COURT CIRCULAR

Sandringham, Norfolk

Divine Service was held in Sandringham Parish Church this morning.

The Bishop of Liverpool preached the Sermon.

Mrs Jane Gardener (Headteacher of Flitcham Church of England Primary Academy) was received by The Queen when Her Majesty presented a Bible to Alexander Simpson for proficiency in Religious Instruction.

Today being the Feast of the Epiphany, a Sung Eucharist was held in the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, when the customary offerings of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh were made on behalf of The Queen by Major Grant Baker and Commodore Jonathan Handley, RN (Gentlemen Ushers to Her Majesty).

The Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal (the Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Chartres) was the Celebrant and presented the Offerings, assisted by the Reverend Canon Paul Wright (Sub-Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal) and the Reverend Richard Bolton and the Reverend William Whitcombe (Priests in Ordinary) and the Reverend Prebendary Jonathan Osborne (Deputy Priest in Ordinary).