KG Appointment

It was most gratifying to see the Viscount Brookeborough installed by Her Majesty The Queen as a Knight of the Garter at St George's Chapel, Windsor, on Monday, the 18th June, 2018.

Lord Brookeborough's grandfather, the 1st Viscount (the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland), was himself appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1965.

In 1997, Her Majesty appointed Lord Brookeborough a Lord-in-Waiting.

He has been Lord-Lieutenant of County Fermanagh since 2012.

The family seat is Colebrooke Park, County Fermanagh.

The only other Knight of the Garter living in Northern Ireland is His Grace the Duke of Abercorn.

Prince of Wales in NI

The Prince of Wales has begun a two-day visit to Northern Ireland.

His Royal Highness was greeted by the Lord-Lieutenant of Belfast, Mrs Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE.

Prince Charles's first duty is an event at Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church in the north of the city.

At the heart of one of the most troubled parts of Belfast, the congregation shrank rapidly during the late 1960s and 1970s.

It closed in 1982 but has been brought back into use by the Belfast Buildings Trust.

Later, His Royal Highness will visit the Ulster University in Coleraine, County Londonderry.

On Wednesday, 13th June, HRH will visit County Tyrone.

New Lord-Lieutenant

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mrs Alison Millar DL as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Londonderry to succeed Sir Denis Desmond KCVO CBE when he retired on 11 May 2018.

New DL

Mrs Alison Millar, Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry, has been pleased to appoint

Lady GIRVAN

Portstewart

County Londonderry

To be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County, her Commission bearing date the 26th day of May, 2018.

Signed: Alison Millar, Lord Lieutenant of the County