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&lt;div class="page"&gt;&lt;!-- King signed upper right --&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 Our Trusty and Well-Beloved Sir Mark Peter Rowley, Knight, upon whom has been conferred the Queen’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;WE having great confidence in your knowledge and ability do in pursuance of section 42 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 appoint you the said Sir Mark Peter Rowley to be Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and to execute the duties of chief officer of the Metropolitan Police Force together with such other duties as are specified in the said Act or shall be from time to time directed by one of Our Principal Secretaries of State for the more efficient administration of that Force, for a period of five years commencing on the 12th day of September 2022 until and concluding on the 11th day of September 2027.&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;on the &lt;em&gt;20th&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;September&lt;/em&gt; 2022&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;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Suella Braverman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;L. S.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;WARRANT appointing Sir Mark Peter Rowley, Knight, Q.P.M., as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis&lt;/p&gt;
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