustees from the Berkshire Community Foundation.
