The mayors of the four royal boroughs will meet later in the year to welcome Greenwich "into the fraternity" said Mrs Mills. Greenwich council has conceded that royal status does not provide any additional powers, resources or funding, but said it was a "very special honour" nonetheless, and would be used to "lever in further inward investment into the borough".
It has particular significance as it is one of the first actions to mark the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. It means that Greenwich will be the only royal borough among the six host boroughs for the London Olympic Games. While other boroughs with royal links and without "City" status could potentially join royal ranks in the future, a spokesman for the Cabinet Office said: "The Royal Household has made clear that the grant of Royal Borough status to Greenwich in will be a very rare and exceptional mark of Royal favour.
Greenwich becomes a royal borough. Greenwich to become Royal Borough. How does a town get a 'royal' title? Testing time for Greenwich Park. Extra holiday for Queen's Jubilee. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Coveted title. But how has Greenwich earned its royal stripes? The status was inherited from the former Royal Borough of Kensington which was made such in The reason was that no other but Queen Victoria was born in the beautiful Kensington Palace on 24 May If there is a place in London that truly deserves the Royal status it should be namely Kingston.
That is exactly what King George V told the major of Kensington in , when the latter requested a royal charter. Kingston has been described as a royal town by some of the earliest kings of England. It was the coronation place of King Athelstan, and later to a number of other Anglo-Saxon kings.
The coronation stone, which is reputed to be the exact place where those events took place, is one of the best known landmarks in the borough even today — it can be seen in the courtyard of the old town hall in Kingston upon Thames.
The Royal House Of Windsor. The Royal House Of York. The Stuart Dynasty. The Tudor Dynasty. The White Ship Disaster. A Royal Borough is designated with royal status by way of an express wish of a monarch. Greenwich was designated as a royal borough in to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Elisabeth II. Greenwich is situated in south east London on the south bank of the River Thames and is possibly the most famous of all the Royal Boroughs as it is home to the world renowned Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.
Before the advent of the Greenwich Meridian, the borough was renowned for being the birthplace of most of the Tudor monarchs at the former Greenwich Palace which once stood in the grounds of Greenwich Park. This Royal Borough covers four point seven square miles of central London, and with it's population of nearly one hundred and sixty thousand people, it is the most densely populated borough in the United Kingdom.
The borough was designated with royal status in , because it was the birthplace of Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace in Of all the Royal Boroughs Kensington and Chelsea is the easiest to access as it is served by no less than twelve London Underground stations and six underground lines.
Image courtesy of Kreepin Deth, wikimedia commons. The town has been the location of the coronations of seven former Saxon kings of England. Today Kingston — Upon - Thames consists of fourteen districts that cover an area of fourteen point four square miles and includes a picturesque town centre which is home to the medieval, Saxon Coronation Stone and a three mile stretch of the River Thames' south bank, which is believed by many to be the most picturesque route along England's longest river.
Image courtesy of WyrdLight. Situated twenty five miles west of central London, Windsor is renowned for it's world famous castle which was built by King William the Conqueror which has been the home of every British monarch since.
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