Letter - Queen Elizabeth II's Approval of the Kissing Hands Ceremony [1952-03-03]
Dublin Core
Title
Letter - Queen Elizabeth II's Approval of the Kissing Hands Ceremony [1952-03-03]
Subject
Privy Council
Ceremonial
Description
Letter from Sir Alan Lascelles to F. J. Fernau indicating that Queen Elizabeth II had approved his proposal for the kissing hands ceremony.
Creator
Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen)
Source
PC 20/9
Date
1952-03-03
Contributor
Jason Loch
Relation
Letter Item Type Metadata
Transcript
(pencil: Rep?)
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
3rd March, 1952.
My dear Fernau
I laid your letter of March 1st before The Queen this morning. Her Majesty approves the proposed procedure for “kissing hands” which you have set out.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) A. Lascelles
F. J. Fernau, Esq., T.D.,
Privy Council Office.
Signatures
Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen)
Recipient(s)
F. J. Fernau (Clerk of the Privy Council)
Ornamentation
Letterhead is the Tudor crown above "Buckingham Palace". Printed in black, perhaps because of mourning for King George VI.
Special Features
"Fernau" is handwritten in the salutation.
Files
Collection
Citation
Sir Alan Lascelles (Private Secretary to the Queen), “Letter - Queen Elizabeth II's Approval of the Kissing Hands Ceremony [1952-03-03],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/117.