Who are the Pages of Honour at the coronation?
PARTICIPATING in the festivities of the Coronation is a special honour bestowed on a very selective guest list.
Eight carefully chosen young boys have been given the opportunity to participate as Pages of Honour.
Who are the pages of Honour at the coronation?
Being picked as a Page of Honour to a monarch in state events is a special privilege.
The Page of Honour is a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign.
The role is typically chosen for children with close ties to the royal family, either by blood or friendship.
Both the King and Queen Consort will have four Pages of Honour each.
King Charles’ Pages of Honour are:
- Prince George, Charles’ grandson
- Oliver Cholmondeley, son of Charles’ Lord in Waiting David Cholmondeley
- Ralph Tollemache, son of Charles’ godson Edward
- Nicholas Barclay, distant relative and grandson of Camilla’s close friend
The Queen Consort’s Pages of Honour are:
- Gus and Louis Lopes, her twin grandsons
- Freddy Parker Bowles, another grandson
- Arthur Elliot, the grandson of her sister and great nephew
What are the duties of the Pages of Honour?
In Medieval times, pages can be seen in paintings carrying the train of various royals and nobility.
Pages during this time had many duties including dressing, preparing for combat, serving, and cleaning clothes and weapons.
Rather than being demeaning, this role was seen as a form of education, whereupon completion the young boy could become a squire and eventually a knight.
In modern times the duties of a Page have been reduced to just one crucial duty.
The only duty for a Page of Honour is to carry the Monarch’s long robe train.
Similar to page boys in weddings who carry the bride’s train.
Who are the Queen Consort’s twin grandsons Gus and Louis?
Gus and Louis are the Queen Consort’s twin grandsons born to parents Laura and Harry Lopes.
The boys are fraternal twins born on December 30, 2009.
They are the youngest children of their parents, sharing an older sister, Eliza, who was born on January 16, 2008.