Royal Visits & Garden Parties
Royal Visits
Visits by members of the Royal Family originate in many ways, examples of which include:
- Invitations from individuals, organisations and companies to open buildings, launch projects, commemorate anniversaries and other important occasions
- Invitations from national bodies, for instance the headquarters of charities or organisations of which a member of the Royal Family is a Patron or President
- Invitations received by the Lord-Lieutenant and submitted to a specific Royal Household, or the Buckingham Palace Coordination and Research Unit
- Requests from Royal Households to Lord-Lieutenants for additional items to add to a planned visit programme
In all cases of locally originated requests, the Lord-Lieutenant should be consulted. She will need to be given a brief outline of the event and likely duration, the period during which the visit is desired (the longer the period, the better), whether a visit by a particular member of the Royal Family is desired and if so, the reason or justification for this.
Such are the demands made on the Royal Family there can never be any certainty that a particular invitation will be accepted.
Please contact the Lieutenancy Office to arrange a Royal visit.
Attending Royal Garden Parties
Every year Royal Garden Parties are held at Buckingham Palace.
If you feel that someone in Norfolk has made a major contribution to life in the community, or has provided exceptional service in any other way, you could recommend that they be invited to one.
Note it is not possible to self-nominate for a garden party. Nominees and their guests should not have previously attended a Garden Party.
To nominate someone for an invitation please complete the form below.
Please note that completion and submission of this form does not guarantee the success of this nomination. Each year more nominations are received than the places allocated to Norfolk. All nominations received during the year are considered for possible recommendation for attending the Royal Garden Parties the following year. The Garden Parties are normally held at Buckingham Palace in May and June.
If successful the person nominated will be contacted in writing about their nomination from the Norfolk Lieutenancy Office. If they accept the nomination and have not attended a Royal Garden Party before they will be recommended to Buckingham Palace for consideration. If their nomination is accepted they will be able to be accompanied by their spouse, partner or guest. Tickets and further details will be sent to their home address directly from the Royal Garden Party Office. No further contact will come from the Lieutenancy Office. No discussion or correspondence will be entered into about unsuccessful nominations.