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Government Legal Department colleagues receive Coronation Medals

• Updated: 3 May 2024

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games contributed almost £1.2 billion to the UK economy, new evaluation published today reveals.

• Updated: 8 April 2024

In a speech delivered at an event at Coin Street, in London, Orlando Fraser launches the Charity Commission's new 5-year strategy.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

Seven people have been appointed to the Committee responsible for recommending proposals for a permanent memorial and legacy programme to remember Queen Elizabeth II.

• Updated: 5 February 2024

On 23 November, the British Embassy in Buenos Aires celebrated HM King Charles III’s birthday at Ambassador Hayes’s Residence.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

His Majesty The King will lead the nation, alongside the Prime Minister and defence chiefs, in a two-minute silence to remember those who died in conflict

• Updated: 11 November 2023

National Windrush Day (22 June) this year marks 75 years since the MV Empire Windrush arrived in the UK.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

The British Embassy Yerevan held a celebration marking the 75th birthday of His Majesty King Charles III on 19 June 2023.

• Updated: 20 June 2023

Details of individuals with historic claims to take part in the Coronation have been revealed.

• Updated: 31 May 2023

Joint comment piece from Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer and Ukraine Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko

• Updated: 13 May 2023

Government lawyers worked on the legal preparations for the coronation for His Majesty King Charles III

• Updated: 11 May 2023

Members of the Armed Forces, frontline emergency service workers and people actively contributing to The King’s Coronation will be among the 400,000 people to receive a Coronation Medal, the design of which is unveiled today…

• Updated: 5 May 2023

Crown Jewels to be projected onto Tower of London before touring iconic landmarks across the four nations

• Updated: 12 April 2023

The British Embassy in Asuncion will offer a series of virtual events to celebrate the Queen Elizabeth II's birthday from 17 to 29 June, 2021.

• Updated: 4 April 2023

Transcript of video message from Ambassador Ramin Navai as part of a virtual celebration in Paraguay for the 2021 Queen's birthday.

• Updated: 4 April 2023

New funding has been announced for public organisations to apply for a portrait of His Majesty The King.

• Updated: 1 April 2023

More than 30 UK locations will host big screens to show the Coronation, the Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer announces today.

• Updated: 17 March 2023

An interactive map detailing events taking place to celebrate the Coronation will be launched this week by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

• Updated: 4 March 2023

Thousands of tickets will be made available for displaced Ukrainians to attend the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May.

• Updated: 25 February 2023

Government announces a national one-minute silence on Friday 24 February, marking a year since Russia’s barbaric full-scale invasion of Ukraine

• Updated: 14 February 2023