Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
21 April 1926 – 08 September 2022
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
On behalf of the Parish Council and the residents of Dean, Ditchley, Spelsbury and Taston, we offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family at this sad time.
Rick Leyland
Chairman, Spelsbury Parish Council
All Saints Church in Spelsbury is open daily for prayer and reflection.
A book of condolence is available there for residents to sign.
There is also a book of condolence online at https://www.royal.uk
PROCLAMATION
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George: We, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm and Members of the House of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council and representatives of the Realms and Territories, Aldermen and Citizens of London, and others, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and Obedience with humble Affection; beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign to bless His Majesty with long and happy Years to reign over us.
Given at St. James’s Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-two.