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            <text>&lt;div class="instrument royal-warrant" style="line-height:1.6;"&gt;&lt;!-- Page 1 --&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Page 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;L. S.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Charles R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;CHARLES THE THIRD, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these Presents shall come,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="para-fragment" style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;WHEREAS Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Rupert Francis John, Baron Carrington, hath by his Petition humbly represented unto Us that the Office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England is vested in Our Right Trusty and Entirely Beloved Cousin David George Philip, Marquess of Cholmondeley; Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Nancy Jane Marie, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Lorraine Mary Charmian Wilson; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Tatiana Dent; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Ines Wilson; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Harry Russell Legge-Bourke, Captain in Our Army; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Nicholas Ralph Llewellen Palmer; Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin Rufus Arnold Alexis, Earl of Albemarle; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Christopher Mansfeldt Karl Findlay; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Michael James Basset; Our Trusty and Well-beloved James Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, Member&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Warrant approving the selection of Rupert Francis John, Baron Carrington, to perform and execute the office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Page 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="para-fragment" style="margin-top:0;text-indent:0;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Colonel in Our Army; Our Trusty and Well-beloved Jan Witold Kwiatkowski; Our Right Trusty and Entirely Beloved Cousin Arthur Patrick, Marquess of Donegall; and the Petitioner, who therefore have the right of selecting a Deputy to exercise the said Office, subject to Our approval:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;AND WHEREAS the said Rupert Francis John, Baron Carrington; David George Philip, Marquess of Cholmondeley; Nancy Jane Marie, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby; Lorraine Mary Charmian Wilson; Tatiana Dent; Ines Wilson; Harry Russell Legge-Bourke; Nicholas Ralph Llewellen Palmer; Rufus Arnold Alexis, Earl of Albemarle; Christopher Mansfeldt Karl Findlay; Michael James Basset; James Gustavus Hamilton-Russell; Jan Witold Kwiatkowski; and Arthur Patrick, Marquess of Donegall, did variously by Instruments under their hands and seals bearing date the fifth day of April Two thousand and twenty-three represent that they had selected the said Rupert Francis John, Baron Carrington, to be their sufficient Deputy to perform and execute the said Office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="para-fragment" style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;WE, considering his quality, prudence and abilities for the purpose, do hereby approve of him, the said Rupert Francis John, Baron Carrington, so selected to perform and execute the Office of&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Page 3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="para-fragment" style="margin-top:0;text-indent:0;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;Lord Great Chamberlain of England as before mentioned so long as he to Our Pleasure performs and executes the said Office and does all such acts in the performance of the said Office as to the said Office belong and appertain.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;the &lt;em&gt;3rd&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;May&lt;/em&gt; 2023&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;In the first year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;By His Majesty’s Command&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Alex Chalk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Royal name and title are capitalized.&#13;
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Capitalized incipits.&#13;
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Pages are bound in blue ribbon.</text>
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