King Charles is 76 and reportedly is spending the day presiding over the opening of two new food banks which will focus on distributing food discarded by supermarkets to those who need it. Worthwhile although as one of the UK’s richest people actually redistributing a good deal of the King’s fortune would make a much bigger difference.
In the same area on 13th November John Inge the Bishop of Worcester resigned as Lord High Almoner and was invested with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
In his place Graham Usher became Lord High Almoner.
Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, is reported to be one of the contenders to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury
The Lord High Almoner is responsible for the Maundy Money historically handed out to the poor at Easter. He doesn’t actually do the job of course, a deputy is employed to do that.
The role is actually a genuine Royal tradition dating back to the C12th although there was of course a gap between 1649 and 1660
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