News & Grants - College of Arms
Welcome to the thirty-third edition of the College of Arms Newsletter.
Pictured left is the Connaught, on which Her Majesty’s United Kingdom and Canadian Heralds travelled during the Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant on 3 June 2012. The aft section of the vessel is decorated with banners showing the badges of the heralds on board.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 2012
05 June 2012The sixtieth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne fell on 6 February 2012, and this summer sees a wide variety of events to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. The main public celebrations took place on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of June, and the Heralds or officers of arms participated in two of these events.