Calendar of Events

A Royal visit is a special occasion which typically marks an event with which a town, school, city, business, organisation, community or voluntary organisation has or still is involved. It’s an opportunity for a member of the Royal family to join the organisers to mark and celebrate the special piece of work or occasion.

The West Midlands has a great number of Royal Visits across the region yearly, in 2020 there were 5 visits to 10 venues.

DateRoyal VisitorVenueL-L or DL
25.01.2022HRH The Earl of WessexBirmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee
Lord-Lieutenant
John Crabtree OBE
23.03.2022HRH The Earl of WessexCommunity Sport and Recreation Awards at Coventry Building Society ArenaKatharine Merry
09.04.2022HRH The Duke of GloucesterSt John Ambulance Memorial to victims of the Coventry Blitz, CoventryCol George Marsh MBE TD
06.05.2022HRH The Duke of CambridgeSports Key, Doug Ellis Stadium, BirminghamLord-Lieutenant
John Crabtree OBE
18.05.2022HRH The Princess RoyalTransaid, at the Microlise Conference, Coventry Building Society Arena, CoventryLouise Bennett OBE
25.05.2022HRH The Duke of KentDiamond Jubilee of the Consecration of Coventry CathedralLord-Lieutenant
John Crabtree OBE
17.06.2022HRH The Earl of WessexToye Kenning & Spencer, Core City Academy as Chairman of Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Uniform and Accreditation Centre, Platinum Jubilee WalkwayLord-Lieutenant
John Crabtree OBE
21.06.2022HRH The Princess RoyalAs Patron of Sense, Commonwealth Games Legacy Dinner, BirminghamLord-Lieutenant
John Crabtree OBE