Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street
We will be working on adding annual events for each European monarchy in the next years. We are only listing annual events here if we have a blog post on that event.
This is in no way a complete list. The timing of some events varies slightly year from year.
No Set Month
- Royal Film Performance
- Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (held 3 times a year, but only one of the 3 is attended by a member of the Royal Family.)
- Earthshot Prize Awards (Autumn)
- State Opening of Parliament (first day of a new parliamentary session or shortly after a general election.)
- Birthday Bells, Flag and Gun Salute (Various)
January
- –
February
- –
March
- 2nd Monday
- 17th
April
- 25th
- Anzac Day
- Dawn Service at Australia War Memorial
- Service at Westminster Abbey
- Anzac Day
- No Set Date
- National Parade of Queen’s Scouts (Sunday nearest St. George’s Day)
- Royal Maundy Service (Thursday before Easter)
- Easter
- Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch
May
- Chelsea Flower Show
- King’s Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace (occasionally in June)
June
- ?
- Founders Day Parade at Royal Hospital Chelsea
- Historically Wednesday & Thursday before Trooping, but has recently been later in the year
- Beating Retreat
- ?
- Birthday Honors announced
- Friday before Trooping
- Seniors Colonels Conference and Dinner
- Saturday
- Trooping the Color
- 1st or 2nd Monday after Trooping
- Order of the Garter Service
- Tuesday-Saturday after Order of Garter Service
- Royal Ascot
July
- Wimbledon
- Holyrood Week
- King’s Garden Party at Palace of Holyrood
August
- –
September
- First Saturday
- Braemar Games in Scotland
- 11th (or Monday after if 11th is on a weekend)
- BGC Charity Day
October
- –
November
- 11th
- Armistice Day Service at National Memorial Arboretum
- Thursday before Remembrance Sunday
- Field of Remembrance
- Saturday before Remembrance Sunday
- Festival of Remembrance
- 2nd Sunday
- Remembrance Sunday Service at Cenotaph
- Date Varies
- Royal Variety Performance
December
- Tuesday late Nov/Early Dec
- Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace
- Date Varies
- Not Forgotten Association Christmas Party
- Decorate Christmas Tree at Clarence House
- 25th
- King’s Christmas Speech
- Date Varies
- (New Years Honors announced)
Every X years
- Every 2 Years
- Order of Thistle Service (July)
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
- Every 4 Years
- Commonwealth Games
Annual Events By Country
