Luncheon

The 80th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen

A Luncheon was held at Mansion House yesterday to mark the 80th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. The City of London Corporation was honoured by the presence of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress accompanied by the Sheriffs and their Ladies hosted the Luncheon.

Among those present were:- The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Williams; The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and The Lady Falconer; The Prime Minister and Mrs Blair; The Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council and Mrs Eunice Amos; His Excellency The Ambassador of the State of Kuwait and Mrs Al Duwaisan; His Excellency The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates and Mrs Al Gurg; His Excellency The High Commissioner for Guyana and Mrs Singh; The Countess of Airlie; The Countess of Avon; The Rt Hon Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven and Mr Mark Worthington; The Rt Hon Sir John Major and Dame Norma Major; The Lord Chamberlain and The Lady Luce; The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mr Lionel Beckett; The Leader of the Opposition; The Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Lady Campbell; The Right Hon Lord Moore of Wolvercote, Permanent Lord in Waiting to The Queen and The Lady Moore; The Right Hon Lord and The Lady Elis-Thomas; The Right Reverend and Right Hon the Lord Bishop of London and Mrs Chartres; The Most Rev the Archbishop of Armagh; The Most Reverend the Archbishop of Wales and the Bishop of Llandaff; His Eminence Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, The Archbishop of Westminster; The Right Hon Sir Robin Janvrin, Private Secretary to The Queen; Mr Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and The Lady Phillips; The President of the Queen’s Bench and Lady Judge; The Right Hon Lord Carswell, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and The Lady Carswell, HM Lord-Lieutenant, County Borough of Belfast; The Right Hon George Reid, Presiding Officer, The Scottish Parliament and Mrs Reid; The Right Hon Rhodri Morgan, First Minister, The National Assembly for Wales and Mrs Morgan; Mrs Eileen Bell, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Mr Derek Bell; The Lord Crathorne, HM Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and The Lady Crathorne; The Lady Mary Holborow, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall and Mr Geoffrey Holborow; The Lord Imbert, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London and The Lady Imbert; The Hon Mrs Shan Legge Bourke, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Powys and Captain William Legge Bourke; Mr Angus Farquharson, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire; Mr Richard Jewson, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk and Mrs Buxton; The Lord and The Lady Gill; Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff and Lady Stirrup; Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff and Lady Band; General Sir Mike Jackson, Chief of the General Staff and Lady Jackson; Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff and Lady Torpy; Sir Ronnie Flanagan, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary; General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman, President and Colonel Commandant, HAC; Sir Michael Jay, Permanent Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service and Lady Jay; Brigadier Sir Miles Hunt-Davis, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh and Lady Hunt-Davis; Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, Dame Vera Lynn and Ms Virginia Lewis-Jones; Dame Shirley Bassey and Mr Prady Balan; Sir Graham Meldrum and Lady Meldrum; Sir Cliff Richard; Mr and Mrs Eric Clapton; The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Lady Blair; Sir Michael Spicer; Major General Geoffrey Field, Governor, HM Tower of London and Mrs Field; The Rt Reverend Alan Macdonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Dr Judith Macdonald; Sir Jonathan Sacks, The Chief Rabbi; The Very Reverend Dr John Moses and Mrs Moses; Mr Mohammed Raza, Muslim College; Mr Indarjit Singh, Chairman, Network of Sikh Organisations (UK); Venerable Tawalama Bandula, The London Buddhist Vihara: The Hon Barnabus Leith, Secretary for External Affairs, National Bahai Centre; Mr Paurushasp Jila, President, The Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe; Dr Natubhai Shah, Founder President, Jain Samaj Europe; Mr Mark Field, MP; Representatives from the Emergency Services, Civil Service, City Institutions, City Livery Companies, Aldermen, Common Councilmen and Officers of the City of London Corporation.