Lieutenancy of Orkney

News and updates from HM Lord-Lieutenant Elaine Grieve, the Queen's representative in Orkney.

[The King's Award @KingsAwardVS]

📣Nominations are now open for The King's Award for Voluntary Service 2024!

🌟Know a voluntary group making a real impact in your local area?

🌟Want to recognise their amazing work?

🌟Why not nominate them for a King's Award?

Find out more at: https://t.co/C0GmQH7KgX

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

💐 The Queen’s Coronation bouquet has been laid at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior at Her Majesty’s request, following yesterday’s #Coronation Service.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

“This project has shown how simple, practical and positive gestures can make a big difference, and I can think of no more fitting tribute to Her late Majesty’s seventy-year reign.”

Charles R

🔗 https://t.co/0fe6MQceFj

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

As the @QGCanopy project comes to end, The King and The Prince of Wales have planted an Acer tree in the gardens of Sandringham House – one of over 3 million that have been planted in Queen Elizabeth II’s name as part of the initiative.

📸 Chris Jackson

[Lyon Court @LyonCourt]

The Lord Lyon Society has now issued a newsletter to all of its members. If you would like to support the work of conserving and digitising one of the national treasures of Scotland, you can do so here: https://t.co/BlAHS8m4C3

[The Queen's Green Canopy @QGCanopy]

C’mon Everybody!

Let’s plant again, like we did last Autumn, let’s plant again, like we did last year!

As we countdown to the end of the #queensgreencanopy, you can still plant a #tree & add it to the QGC Map to be part of the living legacy to honour Queen Elizabeth 🌳❤️

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

🎶 Twelve newly commissioned pieces of music will be performed at the Coronation of The King and The Queen Consort at @Wabbey, showcasing musical talent from across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

Find out more ⬇️

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

🎂 Wishing The Princess of Wales a very Happy Birthday today!

[Lieutenancy of Orkney @llorkney]

Congratulations to Orkney's honours recipients Dupre Strutt MBE and Michael Dickson OBE.

[Lieutenancy of Orkney @llorkney]

How wonderful! Congratulations Tobias. Just goes to show, age is no barrier to kindness and consideration of the needs of others.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

👏Congratulations to Tobias Weller BEM!

The Countess of Wessex presented @CaptainTobias9, who is the youngest ever recipient of the award, with his medal in recognition of his incredible fundraising efforts for @wearepaces.

https://t.co/2uqFRrwDH6

[Lieutenancy of Orkney @llorkney]

Huge congratulations to the team at St Magnus Cathedral on winning this award. You always make everyone feel so welcome, thank-you!

[Orkney Islands Council @OrkneyCouncil]

The warm welcome at Orkney’s St Magnus Cathedral is the best in Scotland after winning the Open for Visitors award in the National Church Awards hosted by the National Churches Trust yesterday. Congratulations!
#NationalChurchAwards #NationalChurchesTrust #StMagnusCathedral

[Lieutenancy of Orkney @llorkney]

Yesterday a group of veterans, family members and others paid their respects at the Royal Oak memorial for those who lost their lives in the sinking of the ship on October 14th, 1939. 83 years gone but not forgotten.

[Royal Navy in Scotland @RNinScotland]

Divers from the @RoyalNavy Northern Diving Group have dived down to the wreck of HMS Royal Oak to perform the solemn task of replacing the White Ensign. The warship lies at rest at Scapa Flow in #Orkney, sunk on Oct 14, 1939, after coming under attack from German U-Boat U-47.

[Cumbria Lieutenancy @LLCumbria]

🌲The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative has been extended to the end of March 2023 to give people the opportunity to plant trees in memoriam to honour Her Majesty The Queen.

Find out more ���

[Royal Central Insights @Coronation2023]

The stone marking the grave of Queen Elizabeth II is now in place. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Prince Philip are also commemorated on the stone which rests above all their tombs.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

His Majesty The King’s Red Box 🧰

The Red Box contains papers from government ministers in the UK and the Realms and from representatives from the Commonwealth and beyond. The documents are sent from the Private Secretary’s Office to The King, wherever he may be in residence.

[The Queen's Green Canopy @QGCanopy]

It is almost time to get tree planting!🌳

As children across the UK go #backtoschool, we would like to celebrate the #teachers & parents who are helping to inspire the future custodians of our green spaces💚

Visit https://t.co/AQnb6U22dn to learn how schools can get involved🌱

[Cumbria Lieutenancy @LLCumbria]

Today is #MerchantNavyDay, a day
to honour and recognise the sacrifices made by
merchant seafarers in the two World
Wars, right up to the present day.

Find out more about Merchant Navy Day at: https://t.co/ldfYog6xfb @Seafarers_KGFS

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

“War has ended” - King George VI, 1945.

This #VJDay marks 77 years since Victory in Japan and the end of the Second World War globally.

Today we remember and pay tribute to the British and Commonwealth forces who gave their lives for freedom.

📸 - @RCT

[Lieutenancy of Orkney @llorkney]

It was my honour to welcome the Duke of Rothesay to Hoy and Walls yesterday. It may have been cloudy overhead but the atmosphere shared with HRH was warm and welcoming in typical Orkney fashion.

[The Orcadian @The_Orcadian]

Hoy welcomes Prince of Wales https://t.co/z76HsoV8kJ

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

While temperatures soar to record breaking levels across many parts of the UK - there are some corners escaping the heatwave - including Orkney
https://t.co/WS0RWjet5g