Happy Birthday, Ma'am!

 Today is the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen. Here are the Queen's arms and those Her Majesty's father, Major Bruce Shand, matriculated at the Lyon Office in 1980.

 

Lyon in Malawi

 The Lord Lyon visited the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Balantyre Malawi to present a donation for the work of Operation Smile providing interventions for those who have cleft pallets and lips . The work of Smile Malawi was impressively explained by Ms Desiree Mhango.

Ms Mhango studied for a Master's degree at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh.

Royal Celtic Society Lecture

 The Lord Lyon attended the Royal Celtic Society Summer lecture given by Elizabeth Roads LVO, Secretary to the Order of the Thistle, on "Scottish Coronations - their Form and Legacy".

Honours of Scotland - People's Procession

 Honorary Court Photographer Edward Mallinson has kindly provided a range of photographs of the exhilarating People's Procession which accompanied the Honours from the Castle to St Giles.

 

The Honours of Scotland

The Procession for the ceremony of the Presentation to the King of The Honours of Scotland yesterday consisted of three "pods" or diamond shaped groups, each consisting of an Honour borne, accompanied by a member of the Royal Company of Archers, two Escorts and an herald.

The first "pod" surrounded the great Elizabeth Sword.

Colonel Piers Strudwick OBE, Marcus Humphrey of Dinnet CBE, Dame Katherine Grainger DBE, Second Lieutenant Rosie Coe, Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt LVO Albany Herald Extraordinary.

Photograph by our Honorary Photographer, Edward Mallinson.

The magnificent new Elizabeth Sword, replacing the ancient Sword of State which was too fragile for the occasion, was presented to the King by one of Scotland's greatest Olympians Dame Katherine Grainger DBE, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.

The second "pod" surrounded the great Sceptre.

Frederick Douglas Miller, James Hynd LVO (Secretary to the Commissioners of the Regalia), Ravinder Kaur Nijjar (Chair of Religions for Peace UK), Lady Dorrian (Lord Justice Clerk), Yvonne Holton Islay Herald

The Sceptre was presented to His Majesty by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian. 

The third "pod" surrounded the Crown of Scotland.

The Hon. Adam Bruce, Marchmont Herald, Lochlan Sweaton Head Boy of Balwearie High School, Ailsa Russell Head Girl of Clydeview Academy, The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Lord Bruce.

The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, hereditary bearer of the Crown of Scotland, presented it, the oldest Crown in the United Kingdom, to His Majesty.