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King Charles and Queen Camilla have announced the names of their pages of honour.
The King's pages will be Prince George of Wales, the eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Nicholas Barclay, 12, Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, 13, and 12-year-old Ralph Tollemache.
The Queen's pages of honor are her grandsons, Gus and Louis Lopes, Freddy Parker Bowles, all of whom are 13 years old, and her great nephew, Arthur Elliot. Arthur, 10, is the grandson of the queen's sister, Annabel, and husband Simon Elliot who died in March.
At age nine, Prince George will be the youngest page of honour. Earlier tonight, a Kensington Palace spokesman said: "We're all very excited about Prince George's role in the Coronation, it will be an incredibly special moment."
Both the King and Queen wanted to include their family and children of friends in the ceremony.
Nicholas Barclay is the grandson of Sarah Troughton, who is one of King Charles' second cousins. She is the daughter of Sir Timothy Coleman, KG, and Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, a granddaughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Lady Coleman and the late Queen Elizabeth II were first cousins. Sarah served as a lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent from 1990 to 2000. Nicholas is one of three children of Rose Troughton and her husband, Piers Barclay. Rose is one of King Charles's godchildren.
Sarah is the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire and is one of Queen Camilla’s closest friends.
Lord Oliver Cholmondeley is the second son of David, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, and his wife, the former Rose Hanbury, whose maternal grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Lambart was one of Queen Elizabeth II's bridesmaids. Lord Cholmondeley served as the Lord Great Chamberlain during Queen Elizabeth's reign, succeeding his father. In 1984, as the Earl of Rocksavage, David was a page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II. Lord Oliver's twin brother, Alexander, Earl of Rocksavage, is the heir to the marquessate, and during the reign of King William V, will serve as the Lord Great Chamberlain (after the death of his father).
The Marquess is now the Lord-in-Waiting to King Charles III.
Ralph Tollemache is the eldest child of the Hon. Edward Tollemache, heir apparent to his father, Timothy, 5th Baron Tollemache. Edward is King Charles' godson.
Buckingham Palace also released a photo of the official invitation.
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