The University joined 26 other 'Privileged Bodies' this week to deliver its Loyal Address to HM The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee.
The University joined 26 other 'Privileged Bodies' this week to deliver its Loyal Address to HM The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee.
We, Your Majesty’s loyal and devoted Subjects, the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, offer our dutiful and heartfelt congratulations on the joyous occasion of Your Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.
The Chancellor, The Lord Sainsbury of Turville, presented the Address to Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and was accompanied, as required in University regulations, by the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrary, the Orator, the two Proctors, and the two Esquire Bedells.
On this occasion three additional members of the University chosen for the occasion - a post-doctoral Researcher, a graduate student, and the President of Cambridge University Students Union, also attended, as did the University Marshal.
The last occasion on which the University presented a Loyal Address to HM The Queen was in November 2009, when The Queen visited the Senate-House as part of the University's 800th Anniversary celebrations.
Other traditionally 'Privileged Bodies' include the Church of England and the Church of Scotland, the Royal Society, the Bank of England, the University of Oxford, the Ancient Scottish Universities and the University of London, the Cities of London and Edinburgh, the Royal County of Berkshire and the Military Knights of Windsor.
To The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the humble address of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge on the occasion of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.
May it please Your Majesty,
We, Your Majesty’s loyal and devoted Subjects, the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, offer our dutiful and heartfelt congratulations on the joyous occasion of Your Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee.
Our University has long benefited from connections with Your Majesty’s family, connections which have been particularly close during your own reign. Your sons The Prince of Wales and The Earl of Wessex, and your cousin The Duke of Gloucester, number among our alumni; The Duke of Edinburgh served with distinction as our Chancellor for thirty-five years. You have created two Regius Professorships, one in Botany to celebrate our eighth centenary, when you favoured us with a visit to our Senate-House and received our last Address, and a second in Engineering, to mark the retirement of Prince Philip as our Chancellor. For all these things we offer our most sincere thanks.
Your long reign has seen many changes take place in your Kingdom and Realms and in the world beyond, and they have not all been comfortable. But with a gentle hand upon the rudder of the ship of State you have kept us on a safe course. We give thanks for your wisdom, strength and constancy, and as you have recently dedicated yourself anew to the service of your people, so now we take this opportunity to reaffirm our loyalty and devotion to the Throne and Person of Your Majesty.
God save The Queen.
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