Virtually 200 Royal Patronages and Presidencies is not going to be retained following a overview undertaken following King Charles III’s accession to the throne.
Announced on 4 May, the conclusions of the overview, which examined 1,000 Royal Patronages and Presidencies, might be shared with the organisations this week.
The late Queen was Patron of 492 organisations on the time of her demise, with 376 to be retained by the King or Queen, or by different Royals.
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441 organisations affiliated with the King, as Prince of Wales, had been included within the overview. 367 of those have been retained by him or handed to different members of the Royal Household.
100 organisations affiliated with The Queen, as Duchess of Cornwall, had been included within the overview, with 91 retained or handed to others.
800 Patronages retained
Among the many information: King Charles will proceed his involvement with the Royal British Legion by changing into Patron, which is a task Queen Elizabeth II held all through her reign from her Accession in 1952.
Of the charities held as Prince of Wales, King Charles will retain patronages that spotlight causes together with supporting communities, conservation and tradition. They embody the Wildlife Trusts; Youth United Basis; and the Heritage Crafts Affiliation.
The King may even proceed his patronage of the Commonwealth Forestry Affiliation, and develop into Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society. As well as, King Charles takes on the patronage of the Affiliation of Commonwealth Universities.
Amongst Queen Elizabeth II’s charities which have been retained, The Queen will tackle the patronage of the Royal Literary Fund and develop into Patron of the Royal Academy of Dance, having beforehand been Vice-Patron. Her Majesty may even develop into Patron of the Royal Voluntary Service, having beforehand served as their President, and tackle the Presidency of the Sandringham department of the Ladies’s Institute.
Different organisations representing a variety of charitable pursuits from throughout the UK embody:
- Military Benevolent Fund (The Queen)
- Braemar Royal Highland Society (The King)
- Camerata Eire – The All Eire Chamber Orchestra (The King)
- Canine Belief (The King)
- The Jockey Membership (Their Majesties collectively)
- Samaritans (The King)
- WaterAid (The King)
- Welsh Nationwide Opera (The King)
An extra overview might be carried out of the patronages held all through the fourteen different Commonwealth Realms, the place the King is Head of State.