Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, has been the monarch’s representative in the capital for seven years, receiving the late Queen, and now King Charles III, on all official visits in the city.
There are 98 Lord-Lieutenants across the country, one for each ceremonial county.
The role was originally created by King Henry VIII to uphold the dignity of the Crown. Back then, that meant raising the army and quelling riots. Today we leave those to the professionals and so we find other ways of upholding the dignity of our Head of State.
