The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attended a service held yesterday in St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 80th birthday of the Queen.
The Prince of Wales, Prince William of Wales, Prince Henry of Wales, the Duke of York, Princess Beatrice, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal and Rear-Admiral Timothy Laurence were present.
The Dean of St Paul’s officiated.
The Rev Claire Robson, chaplain, led the prayers, assisted by the High Commissioner for Pakistan, the High Commissioner for Nigeria, the High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea and the High Commissioner for Barbados.
The Right Rev Alan D. McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and the Most Rev Dr Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, read the lessons.
The Bishop of London read the collect.
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave an address and pronounced the blessing.
The Archbishop of Wales, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Manchester, the Bishop of Guildford, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, the Chief Rabbi, Archbishop Gregorios of Thyateira and Great Britain, the Dean of Windsor, the Sub-Dean of Westminster, the Ven Tawalama Bandula, Prebendary William Booth, General Shaw Clifton and Commissioner Helen Clifton, the Rev David Coffey, Canon Jonathan Goodall, the Right Rev Nathan Hovanissian, Mr Paurushasp Jila, the Superintendent of the Belfast Central Mission, the Hon Barnabas Leith, Mr Tim Livesey, Mr Mohammad Raza, Dr Natubhai Shah, Dr Indarjit Singh, the Rev Nezlin Sterling, the College of Minor Canons, the Company of Honorary Canons and the College of Canons processed from the Dean’s Aisle to their places in Quire and in the South Cross Benches.
During the service a commissioned motet May Wisdom and Knowledge be the Stability of your Times by Malcolm Archer was performed for the first time.
Viscount and Viscountess Linley, Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr Daniel Chatto, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Earl and Countess of Ulster, Lady Davina Lewis and Mr Gary Lewis, Lady Rose Windsor, the Duke of Kent, the Earl and Countess of St Andrews, Lord Nicholas Windsor, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Frederick Windsor, Lady Gabriella Windsor, Princess Alexandra, Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy, Miss Marina Ogilvy, Lady Saltoun were present.
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress accompanied by the Sheriffs and their ladies, the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and the Lady Falconer of Thoroton, the Prime Minister and Mrs Blair, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords, the Speaker and Mrs Martin, the Leader of HM Opposition and Mrs Cameron, the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Lady Campbell, Sir John and Dame Norma Major and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Westminster attended. Among others present were:
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, Princess Margarita of Baden, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda and Lady Carlisle, the Governor-General of New Zealand and Mr Peter Cartwright, the Governor-General of The Bahamas and Mrs Hanna, the Governor-General of Barbados and Lady Husbands, the Governor-General of Australia and Mrs Jeffery, the Governor-General of the Solomon Islands and Lady Waena, the Governor-General of Grenada and Lady Williams and other members of the Diplomatic Corps.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Anne Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn, Elizabeth Duchess of Northumberland, the Duke and Duchess of Grafton, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, the Marquess and Marchioness of Milford Haven, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, the Marquess of Linlithgow.
Davina Countess of Stair, the Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of Avon, the Earl of Caledon, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, Jeanie Countess of Carnarvon, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, the Earl and Countess of Erne, Earl Peel, Esme Countess of Cromer, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Onslow, the Earl and Countess of Chichester, the Earl and Countess of Dundee, Lady Nicholas Gordon Lennox, Viscount and Viscountess Coke, Viscount Gage.
Lord Patrick Beresford, Lady Rupert Nevill, Lord and Lady Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Charteris of Amisfield, Lord and Lady Moore of Wolvercote, Lord and Lady Sterling of Plaistow, Lord and Lady Carswell, Lord and Lady Crathorne, Lady Gretton, Lord and Lady Imbert, Lord and Lady Elis-Thomas Lord and Lady Luce, Baroness Thatcher, Lord and Lady Vestey, Baroness Boothroyd, Admiral Lord Boyce, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Lord Carter, Lord Cope of Berkeley, Lord Dykes, Lord Grocott, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Lord Howell of Guildford, Baroness Jay of Paddington, Alderman Lord Levene of Portsoken, Lord and Lady McNally, Lord Richard, Lord Rogan, Lord St John of Fawsley, Baroness Seccombe, Lord Steel of Aikwood, Lord Strathclyde, the Lord Chief Justice and the Lady Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Howard of Rising, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Lord and Lady Morris of Aberavon, Lord and Lady O’Neill, Lord and Lady Tollemache, Lord Coe, Lord Currie of Marylebone, Lord and Lady Gill, Lord Janner of Braunstone, Lady Morris of Kenwood, Lord and Lady Cavendish of Furness, Lord and Lady Bruce-Lockhart.
The Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State and Mrs Prescott, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs Brown, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mr Leo Beckett, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Defence and Mrs Browne, the First Minister for Wales and Mrs Morgan, the Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament and Mrs Reid, the Attorney-General and Lady Goldsmith, the Minister of State for Europe.
Mr Iain Duncan Smith, MP, Mr David Maclean, MP, Miss Ann Widdecombe, MP, Mr Alan Beith, MP, and Baroness Maddock, Mr Bruce George, MP, Mr Paul Murphy, MP, Sir Igor and Lady Judge, Sir Andrew and Lady Morritt, Sir Malcolm and Lady Pill, Sir Mark and Lady Potter.
Lady Henrietta St George, Lady Mary Clayton, Lady Elizabeth Longman, Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, the Hon Philip and Mrs Knatchbull, the Hon Timothy and Mrs Knatchbull, the Hon Edward Tollemache, the Hon Richard and Mrs Beaumont, the Hon Albermarle Bowes Lyon, the Hon Nicholas and Mrs Soames, the Hon Philip Astor, the Hon Andrew and Mrs Lawson-Johnston, the Hon Gerald and Mrs Maitland-Carew, the Hon Charles and Mrs Pearson, the Hon Robin Gordon-Walker.
Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, Sir Andrew and Lady Buchanan, Sir Thomas and Lady Dunne, Sir John and the Hon Lady Riddell, Commander Sir Miles and Lady Rivett-Carnac, Lady Carew Pole, Sir Simon and Lady Bowes Lyon, Sir David and Lady Butter, Sir Edward Ford, Lady Kennard, Lady Penn, Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild, Major-General Sir Michael Hobbs, Sir Jackie and Lady Stewart.
Alderman Sir Gavyn Arthur, Alderman Sir Richard Nichols, Alderman Sir Michael Oliver, Admiral Sir Jock and Lady Slater, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard and Lady Vickers, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Guy and Lady Acland, Rear-Admiral Sir John and Lady Garnier, Admiral Sir Jonathon and Lady Band, General Sir Mike and Lady Jackson, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock and Lady Stirrup, Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn and Lady Torpy, Sir Stuart Bell, MP, Sir Patrick Cormack, MP, Professor Sir Howard Fergus, Sir Richard and Lady Gibbs.
Sir Michael and Lady Jay, Mr Justice and Lady Leveson, Mr Justice and Lady Lindsay, Sir Gus O’Donnell, Sir Michael Spicer, MP, Sir Peter Tapsell, Sir Nicholas Winterton, MP, Sir Henry and Lady Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Gass, Sir Paul and Lady Nicholson, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Malcolm and Lady Ross, Colonel Sir John and Lady Timmins, Dame Anne Griffiths, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Brigadier Sir Miles and Lady Hunt-Davis, Sir Brian Jenkins, Sir Hugh and the Hon Lady Roberts.
Sir Nigel Thompson, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Dame Mary Glen-Haig, Dame Vera Lynn, Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, Mr Justice Patten, Sir Robert and Lady Phillis, Sir Christopher Benson, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir John Sorrell, Sir John Tusa, Sir John and Lady Ward, Dame Shirley Bassey, Alderman Sir Robert Finch, Sir Ian and Lady Blair, Sir Ronnie and Lady Flanagan, HM Chief Inspector of Fire Services and Lady Meldrum, Lieutenant-Commander Sir Richard and Lady Buckley, Sir Geoffrey Cass.
Mr Mark and the Lady Alexandra Etherington, Mr Charles and Lady Amanda Ellingworth, Major James and Lady Laura Duckworth-Chad, Mr Geoffrey and Lady Mary Holborow, Mr Christopher and Lady Diana Godfrey-Faussett, Mr Antony and Lady Elizabeth Leeming, Mr John and Lady Juliet Townsend, Mr and the Hon Mrs Edward Whitley, Mr and the Hon Mrs Algernon Heber-Percy, Captain and the Hon Mrs William Legge-Bourke, Dr Ian and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Mrs Rowan Williams, Mrs Richard Chartres, Dr Judith Macdonald, Mrs John Moses, Mrs Richard Abel Smith, Miss Jessica Abel Smith, Captain and Mrs Peregrine Bertie, Mr and Mrs David Bertie, Captain and Mrs David Bowes-Lyon, Mr and Mrs Gilbert Clayton, Mr and Mrs Charles Cope, Mr Sebastian de Ferranti, Captain and Madam Alwyne Farquharson of Invercauld, Colonel and Mrs W H Gerard Leigh, Mr and Mrs John Haslam, Mr John Hatt, Mrs Angela Lascelles, Mr and Mrs James Leschallas.
Mrs Christopher Penn, Mr Christopher Penn, Mr and Mrs Simon Rhodes, Mr and Mrs William Stancer, Miss Elizabeth Winn, Mrs John Woodroffe, Mr and Mrs Francis Sykes, Mr and Mrs Robin Neilson, Mr David Buckingham, Ms Kiren Mason, Mr John Dawson, Ms Barbara Woodcock, Mr and Mrs Maurice de Rohan, Mr and Mrs George MacLaren, Mrs Edward Gordon Lennox, Mr Thomas Howard, Professor Alison Richard, Professor Robert Dewar, Mr and Mrs Thomas Cook.
Mr and Mrs Anthony Duckworth-Chad, Mrs Andrew Feilden, Mrs Malcolm Innes, Mrs Julian Kitchener-Fellowes, Mr and Mrs John Bather, Mr and Mrs Christopher Bland, Mr and Mrs Simon Boyle, Mr and Mrs Ewen Brodie of Lethen, Mr and Mrs Hugo Brunner, Mr and Mrs Gilbert Cox, Mrs Bridget Cracroft-Eley, Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Mr Eric Dancer, Mr and Mrs Brian Dean, Mr and Mrs Denis Desmond, Mr and Mrs Peter Duckworth, Mr and Mrs Martin Dunne, Miss Anne Dunnett, Mr and Mrs Henry Elwes, Mr and Mrs Angus Farquharson.
Prebendary David Burgess, Mr Bruce Farthing, Colonel Billy King-Harman, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Martin, Brigadier Neill O’Connor, Mr Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, Mr Alderman Nicholas Anstee, Mr and Mrs Timothy Goad, Mr and Mrs William Hall, Mr Robert Hastie, Mr and Mrs James Hawley, Major and Mrs Richard Henderson, Dr and Mrs Laurence Howard, Mr and Mrs Richard Jewson, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Grenville Johnston, Dr and Mrs Donal Keegan, Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Mr and Mrs Kenneth MacKinnon, Mr William and Dr Monica Main, Mr and Mrs Alexander Matheson, Mr and Mrs Colin McLachlan, Mr and Mrs Garth Morrison.
Mr and Mrs James Osborne, Dr Peter and Dr June Paterson-Brown, Mr and Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers, Mr and Mrs Patrick Prenter, Mr and Mrs Oliver Russell, Mr and Mrs Nigel Sherlock, Mr and Mrs John Smart, Mr and Mrs Andrew Stewart-Roberts, Captain and Mrs Roderick Stirling of Fairburn, Mr and Mrs Jay Tidmarsh, Major and Mrs Alexander Trotter, Mr and Mrs Alan Waterworth, Mr and Mrs Samuel Whitbread, Mr and Mrs Philip Wroughton, Mr and Mrs Hugh Wyatt, Captain and Mrs David Younger, Mr Richard Furze, Mr Paul Gane, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Appleby, Mrs Philip Buckler, Mr Paul Burgess, Mr and Mrs Eric Clapton, Mrs and Mrs Hugh Dunlop, Air Vice-Marshal and Mrs Peter Beer, Squadron Leader and Mrs Michael Walmsley.
The Rev Ian Paisley, MP, and Mrs Paisley, Mrs Cheryl Gillan, MP, Ms Justine Greening, MP, Mrs Caroline Spelman, MP, Mr Nigel Dodds, MP, and Mrs Dodds, Mr Simon Hughes, MP, Mr Chris Huhne, MP, and Mrs Huhne, Mrs Susan Kramer, MP, and Mr John Kramer, Mr Keith Vaz, MP, Mrs Peter Chapman, Mr David Foster, Mrs Vicki George, Mrs Anona McGeorge, Mrs John Milne, Mrs Michael Page, Mrs Huw Williams.
Professor Alex Markham, Mr Stanley Martin, Mr Richard Morris, Mr and Mrs Anton Mosimann, Mr John Bird, Professor John Moverley, Mr Luke Rittner, Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson, Mr Alderman Peter Robinson and Mrs Alderman Iris Robinson, Mr Robert Silbermann, Mr Julian Spicer, Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Sudborough, Predendary Ronald Swan, Mr George Howarth, MP, Mr Paul Thorogood, Mr Graham Wynne, Mr and Mrs Michael Grade, Mr Nicholas Kenyon, Professor and Mrs Robert Mansel, the Very Rev Dr Houston and Mrs McKelvey.
The Very Rev Kenneth Mellor, Professor and Mrs Duncan Rice, Mr Richard Stilgoe, Ms Emma Thompson, Ms Phyllida Law, Mr and Mrs Mark Thompson, Mr and Mrs David Wilkinson, Professor Dianne Willcocks, Professor and Mrs Michael Wright, Mr and Mrs John Wright, Mr and Mrs Nicolas Adamson, Mr and Mrs Stephen Cawley, Mr and Mrs Eric West, Mr Alfred Oates, Mr and Mrs William Brackenridge, Mr and Mrs Andrew Brown, Mr and Mrs Ken Knight and Mr and Mrs Jeff Ord with past and present members of HM Household, representatives of the Judiciary, HM Forces, the Church, the Civil Service and members of the public.
