Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Empowering the Prince of Wales to Confer a KBE Abroad [2005-03-04]

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Title

Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Empowering the Prince of Wales to Confer a KBE Abroad [2005-03-04]

Subject

Great Seal
Honors
Royal Family

Description

Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Lord Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm empowering the Prince of Wales to confer the honor of a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Creator

Queen Elizabeth II

Source

C 83/702

Date

2005-03-04

Contributor

T. Onslow

Relation

Great Seal Act 1884, but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument.

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Transcript

(Sgd.) Elizabeth R

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith: To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor Charles Leslie Baron Falconer of Thoroton Our Chancellor of Great Britain one of Our Principal Secretaries of State GREETING: WE WILL AND COMMAND that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause these Our Letters to be made forth Patent in form following:

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our most dearly beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor Charles Philip Arthur George Prince of Wales Greeting Know Ye that We do by these Presents direct and empower You Our said most dearly beloved Son on the eighth day of March 2005 in New Zealand to confer in Our name and upon Our behalf as in full and ample a manner as if the same had been conferred by Us in person the title degree and honour of a Knight Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire upon Frederick Goodwin Esquire together with all rights precedences privileges and advantages appertaining thereto In Witness &c. Witness &c.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s the fourth day of March two thousand and five in the fifty-fourth year of Our Reign.

BY HER MAJESTY’S COMMAND

(Sgd.) Falconer of Thoroton
C

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal whereby Your Majesty is pleased to empower His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to confer the honour of a Knight Commander of Your Most Excellent Order of the British Empire upon Frederick Goodwin, Esquire, on the 8th March 2005 in New Zealand And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty’s Royal Command

Signified by Secretary of State
Baron Falconer of Thoroton

ALLAN
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery


Received the 4th
day of March 2005

(Sgd.) Falconer of Thoroton C

Countersigner

Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs)

Ornamentation

Printed in Times New Roman.

Black and white Royal Arms at the top.

Royal name is capitalized and has a drop cap.

Recipient's name and honor are in boldface.

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Citation

Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent Empowering the Prince of Wales to Confer a KBE Abroad [2005-03-04],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/221.

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