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King Charles III Visits Doncaster to Confer City Status

We are pleased to report that Doncaster has officially been made a city today, following a royal visit from His Majesty King Charles III.

Alongside the Queen Consort, our nation’s monarch embarked on a two-day tour of Yorkshire this week, stopping by at places like Bradford, Leeds and York. As a final engagement, he then came to the Doncaster mansion house (at Wednesday lunchtime) in order to award us city status.

As a quick recap, Doncaster entered a special City Status competition earlier this year that was being run for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. A record-breaking 38 places across the UK entered this contest — which was open to any locality not already deemed a city — and each of them made a compelling case for why they ought to be granted the civic honour.

The demanding application process required a staggering amount of effort from local partners, who had to evidence things like Doncaster’s unique identity, our interesting heritage, our vibrant culture, our associations with royalty, and our flourishing business community.

Having put in so much hard work, the bidding team was overjoyed on Friday 20th May, when it was announced that eight of the competition entrants were being named as cities and that we were among them.

To make it official, the King visited Doncaster today, where he was met by the Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, our civic mayor, various representatives from the bid team and a crowd of enthusiastic bystanders. At the prestigious ceremony, he presented a letters patent scroll which formally conferred the city status honour.

Having taken a leadership role with the bid, Doncaster Chamber was obviously present at this event. Reflecting on the experience, our Chief Exec, Dan Fell, said: “For many years, those who have lived and worked in Doncaster have known that it was essentially a city in all-but-name. With a bustling leisure sector, thriving business community, diverse education offering and rich history, we had more than earned our spot on the map.

“It is extremely vindicating then, after all these years of tireless campaigning, to finally see this being recognised on a national stage. While we found out about our successful bid nearly six months ago, getting to see the King himself bestow City Status upon Doncaster made the achievement feel all the more significant.

“This was a momentous day for myself, for Doncaster and for everybody in the local community who can now proudly say that they live in a city.

"As Chair of the bid team, I would also like to thank everyone - including my talented colleagues at the Chamber - who worked hard to make Doncaster’s city bid a success. Lots of dedicated people worked hard on this project behind the scenes and away from the limelight. Their tenacity and hard work should be celebrated too today.”

Glyn Butcher, Director of the People Focussed Group, a peer support organisation in Doncaster, was also heavily involved in the bid. Reflecting on today’s ceremony, he said:

“This was a life changing, inspirational moment. I love Doncaster and getting to see it flourish like this, with partners all coming together to be rewarded for their hard work, was truly amazing.

“This achievement was a testament to the solidarity of Team Doncaster and how everybody came together for a shared cause. I will never day this moment for the rest of my life.”

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The King is coming to Doncaster

Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort will be coming to Doncaster next week to confer city status in a special ceremony at the Mansion House.

Their Majesties will be met by the Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Dame Hilary Chapman and the Civic Mayor Cllr Ian Pearson and Junior Civic Mayor, Evia Shaw–Lewis. 

Civic Mayor, Cllr Ian Pearson said: "On behalf of the good people of Doncaster, I would like to thank His Majesty King Charles III for honouring our city by coming to bestow this honour upon us. November 9 will be a historic day in the long and wonderful history of Doncaster and I look forward to welcoming him and The Queen Consort to the Mansion House. This is tremendous news." 

Mayor Ros Jones added: “Doncaster’s bid firmly highlighted why we believe we should be a city – we act, think, look and feel like a city and to be made one of the newest in the country is indeed an accolade. To have their Majesties come to Doncaster to honour us in this way is very exciting and I am looking forward to sharing this day with so many local people and communities.” 

More information about the Royal visit will be released in the coming days.

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King Charles' tour of Yorkshire on Wednesday: Where he's visiting and what he's doing

His Majesty will be visiting York and Doncaster for the first time as King

• 18:42, 8 NOV 2022
• Updated 06:22, 9 NOV 2022

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King Charles III has began his first tour of Yorkshire as King , kicking things off with a visit to Bradford and Leeds today (Tuesday) and on Wednesday he will be visiting Doncaster and York.

Accompanied by the Queen Consort Camilla, His Majesty visited Morrisons headquarters in Bradford , Bradford City Hall, Leeds Central Library and Art Gallery and Leeds Building Society's head office today. Tomorrow he will enter York , as is tradition, via Micklegate Bar before visiting York Minster.

The King 's tour will conclude on Wednesday afternoon at the Mansion House, Doncaster . His Majesty will be meeting dignitaries, community leaders and some of the county's biggest contributors.

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Emphasis will be on the cost of living crisis and the environment, the latter of which was the King's top concern during his time as Prince of Wales.

What will King Charles be doing?

Micklegate bar, york.

The King will begin his Wednesday tour at Micklegate Bar where the sovereign has historically been welcomed to the city. He will be greeted, as is tradition, by the Lord Mayor Clr David Carr and the city's sword and mace bearers.

York Minster

The bells of the minster will herald the arrival of King Charles and the Queen Consort, Camilla. The royal couple will meet the Archbishop of York, Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, the Acting Dean of York, Canon Michael Smith and members of the Chapter of York. Children from the Cathedral’s Minster Mice weekly service will present posies to The King and The Queen Consort.

The King and Queen Consort will meet people from the minster, city and wider region doing outstanding work in their communities.

At a new exhibition, The King will meet York Minster stonemason Richard Bossons, the designer and carver of the statue of Queen Elizabeth II, and his assistant Rita Dawe. The King will then meet children and young people from the Minster Community and talk to staff and volunteers who met Queen Elizabeth II when she visited the Minster in 2012 to distribute the Royal Maundy.

Mansion House, Doncaster

The King and the Queen Consort will meet dignitaries before officially conferring city status on Doncaster. Doncaster was one of eight British cities to be made cities for the late Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee.

Their Majesties will attend a reception in the Mansion House Banquet Hall where they will meet a range of local groups and individuals including two voluntary groups who were recipients of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year, two winners of an international environmental award, representatives of a dementia support charity and young people supported by The Prince’s Trust Doncaster.

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King Charles III Is Coming To Yorkshire Next Week – Here’s Where You Can See Him

The King of England, King Charles III, is coming to Yorkshire next week for a two-day visit. Charles and Camilla will visit Bradford, York and Doncaster.

The King’s itinerary for the trip is as follows:

Tuesday 8th november – bradford & leeds.

The King will visit Morrisons Head Office in Bradford before attending a reception with young leaders from across Bradford at Bradford city hall

He will then visit Leeds Central Library where he will view a number of “The World Reimagined Globes” which explores the history and impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. His majesty will then meet young achievers, including the Leeds Children’s Mayor to make the 10th anniversary of ‘Child-Friendly Leeds’ before being introduced to the Jamaican and wider West Indian community and touring the Jamaica Society Leeds’ Rebellion to Romance exhibition

He’ll finish the day by meeting a range of representatives from the Leeds financial sector, which is the second largest after London in the UK.

Wednesday 9th November – York & Doncaster

The King and Queen Consort will be greeted at Micklegate Bar before visiting the York Minster to attend a short service and meet people before unveiling a statue of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II .

King Charles will then confer the city status on Doncaster at Mansion House.

The King and The Queen Consort will confer city status on Doncasterin a special ceremony at Mansion House.

Civic Mayor, Cllr Ian Pearson said: “On behalf of the good people of Doncaster, I would like to thank His Majesty King Charles III for honouring our city by coming to bestow this honour upon us. November 9 will be an historic day in the long and wonderful history of Doncaster and I look forward to welcoming him and The Queen Consort to the Mansion House. This is tremendous news.” 

Mayor Ros Jones added: “Doncaster’s bid firmly highlighted why we believe we should be a city – we act, think, look and feel like a city and to be made one of the newest in the country is indeed an accolade. To have their Majesties come to Doncaster to honour us in this way is very exciting and I am looking forward to sharing this day with so many local people and communities.” 

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