Princess Royal steps down as Master

Her year had been “a real joy” she told liverymen attending the Company’s annual meeting, Common Hall, after she handed over to the incoming Master, Raymond Woodhouse.

Thanking the Company for the support she had been given as Master, she acknowledged the valuable links the Livery continued to have with the City of London and the meat trade. 

“These links are important, your presence in the City is important and the work you do here is really important,” she said. “You have been generous with your time and actions on other people’s behalf and I am particularly struck by the way in which you have responded this year in terms of charitable giving, particularly to Farms for City Children.” 

It is a charity that helps young people who have never really had the opportunity to see what the country is about and what their food is about, she added.

Thanking her for the work she had done during her year of office, the new Master said the year ahead would be an exciting one with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics, but also a challenging one with the area around the Butchers’ Hall due for redevelopment.

He announced his chosen charity for the year would be the Ahoy Centre, a London-based charity whose work is helping the disabled, the young and the underprivileged to get more from life through sailing, rowing and helping others.

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