Several Berkshire residents have been announced as receiving an Honour in HM The King’s New Year Honours list 2026.
The Berkshire Lieutenancy
The Berkshire Lieutenancy
I hope that you will use it to find out more about the role of the Lord-Lieutenant, the Vice Lord-Lieutenant and the Deputy Lieutenants. Berkshire has seen many changes during the course of its history, but has always been a place where enterprise has flourished, whether in the thriving woollen industry of mediaeval times, the agricultural improvements of the eighteenth century, the industrial and commercial developments of the nineteenth or the high-technology industries of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
It is a diverse county stretching from the edge of London in the east to the rolling hills in the rural west and embracing both historic towns and major new towns and developments. It is a great privilege to represent His Majesty The King in Berkshire and to support the many diverse communities throughout this Royal County. I look forward to meeting many of you in the course of my work, and have the greatest admiration for the varied contributions made by so many of you in so many walks of life in Berkshire.
Several Berkshire residents have been announced as receiving an Honour in HM The King’s New Year Honours list 2026.
The Abbey School marked Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with a special celebration attended by Lucy Zeal DL honouring the School’s historic links to the novelist and Reading’s rich literary heritage.
The Lord-Lieutenant hosted a moving Together at Christmas concert at Mary Hare School, supported by the Royal Foundation.
The Lord-Lieutenant received HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on his visit to Reading School to mark its 900th Anniversary.
The Lord-Lieutenant welcomed a senior delegation from the Galician Government and the Provincial Council of A Coruña to Reading this week for the unveiling of a new granite milestone marker on the St James’ Way.
Four Berkshire groups have been awarded the Kings Award for Voluntary Service 2025.