With over 1,000 guests, this is one of the largest events held inside Buckingham Palace each year. This is about 7x larger than than a State Banquet. As a result there is no seated dinner, instead Guests are split into two sitting and assigned a specific room for dinner.
Schedule
- 7 PM
- Guests start to arrive
- 1st Sitting for Buffet Dinner in State Dining Room, Blue Drawing Room, Music Room and White Drawing Room
- 8:30 PM
- Royal arrive at Reception
- 9 PM
- 2nd Sitting for Buffet Dinner in Picture Gallery, Green Drawing Room and Ball Supper Room
- 9:30 PM
- Dancing begins
- 9:50 PM
- Royal Family departs
- 11 PM
- Reception Ends
(Schedule based on note to attendees from 2017 Reception.)
Dress Code
White Tie or National Dress
Full Ceremonial Evening Dress for Serving Officers
with Tiaras & Honors!
Royal Attendance
We tend to get very few (or no) photos from the event. In the past, we often just got Paparazzi photos of the Royals arriving. But the Palace has been more generous in recent years.
King Charles III's Reign
| Year | Charles | Camilla | William | Kate | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020's | ||||||
| 2029 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2028 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2027 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | x | x | x | - | - | 3 |
| 2023 | x | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | 4 | |||||
Note:
2023 - Group photo of Royals was taken before reception.
2024 - Princess Kate did not attend as she is still on medical leave.
Queen Elizabeth II's Reign
| Year | Queen Elizabeth |
Philip | Charles & Camilla |
William & Kate |
Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020's | ||||||
| 2022 | Schedule for March at Windsor Castle
Canceled due to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine |
|||||
| 2021 | Not held due to the Pandemic | |||||
| 2020 | Not held due to the Pandemic | |||||
| 2010's | ||||||
| 2019 | x | x | x | 5 |
||
| 2018 | 5 |
|||||
| 2017 | 5 | |||||
| 2016 | x | 6 | ||||
| 2015 | Just Charles | 5 | ||||
| 2014 | x | Overseas Visit | 4 | |||
| 2013 | x | 6 | ||||
| 2012 | 4 | |||||
| 2011 | On Tour | D&D of G and P&P M of Kent | 6 | |||
| 2010 | x | Prince Edward & Duchess Sophie Duke of G | 7 | |||
| Royal | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | X | ||||
| Philip | X | ||||
| Charles & Camilla | X | X | |||
| Andrew | |||||
| Edward & Sophie | X | X | Just Edward | ||
| Anne & Tim | X | ||||
Duke & Duchess of Gloucester |
X | X | |||
| Duke of Kent | X | ||||
| Princess Alexandra | X | ||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Note:
2016 - Group photo of Royals was taken before reception
2015- Camilla canceled due to Muscular Pain in neck and shoulder
| Royal | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | X | ||||
| Philip | X | ||||
| Charles | X | X | |||
| Andrew | X | X | |||
| Edward & Sophie | X | ||||
| Anne & Tim | X | Just Anne | |||
| Duke & Duchess of Gloucester | X | ||||
| Duke of Kent | X | ||||
| Total | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Notes:
2001 & 2000 - Held at Windsor Castle
No comments:
Post a Comment